Parish as a Learning Community

Descripción del Curso

In looking at the role of the parish, it is important to discern the cultural context for parish life today. It is this cultural context which leads to an understanding of the role of the parish. To facilitate adult learning and faith formation within the parish’s cultural context, it is necessary to review the dynamics and stages of community and group development, clarify the characteristics of a learning community, and develop strategies for developing the parish as a learning community.

This course is part of a specialized Certificate in Adult Formation Leadership and is meant to be taken as part of a sequence. This course pre-supposes knowledge in the previous courses. Refer to the certificate page for more information.

Al término satisfactorio del curso obtendrás 2.5 UEP's.

Objetivos Generales del Curso

• Understand the important role of the parish in adult learning and faith formation.
• Explore the cultural context of parish life today.
• Clarify the role and purpose of a parish.
• Understand the dynamics and stages of community and group development.
• Clarify the characteristics of a learning community.
• Develop ways of creating the parish as a learning community.

Materiales para el Curso

• Libro Requerido: Hawkins, Thomas R. The Learning Congregation: A New Vision of Leadership Westminster: John Knox Press, 1997 ISBN: 978-0664256999

  • This text is used in this and two other courses in the Adult Formation Leadership Certificate Program. (Facilitating Adult Learning and Faith Formation; Leadership Roles and Skills for Adult Learning and Faith Formation)
    

• Libro Requerido: Regan, Jane Toward an Adult Church: A Vision of Faith Formation Loyola Press, 2002 ISBN: 978-0829418064

  • This text is used in this and four other courses in the Adult Formation Certificate Program (Foundations and Visions for Adult Learning and Faith Formation; Many Faces of Adult Learning; Facilitating Adult Learning and Faith Formation; Leadership Roles and Skills for Adult Learning and Faith Formation).

• Libro Requerido: Gromme, Thomas H, and Harold Daly Horell, eds. Horizons & Hopes: The Future of Religious Education Paulist Press, 2003 ISBN: 978-0809141548

  • This text is used in this and the Foundations and Vision for Adult Learning and Faith Formation course in the Adult Faith Formation Leadership Certificate Program.

• Libro Requerido: Parent, Neil A. A Concise Guide for Adult Faith Formation Ave Maria Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-1594712081

  • This text is used in this and the Foundations and Vision for Adult Learning and Faith Formation course in the Adult Formation Leadership Certificate Program.

• Libro Requerido: NCCL Echoes of Faith Plus: Adult Faith Formation Methodology 2007

  • This resource is used in this and two other courses in the Adult  Formation Leadership Certificate Program (Foundations and Vision for Adult Learning and Faith Formation; Facilitating Adult Learning and Faith Formation). Go to the RCL website http://rclbooksandmore.stores.yahoo.net/ecoffapl.html and scroll down toward the bottom of the page.  You will find item #20596, "Echoes of Faith Plus: Adult Faith Formation Methodology" for $6.95.  Please order this copy.

• Libro Requerido: Sofield, Loughlan, Rosine Hammett, Carol Juliano Building Community: Christian, Caring, Vital Ave Maria Press, 1998 ISBN: 978-0877936480

  • This text is used in this and the Leadership Roles and Skills for Adult Learning and Faith Formation course in the Adult Formation Leadership Certificate Program.

• DVD Requerido: Archdiocese of Detroit, Office of Faith Formation/Catechesis Adult Faith Formation Matters DVD

  • To purchase the Adult Faith Formation Matters DVD, please contact the Archdiocese of Detroit either by phone at (313) 237-4805 or email faithformation@aod.org.  The cost of the DVD is $24.95 plus $5 shipping and handling.
    

    This DVD is used in this and the Leadership Roles and Skills for Adult Learning and Faith Formation course in the Adult Formation Leadership Certificate Program.

• Los materiales de lectura para el curso están disponibles enla tienda virtual de Amazon VLCFF-CCFF.

Estructura y Contenidos del Curso

• Semana 1: Cultural Context for Adult Learning and Faith Formation
  • Understand the cultural changes that impact parish life.
  • Clarify the role and purpose of parish life.
  • Understand the role of culture and change for adult learning and faith formation.
• Semana 2: Theological and Spiritual Foundations for Community Faith
  • Understand the theological and scriptural foundations for community.
  • Understand the importance of catechizing the faith community as a community.
  • Understand the role of the faith community in learning and formation of the individual.
• Semana 3: Group Dynamics and Stages of Group Development for Adult Learning and Faith Formation
  • Understand the role and purpose of small groups.
  • Understand the various stages of group development.
  • Understand the importance of gift discernment for group development.
  • Understand the importance of faith sharing for group development.
• Semana 4: Characteristics of Learning Communities
  • Understand what a learning community is.
  • Understand key characteristics of a learning community.
  • Understand the parish as a learning community of learning communities.
  • Discover implications of a learning community for a parish.
• Semana 5: Fostering Parish as a Community of Learning Communities
  • Understand the importance of mission for parish learning communities.
  • Understand the role culture plays in cultivating parish learning communities.
  • Understand the stages of informational sharing in a parish community.
  • Understand the relationship between presumptions, visions and structures in developing adult learning communities.
  • Develop ways of creating adult learning communities.

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