National Leadership Roundtable on

Driven Church.

In June 2014 the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management convened leaders from the Church and secular fields at Loyola University Chicago Lake Shore Campus to celebrate a decade of service to the Catholic Church in the US and to develop creative solutions for future managerial challenges facing the Church.

Included in this book are excerpts from the panels and presentations, as well as selected questions, answers, and insights from a wide range of participants.

You are encouraged to learn more and continue the conversation online.

Visit www.TheLeadershipRoundtable.org/2014AnnualMeeting for on-demand video presentations of all speakers and panelists, an electronic copy of this publication, as well as supplemental materials including the mirco-biographies of all participants, a detailed agenda, and other information pertinent to the meeting.

The Standard for Excellence: Best Practices for a Mission Driven Church

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BEST PRACTICES FOR A MISSION DRIVEN CHURCH Loyola University Chicago | Lake Shore Campus | June 24-26, 2014 www.TheLeadershipRoundtable.org/AnnualMeeting

3 Opening Prayer and President’s Welcome Katie Diller, Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J. 5 Introduction to the Annual Meeting Kerry Robinson 6 Excellence at Work: Stories from the Field Rev. Efrain Bautista, Mary Cornwell, John Deinhart, Susan King 11 Respect, Trust, and a Round of Golf Most Rev. Joseph Kurtz, Brian Reynolds 17 From Rome to Home: Vatican Reforms and the Church in the U.S. Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Elizabeth McCaul 23 Successful Strategies: Doing Church Differently at the Parish Level Paul Butler, Rev. Joe Donnelly

2014 Leadership Roundtable Best Practice Awards Honoring the Diocese of Knoxville and Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J.

Opening Prayer on Day Two Rev. Tom Smolich, S.J.

New Evangelization and Execution-Oriented Strategic Planning Most Rev. John Barres, Jim Friend

Accountability: An Element of the New Evangelization His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl