Discernment Committee

Discernment Committee Update

Dear Hearts, We want you to know how deeply involved our Candidates and Interns have been in our community life. You may have noticed some new faces on the Zoom screen on our Saturday check-ins, Turning West Data sharing’s, Dialogue as a Spiritual Practice and throughout the entire Assembly. Maureen McCue, Michael Harrington and Joanna Garaventa are candidates in the first year. Second year candidates are Lucretia Montes, Ramona Spradling and Geovanni Esti. Our Interns are Patricia Sanders, Allis Duffle and Silvia Gutierrez. They were excited to vote at the Assembly this year. In a recent retreat with Carolyn Metzger she reminded us that Discernment is about deepening vision so that one might even see the world in a grain of sand. She was clear to emphasize that Contemplative Practice is the greatest tool of Discernment. The toolkit that the Discernment Team has been using involves anything that draws us into a mindful place. We ask honest questions, we uncover our own passions, our failures and how they have been instruments of grace. We all look at barriers to Discernment such as excuse, pretense, fear, forcing an issue, self- justification and just being stuck. Naturally, we cover the requirements listed in the three year Discernment Cycle: Our Spirit That Calls Us document, IHM History, Spirituality, New Theology, Cosmology, Contemplative practice, our Ministries, Commissions, Prayer, Contemplation, Contemplative Dialogue and Relationship Building. In the Spirit that calls to us to community. Naturally, we cover the requirements listed in the three year Discernment Cycle: Our Spirit That Calls Us document, IHM History, Spirituality, New Theology, Cosmology, Contemplative practice, our Ministries, Commissions, Prayer, Contemplation, Contemplative Dialogue and Relationship Building. In the Spirit that calls to us to community. Angie Dickson, IHM From your Discernment team: Michael Tompkins, Chair, Sherry Purcell, Vice Chair Michael Jones, IHM

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