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PARTICIPANT GUIDE
Our Commitment to You
To
create an
experience that...
Studies the distinctive elements of Catholic healthcare
• Explores Ascension's identity as a ministry of the Church
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• Provides active re ection on your vocation as an Ascension leader
...within
a community of Ascension leaders
Formation Map
Being Doing Re ecting Acting
Values Meaning Energy Dispositions Decision-Making Behavior Actions
Organizational Culture
Shared Values Morale Business Systems Policies Processes Practices
Re ection The Ascension Mission Statment
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable.
Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities.
We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.
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TRADITION
“RootedinthelovingministryofJesus ashealer…”
Ascension's Story
The Healing Ministry of Jesus: The Healing of the Paralytic at Capernaum
One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was with him for healing. And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; they were trying to bring him in and set [him] in His presence. But not nding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle in front of Jesus. When He saw their faith, He said, “As for you, your sins are forgiven.” Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, “What are you thinking in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.” He stood up immediately before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. Then astonishment seized them all and they glori ed God, and, struck with awe, they said, “We have seen incredible things today.”
Luke 5:17-26
The Healing of the Paralytic at Capernaum
Activity
What is happening in the story?
What types of healing take place in the story?
Where do we see similar healing taking place in our workday?
Sponsorship and Governance
Participating Entities
APPOINT
Ascension Sponsor
APPOINTS
Participating Entities
Ascension Board
APPOINTS
Chief Executive O cer
L i v i n g O u r A s c e n s i o n V a l e s : M i n i s t r y L e a d e r s h i p C u l t u r e I A m . . . I A m . . . I A m . . . A m . . . A m .
• I n t e g r a t i v e • A G o o d S t e w a r d • T r a n s p a r e n t • C o u r a g e o u s • I n s p i r i n g • A C h a n g e L e a d e r • J o y f u l • P a s s i o n a t e
• A c c o u n t a b l e • A u t h e n t i c
• R e s p e c t f u l
Deliver StrategicOutcomes
• Af firm Hope and Joy
• Celebrate Successes
• Recognize and Encourage Others
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• Inspire My T eam
• Explain “Why”
• Demonstrate Ownership and Model the W ay
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• E t h i c a l
• H o l i s t i c
A n A d v o c a t e • G e n e r o u s
• H u m b l e
• C o m p a s s i o n a t e
C e l e b r a t o r y • S e r v i c e o f t h
• Lead Change
• Collaborate
• Exercise Discernment
• Seek “Both-And” Solutions
• NavigateComplexity
• Establish Clear Direction
• Lead Consistently
• Hold Myself and Others Accountable
• Prioritize and Protect Safety
Advocate for the V oiceless
• Engage Solidarity
V olunteer • Lead as a Ministry
SPIRITUALITY
SPIRITUALITY
Ascension Leaders are expected to:
Engage in spiritual formation through regular personal practices that develop spiritual maturity and enhanced alignment between vocation and values
Build self-insight to ground in self-awareness and openness to feedback through regular practices of re ection
Nuture, lead, and expect the same of one another and the associates/clinicians for whom they are responsible through regular practices of Organizational Spirituality
Spirituality involves the recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than oneself
Notes
What is Prayer and Re ection, and
Why Does Ascension Value It?
Movement
Action
Content
Group Prayer Group Re ection
A turn toward the Divine, both beyond us and within us
Engaging with the Divine - or Source of meaning - in our lives
Scripture, mantra, contemplation, meditation, an open heart, and more
A turn inward in community
Pausing, quieting ourselves, and reviewing what is before us and within us
Poem, story, quote, letter, song, video image, silence, and more
Ingredients of Group Prayer and Re ection
Content: that aligns with your awareness of yourself, the group, and the movement of the Divine
Contemplation: empowers the group to experience the prayer and re ection to its fullest; generates safety, quiet, calm, attentiveness, presence, and openness
Action: invite the group to take re ective action
Closing: simple blessing or prayer to close, using inclusive language (e.g., in God's Holy Name we pray.)
Personal Spirituality and Leading Group Prayer and Re ection
Journal:
In your view, why is spirituality important to who we are as leaders of this ministry?
What is signi cant about group prayer and re ection in Ascension?
Discuss:
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• Where might it grow?
Where do the effects of personal spirituality, group prayer, and re ection show up in your leadership?
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
…wecommitourselvestoservingallpersons withspecialattentiontothosewhoare poorandvulnerable.
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Principles of our Ministry Identity
Attend to the Whole Person Steward Resources
Care for Those Who are Poor and Vulnerable
Serve as a Ministry of the Church
Core Commitments in the Ministry Identity Assessment Mirror These Principles
Notes
Principles of Ascension's
Ministry Identity
Activity
How do these principles guide values-aligned leadership?
Human Dignity
Common Good
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Principles of Ascension's Ministry Identity
Activity
How do these principles guide values-aligned leadership?
Justice
In what practical applications will you express these principles? How can we grow our implementation of them in daily leadership?
Operationalizing Ministry
Identity
Activity
What connections do you see for the principles of Catholic Social Teaching to be advanced and expressed in these strategies and initiatives?
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Writing (and Sharing) Your Own Case Study Activity
Think about a decision you are making, a plan you're a part of crafting, or a situation you are about to navigate...
Write (2-3 sentences for each):
What is happening?
Who will be impacted?
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Writing (and Sharing) Your Own Case Study
Activity
How are the principles of human dignity, justice, and the common good being applied? How might they be better applied?
To the decision
• To the communication of the decision
• To the evaluation of the impact of the decision
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• To what happens after
What themes did you notice? How will you set this into action tomorrow, the next day, and so on?
ETHICS
AOurCatholichealthministryisdedicatedtospiritually centered,holisticcarewhichsustainsandimproves thehealthofindividualsandcommunities.
The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services - 6th Edition
Purpose
To a rm ethical standards and norms regarding the dignity of the human person
• To provide “authoritative” guidance for healthcare professionals
• To provide principles and guides for patients, families and, surrogates making decisions
• Guardrails for living out Catholic identity
• Elements of ERDs
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Part One: Social Responsibility
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Part Two: Pastoral and Spiritual Responsibility
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Part Three: Provider-Patient Relationship
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Part Four: Issues in Care for the Beginning of Life
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Part Five: Issues in Care at the End of Life
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Part Six: Forming New Partnerships with Health Care
The ERDs: Responsibilities of Leaders
ERD 5: Catholic health care services must adopt these Directives as policy
ERD 6: A Catholic health care organization should be a responsible steward of the health care resources available to it.
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ERD 7: A Catholic health care institution must treat its employees respectfully and justly.
ERD 37: An ethics committee or some alternate form of ethical consultation should be available.
Key Operational Takeaways
Ascension and all its subsidiaries are required to abide by the ERDs
• All large Ministry Markets have embedded Ethicists
• The System O ce Ethics team serves Ministry-wide Function and the entire health ministry
• Your local bishop has ultimate responsibility (and authority) for interpreting the ERDs
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• https://www.myEthicsRx.org - a dynamic website will help you understand what the issues are and get you most of the way to an answer
DISCERNMENT
“...throughouractionsandourwords”
What is Discernment in Ascension?
Formal Organizational Ethics Discernment Process
9 steps
• Requires an Ethics consultant
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• Major organizational decisions (e.g. acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures)
Informal Discernment
Applying concepts without formal process
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• Operational decisions
Everday Discernment
Values in Action
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• Day to day interactions, business decisions, communications, etc.
Formal Organizational Ethics
Discernment Process
9 Steps
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1. Identify the central question(s)
2. Re ect on our hopes, fears, biases
3. Consider subsidiarity
4. Identify the relevant facts
5. Identify salient values and moral concerns
6. Consider additional possibilities
7. Decide and see holistically
8. Consolation and desolation re ection
9. Communicate and implement review
Discernment is “the process of developing eyes to see God in the midst of ordinary, nite existence, to allow ourselves to be stirred by this God and to be called into a vocation of service in God’s creative project.” 1
- André Delbecq
Integrated / Everyday Values-Based Decision Making
Why is this decision di cult?
• Do we have all the information we need to make this decision now?
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• Do we have input from those stakeholders who will be signi cantly affected by the decision?
• How does this decision impact the poor and vulnerable?
• What creative alternative solutions have been explored?
• What values and principles underlie this decision?
• How does the team feel about the decision being made?
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• What is the best way to implement this decision, considering the need to be sensitive to all stakeholders?
VOCATION
RootedinthelovingministryofJesusashealer,wecommit ourselvestoservingallpersonswithspecialattentionto thosewhoarepoorandvulnerable.OurCatholichealth ministryisdedicatedtospirituallycentered,holisticcare whichsustainsandimprovesthehealthofindividualsand communities.Weareadvocatesforacompassionateand justsocietythroughouractionsandourwords.
"Vocationiswhereyourdeepgladness andtheworld'sdeephungermeet.”
- Frederick Buechner theologian and novelist
Synthesizing Stories: Me, Us, Ascension
Study the distinctive elements of Catholic healthcare
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Explores Ascension’s identity as a ministry of the Church
Provides active re ection on your vocation as an Ascension leader
Closing Blessing
We are Ascension leaders. This healing ministry of Jesus, which has been handed from generation to generation, is entrusted to our care. We are called to embody, sustain and promote Ascension’s identity as a Catholic ministry and to realize Ascension’s Mission and Vision by living our Values in action, re ection, and service to others, especially for those who are poor and vulnerable.
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May the gift of leadership awaken in us as a vocation, Keeping us mindful of the providence that calls us to serve. As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, May our perspective be larger than the view from the foothills.
When the way is at and dull in times of gray endurance, May our imagination continue to evoke horizons. When thirst burns in times of drought, May we be blessed to nd the wells.
May we have the wisdom to read time clearly
And know when the seed of change will ourish. In our hearts may there be a sanctuary To nurture the inner stillness where clarity is born.
May our souls nd the graciousness
To rise above the fester of small mediocrities.
May our work be infused with passion and creativity
Expressing wisdom through the balance of compassion and challenge.
May our expression of power never become a shell
Wherein our hearts would silently atrophy.
Instead, may we welcome our own vulnerability
As the ground where healing and truth join.
May the sacredness of our work bring light and renewal
To those who work with us
And to those who see and receive our work.
And may each dawn nd hope in our hearts
Approaching the new day with dreams, possibilities, and promises
For the future of this healing ministry
Amen
Action Items
Action Items