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Grace & Bias: Forming Catholic Leaders Around Issues of Race

A free webinar series from Saint Luke Institute and the Catholic Apostolate Center, made possible by a gift from the ACTA Foundation. Ministry leaders will learn skills for examining their own personal biases and strategies for engaging others in meaningful dialogue about race. The series concludes with a theological reflection integrating spiritual and psychological concepts to help ecclesial ministers respond to the issue of racism personally and pastorally.

Part One

Implicit Bias: Tools for Self-Development

Crystal Taylor-Dietz, Psy.D., explores the impact of identity and experience on implicit bias and offers skills for improving how we relate to others.

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Part Two

Creating a Safe Space for Dialogue About Racism

A. Mechelle Haywood, Psy.D., offers skills for engaging in conversations about racism and other issues of difference.

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Part Three

Theological Reflection on Racism

Presented by Bishop Shelton Fabre of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee against Racism.

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Ministering to Difficult
Personalities

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Emily R. Cash, Psy.D., offers emotional intelligence and self-care tools for ministering to people with difficult personalities.

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Spiritual Self-Care:
A Foundation for Healthy Ministry

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Rev. David Songy, O.F.M.Cap., S.T.D., Psy.D., explores strategies for spiritual and emotional self-care.

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Self Care for Healthy Ministry

A FREE series for lay ministers, presented in collaboration with the Catholic Apostolate Center.



Building Resilience to
Beat Burnout

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Taryn Millar, Psy.D.
, offers skills for building personal resilience and preventing ministry burnout.

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Understanding the
Charism of Lay Ministry

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Rev. David Songy, O.F.M.Cap., S.T.D., Psy.D., discusses
how the lay charism is expressed
in lay ministry.

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Grace Under Pressure: Increasing your
Stress Tolerance

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Emily Cash, Psy.D., identifies healthy ways to manage our response to stressful situations.

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