21st Century Ministry Training
(for cultural orientation programs)

What?

21st Century Ministry Training is an intensive four-day workshop to train people who intend to do intercultural work or facilitate further training for cross-cultural ministry.

Topics include:

definition and dynamics of culture
types of culture
crossing cultural boundaries
current cultural change & tensions
the Bible and culture
theology and culture
resources for intercultural work
spirituality of cultural diversity
ministerial effectivenes

Why?

The need for multicultural understanding and skill development for ministry that reaches across cultural boundaries is rapidly increasing. The presence of many international priests and religious sisters and brothers working in parishes and dioceses of the United States further necessitates keen pastoral skills in inter-cultural group dynamics.

How?

An adult education model, which engages participants in ongoing dialogue, is used throughout this process-oriented workshop. This method begins with the participants’ own experiences and draws examples from them to illustrate relevant learning principles.

The team has used this adult education method effectively in workshops for the last seven years. By sharing what they have learned during these years, they will demonstrate how human meaning and group method are culturally conditioned and why effective ministry cannot ignore them.

When?

January 11-15, 2004
(arrive for 6:00 pm dinner on Sunday;
workshop ends with lunch on Thursday)

Where?

El Retiro San Iñigo / Jesuit Retreat House
300 Manresa Way; Los Altos, CA 94022
Directions: http://www.elretiro.org
Phone: 650-948-4491

Facilitators:

Fr. Kenneth McGuire, CSP, PhD
received his degree in Cultural Anthropology from Ohio State University. He has served as a pastor, research director, group facilitator, spiritual director, lecturer, retreat director, and author. He is particularly interested in the intersection of faith and culture. In addition to his many articles, he has co-authored People, Promise and Community: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Small Communities of Faith.

Fr. Eduardo Fernandez, SJ, STD
received his doctorate in Missiology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1995. He has ministered in parishes, high schools, retreat houses, and campus ministry offices. He currently teaches pastoral theology and ministry, especially as related to U.S. Hispanics, at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. In addition to lecturing widely and writing articles, he has authored La Cosecha: Harvesting Contemporary United States Hispanic Theology (1972-1998).

Nancy Pineda Madrid, PhD Cand.
is finishing a dissertation in Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She earned her MDiv degree at Seattle University and is currently assistant professor of religious studies at St. Mary's College of California. She teaches and has published articles on feminist theology and U.S. Latino/a theology. For several years she was also the Director of Pastoral Planning and the Coordinator for Multicultural Ministries for the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Total Cost:

$575
or $525 each for two or more people from the same (arch)diocese
(includes private room & board in a beautiful retreat house setting, all program expenses, and a $50 non-refundable registration fee)

Questions?

Fr. Ken McGuire, CSP
Cultural Orientation Coordinator
24303 Woolsey Canyon Rd. #38
West Hills, CA 91304

Phone: 818-348-3080
Email: kennethmcguire@cs.com

To Register:

Fr. Felix Just, SJ
Center for Religion and Spirituality
Loyola Marymount University
One LMU Drive, Suite 1840
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659

Phone: 310-338-2799
FAX: 310-338-2706
Email: fjust@lmu.edu

21st Century Ministry Training (for cultural orientation programs)