2017 Formation Opportunities for Staff at Villanova College
Formation of staff, in heart and mind, is essential to giving students the best possible holistic education. It is also essential as a means to refresh the individual’s vocation to educate, whilst also revitalising the learning community. It is the explicit capacity of the individual staff member to connect his or her story to the source of eternal life made visible in Christ which enables and underpins the highest quality of respect in relationships. Each staff member’s current place on the way towards God is welcomed; he or she is likewise respected in the explicit challenge to make progress along the way.
Particularly important principles of formation within our Catholic Augustinian context include:
- Formation occurs by a sacramental process. The College draws on the wider resources of prayer and liturgy provided by the Catholic Church. Emphasis is given to grounding the spiritual journey of each person who belongs to our community in very physical signs, actions and rituals. Of critical importance, as Augustine models, is the space created for listening to the Gospel.
- Formation occurs through dialogue. The hard work of creating community every day by listening carefully to those who might seem the least regarded – the “outriders” as Pope Francis says – is itself formative
- Formation occurs by actually taking a step, no matter how clumsy, in service of the poor. The Gospel comes alive when we reach out in humility to those most in need.
The opportunities available for 2017 are displayed on the right.
St Augustine's Confessions App Book
Prayer and Sacramental Life
Professional Reading
Staff Retreat - Drawing from the Well
Workshops in Restorative Practices and Augustinian Studies
Accreditation Requirements
REAP
Year 12 Retreat
ACU RELIGION UNITS
Living Waters Staff Formation
PD Opportunities
Curated Faith Formation resources
Curated Faith Formation Resources
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