Lay Ecclesial Leadership: ministries of the Catholic church in Australia
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This thesis proposes that the narrative engagement of ethical leadership is foundational for contemporary Lay Ecclesial Leadership of ministries of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is argued that in the appointment of women and men as board directors it is essential to develop a clear articulation of the key competencies, character strengths and public values for lay ecclesial leadership of ministries of the Australian Catholic Church. The formation process proposed for such appointees has its foundations in the sacrament of Baptism, the Vatican II “universal call to holiness”, the vocation of the laity and Ignatian spirituality. Its manifestation is lived out in the ethical leadership of Walter Earl Fluker and the notion and practice of pilgrimage.