The second session of the Gearing Up To Be a Pastor program focuses on the interpersonal skills needed by pastors, such as conflict management and strategic planning. Here is a sample schedule of the four-day workshop at Saint Meinrad.
Sample Workshop Schedule
Day One
| 1:30 – 4:30 pm: |
Check-in, free time |
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| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with the monks (optional) |
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| 5:30 pm: |
Dinner |
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| 7:30 pm: |
Welcome and Orientation |
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| 8:00 – 8:45 pm: |
Structured Storytelling: How Is It Going So Far? Final-year seminarians invited to listen in |
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| 9:00 pm: |
UnStable campus pub (optional), Unstructured Storytelling |
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Day Two
| 8:00 am: |
Morning Prayer with seminarians (optional) |
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| 8:30 am: |
Breakfast |
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| 9:00 am: |
Spiritual Direction, Counseling, Reconciliation |
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| 10:00 – 11:15 am: |
Program Session 1: Introduction to Effective Conflict Management |
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| 11:30 am: |
Mass with seminarians |
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| Noon: |
Lunch with seminarians |
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| 1:00 pm: |
Personal time |
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| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with the monks (optional) |
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| 5:30 pm: |
Social |
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| 6:00 pm: |
Dinner |
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| 6:30 pm: |
Eucharistic Adoration with seminarians (optional) |
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| 7:30 – 9:00 pm: |
Program Session 2: Conducting Productive, Successful Meetings |
| 9:15 pm: |
UnStable campus pub (optional) |
Day Three
| 8:00 am: |
Morning Prayer with seminarians (optional) |
| 8:30 am: |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am: |
Spiritual Direction, Counseling, Reconciliation |
| 10:00 – 11:15 am: |
Program Session: Personal Finance |
| 11:30 am: |
Mass with seminarians |
| Noon: |
Lunch with seminarians |
| 1:00 – 3:30 pm: |
Personal time |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm: |
Program Session 3: Introduction to Strategic Planning: Two Approaches |
| 5:00 pm: |
Evening Prayer with monks (optional) |
| 5:30 pm: |
Social |
| 6:00 pm: |
Dinner |
| 7:00 – 8:00 pm: |
Panel Discussion: Parish Staff on topics of finance, parish life, music/liturgy and education |
| 8:30 pm: |
Movie and Discussion: “The Ninth Day” |
Day Four
| 7:30 am: |
Concelebrated Monastery Mass (optional) |
| 8:00 am: |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 10:00 am: |
Lenten Homily Preparation (optional) |
| 10:30 am: |
Announcements/Wrap-up |
| 10:45 – Noon: |
Program Session: Simple Cooking |
| Noon: |
Lunch (optional) |