• Leadership Team (21:24)
    The typical church model is one in which the Parish Priest is responsible for everything. With the possible exception of Safeguarding, this very clerical model is generally confirmed by the expectations of diocesan Curia: the Parish Priest is responsible for finances, health and safety legislation, building maintenance, and all manner of things for which he received no formation. In some parishes, priests have been able to delegate tasks to individuals, committees or teams. However, the delegation of tasks is not the same as the delegation of leadership. We should not be using lay people to shore up the church. We should be using the church to build up lay people so that they can transform society.             
    This is the foundation for the idea of lay ‘leadership’ within the Church. Priests and laity have complementary roles and co-dependent roles so that, “Strengthened by all her members, the Church can thus more effectively fulfil her mission for the life of the world” (Lumen Gentium n. 37).


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