Spiritus
Diocesan Implementation
Phases of Diocesan Implementation
The three phases would typically be implemented sequentially. However, where Spiritus Leader Formation and Youth Ministry Programs have been offered to school leaders over several years, the phases could be actioned simultaneously.
Phase 1
Leader Formation
Project planning and briefing of leaders
Initial Formation
Ongoing Formation
Phase 2
Implementation
Leader and Staff Formation
Formation for Youth Ministry
Post School Youth Ministers
Phase 3
Training & Licensing
Spiritus Leader Formation Program graduates trained to be able to present the SPIRITUS Leadership Program Parts 1-3 and to lead and facilitate school and system planning and implementation. Licensing arrangements enable dioceses to run the program themselves with ACU support.
Spiritus Mission Network
The Spiritus Mission Network is a professional learning and formation network for school and other Church leaders. Schools implementing Spiritus Youth Ministry can apply to become members of the Network at no additional cost. The Spiritus Mission Network is a fruit of the partnership between Spiritus Youth Ministry International and the Australian Catholic University’s La Salle Academy. It is managed by CSYMI.
The Spiritus Mission Network includes access to:
Weekly staff Formed in Prayer resource
Newsletter issued four times per year
Called and Essentials for Faith Leaders Formation Series
ACU La Salle Voices and Visions program
Key References & Resources
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Sydney Catholic Schools
• Faith Formation
Catholic Education Wollongong
• Lighting the Way Spiritual Formation Framework
Diocese of Townsville
• Staff Formation Framework
Brisbane Catholic Education
• BCE Staff Formation Framework - Catholic Identity
Edmund Rice Australia
• With a Listening Heart: A Design for Formation within the Edmund Rice Tradition. -
• Formation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era, Editors: Leonardo Franchi, Richard Rymarz (2022) and Click here for YouTube video presentation of the book
• The Integral Formation of Catholic School Teachers, Amy Roberts and Gerard O’Shea 2022
• Will Catholic Schools be Catholic in 2030?: Exploration of issues that are of essence in the unfolding story of Catholic schools, and of Church, in Australia. (Kindle Edition) Aengus Kavanagh and Leone Pallisier 2016
• Spiritual Formation for Catholic Educators: Understanding the Need. Patricia Helene Earl Journal of Catholic Education. 2005
• Faith Formation of the Laity in Catholic Schools - The Influence of Virtue and Spirituality Seminars, Patricia Helene Earl 2008
• We Need to Keep the Door Open’: A Framework for Better Understanding the Formation of Younger Teachers in Catholic Schools, Richard Rymarz, 2018
• Christian Faith, Formation and Education, Editors Ros Stuart-Buttle and John Shortt 2018
• Stirring the Soul of Catholic Education - Formation for Mission, Jill Gowdie 2017
• The Integral Formation of Catholic School Teachers, Amy Roberts and Gerard O’Shea 2022• Waves of Grace - Evangelisation and catholic Schools, Peter Woods, 2024
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• Called to Teach: Daily Inspiration for Catholic Educators (Paperback 2016) Justin McLain
• 5 Minutes with Christ: Spiritual Nourishment for Busy Teachers (Paperback –2011) Lou Delfra C.S.C. and Ann Primus Berends
• Pocket Prayers for Teachers: 40 Simple Prayers That Bring Peace and Renewal (Hardcover 2016) by Max Lucado
• Will Catholic Schools be Catholic in 2030?: Exploration of issues that are of essence in the unfolding story of Catholic schools, and of Church, in Australia. (Kindle Edition) Aengus Kavanagh and Leone Pallisier 2016 -
New Zealand Catholic Education Office
• Catholic Special Character Formation Videos
Word on Fire
• Bishop Robert Barron videos.Jonathan Doyle
One Catholic Teacher YouTube videos www.youtube.com/@onecatholicteacher
• Tools & Fuels: How Catholic teachers can become Saints, Beat Burnout and Save the World (2017)