Chris Lowney

Board Chair - CommonSpirit Health
 https://www.catholichealthinitiatives.org/

Chris Lowney, a one time Jesuit seminarian, later served as a Managing Director of JP Morgan & Co on three continents before leaving the firm in 2001. Since then, he has authored seven books, including the bestselling Heroic Leadership, which has been translated into eleven languages and is on the recommended reading list of the Commandant of the US Marine Corps. He has also authored Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads; and, most recently, Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church, which won a 2018 Catholic Press Association award. Chris currently chairs the board of CommonSpirit Health, one of America’s largest hospital systems, with more than 100 hospitals.

PASTORS ONLY: Come Away & Be Fed:
Sharing Learnings, Supporting Team Development & Creating a Culture Where Everyone Leads

Thursday, March 28, 2019 | 7:30am – 8:45am
Modeling the Way of Our Master, pastors are invited to come away for a while and be fed before returning to their parish. This session will enable pastors to discuss and reflect upon key learnings they and their delegates garnered throughout the Convocation and implications for path forward. Pastors will have the opportunity to share highlights of their team experiences to date, identify team behaviors that enable and hinder the creation of a culture of encounter where everyone leads and discuss how they and their delegates will effectively “point the way” for those they lead. Pastors will obtain hands on coaching support from each another, Chris Lowney and Matt Manion to begin to synthesize learnings to further develop parish EASTeR strategies and support their successful execution.

All Sessions by Chris Lowney

  • March 28, 2019 AM


  • 9:00  - 10:30
    For our beloved Church to thrive in today’s complex, fast-changing, and often uncomfortable environments, we need to foster a new culture of leadership in our parishes. Chris Lowney will challenge our assumptions and stereotypes about leadership and invite each of us to embrace his or her leadership opportunity and responsibility. Though leadership is often presented as a “business topic,” Chris will explore how leadership is a deeply spiritual endeavor, and how embracing our leadership call is nothing other than living our baptismal promise in full. Chris will also talk about opening ourselves to more imaginative approaches to our ministries; and will challenge us to be able to know when we have succeeded. Finally, Chris will elaborate on two essential ingredients of any winning strategy: courage, and a habit of prayer.




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