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The Award Programme
The Catherine McAuley Award- Developing Women in Leadership and Service Programme
for women aged approx 28 - 40 years consists of:
- Selection, initial meeting, Graduation & Induction Celebration
- An introductory three day residential programme in January
- Mentoring opportunities
- Leadership development residential in July
- Seminar series
- Intergenerational Day
- Community awareness - raising service opportunities
- Intergenerational Day in August
- Further optional enrichment opportunities
- Completion weekend in November
The Introductory Leadership Residential
This is a three-day residential weekend, from Friday morning through to Sunday afternoon. The components of this programme are:
- Ritual of Welcome
- Facilitated Group Process enabling the sharing of personal stories, the sharing of expectations in relation to the programme and the concept of leadership, the setting of group norms, the sharing of similarities and difference using the Myers Briggs Personality Inventory, and a consideration of its applications for the participants in their leadership roles.
- Meeting and sharing stories with many Sisters of Mercy
- Reflecting on Experience
- Mentoring/Coaching
- Charting the Year Ahead
- Concluding Ritual
Mentoring Programme
After the initial residential, each participant either finds her own or is assisted to find a mentor, or a number of mentors to meet her development needs.
Monthly Seminar Series
The seminar series addresses issues relating to the broader context as well as understandings, qualities and skills pertaining to leadership.
Download the PDF of Seminar Topics
| 15 February |
Mentoring and Goal Setting
Connecting & Managing Energy |
Dr Nicky Howe
MercyCare |
| 15 March |
Self and Leadership - Understanding the relationship between self understanding and leadership |
Peta Slocombe
Centrecare |
| 19 April |
Spirituality and Leadership: A framework
Sources of meaning |
Anne Fox
MercyCare |
| 17 May |
Resilience & Positive Framing |
Tracey Pollett
Community Leader |
| 21 June |
Inspiring women – My Story |
Cheryl Edwardes LLB
Minter Ellison Lawyers |
| 4 July |
Tree Planting |
Blue Wren Reserve Stoneville |
Fri 16 - Sun 18 July
inclusive |
JULY 3 DAY RESIDENTIAL
“Santa Maria Boarding School |
Mollie McLeod
Let Your Voice Speak
After dinner speaker |
| 16 August |
Advocacy, Sponsorship & Networking
Connecting & Reciprocating |
Erika Smyth and Elena Douglas |
| 20 September |
Creating Communities: Leading Community Development |
Anne Russell-Brown
St John of God Health Care |
| 18 October |
TBC |
Colleen Hayward |
| Fri Evening 5 Nov & Sat 6 Nov all day |
NON-RESIDENTIAL GATHERING
Friday evening at 6.00pm Concluding Saturday Afternoon at 3.00pm |
| Sat 13 November |
TWILIGHT RECEPTION
Graduation Ceremony for 2010 &Introduction of Participants for Award 2011 |
Participants meet monthly in changing groups of four in between the seminars to enable them to continue to process insights derived from the seminar and as a means of getting to know one another better.
Community Exposure Opportunities
In 2010 opportunities will be provided for the women to experience interaction with the most vulnerable in our society to allow them to extend their boundaries around service.
Three Day July Residential
The components for this weekend are:
- Reconnecting through Music, Art, Ritual and Story - Group Process
- Developing Creativity - Convenors
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Group Reflection
- Meditation (I) Introduction and (II) Practice
- Women in Historical Christianity - Group Process
- Leadership Styles
- Leadership and the New Science
- Drawing the Threads Together - Group Process
Completion Non-Residential Weekend
- Leadership and Service
- Revisiting the Dream
- Reviewing the Award Experience in the light of your dream
- Action Plans
- Reflection on the Programme
- Closing Ritual
Graduation Ceremony/Twilight Reception
This Ceremony/Twilight Reception celebrates the Graduation of the current year's participants, and the formal introduction of the next year's Recipients.
This weekend is followed by an exit interview for each of the participants with the convenors of the programme to provide an opportunity for feedback and for review and evaluation of the programme.
Fee: This program is offered at no cost to participants except for a charge for each residential and the monthly shared meal preceding the seminar presentation. This cost will be discussed during the interview process and reduced to a nominal amount if this is an impediment to the applicant’s participation.
