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  NATIONAL SYNTHESIS REGION I   I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) In the absence at the submission time of diocesan syntheses from the Archdiocese of  Boston and the Diocese of Manchester, these findings represent a broad synthesis of the input  received from the (Arch)Dioceses of Hartford, Bridgeport, Burlington, Fall River, Norwich,  Portland, Providence, Springfield, and Worcester. REGION II  II (NY) Region II includes all eight New York dioceses, organized geographically under the spiritual leadership of a diocesan bishop. REGION III   III (NJ, PA) Archdiocese of Newark, NJ  Archdiocese of Philadelphia, PA Diocese of Allentown, PA Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, PA Diocese of Camden, NJ Diocese of Erie, PA Diocese of Greensburg, PA Diocese of Harrisburg, PA Diocese of Metuchen, NJ Diocese of Paterson, NJ Diocese of Pittsburgh, PA Diocese of Scranton, PA Diocese of Trenton, NJ REGION IV  IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV) • - Diocese of Arlingto...

  King & His Mentors  By Gary Dorrien COMMONWEAL January 20, 2020

Making boards of large corporations more accountable is not a new or foreign idea. Its recent American roots come from the business world. A central thesis of Robert Greenleaf’s book Servant Leadership (1977) is that board members of large corporations (both profit and nonprofit) should become responsible servant leaders in order that: the outcome be that people in, and affected by, the institution will grow healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous and more likely to become servants of society. (SL 116) One of Greenleaf’s college professors had argued that large organizations dominating our culture were mediocre, and challenged his students to reform them from within. Greenleaf become an employee of the largest, AT&T. At the end of his career he was senior executive responsible for values, organization and the growth of other senior executives. Choosing retirement at age sixty to spend his time writing and consulting, he affirmed he had no regrets for choosing the business s...

GATHERINGS, NETWORKS & SERVANT LEADERSHIP Leadership and following (discipleship) are two sides to the same coin. “Discriminating and determined servants as followers are just as important as servant leaders, and everyone, may from time to time, be in both roles.” SL (18*) In a relationship between two persons, person A leads only if person B decides to follow. THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP “I now embrace the theory of prophecy, which holds that prophetic voices of great clarity and with quality of insight equal to that of any age, are speaking cogently all the time.” SL (22) Greenleaf recognizes the graced nature of servant leadership; the charism of discernment is given not only given to the prophet but also to seekers. “It is seekers who make prophets and the initiative of any one of us in searching for and responding to the voice of contemporary prophets may mark the turning point in their growth and service” SL (22) Therefore servant leader...