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The Framework for Organizing Communities
CLC-USA Working GroupPittsburgh Leadership Assembly
June 23rd – 26th, 2011
Grace to be Desired
To better follow Christ as a body as we seek to discern the framework for organizing communities for the
“new way of being together” in CLC-USA
Outline of Exercise 2
• Presentation (20 minutes)– Our current reality– The WG’s discernment process– Local community, clusters, centers– Making the connections
• Clarification questions (10 minutes)• Reflections (3 hours)
• Personal• Small group• Large group
Our Current Reality
• Eleven Regions • Two Cultural Groups
CLC-USA Communities
3
6
91
2
4
4
21
52
1
1
2
4
7
1
2
Toronto
Montréal
Germany
Belgium
Boston
New York
PhiladelphiaAllentown
Washington
Portland
San Jose
LA & OC
Phoenix
Denver St. Louis
KC
Omaha
Wichita FallsDallas
Austin
Houston New Orleans
New Mexico
2 Tulsa
10Des Moines
Seattle
7
S Florida8
8
107
8
35
5
8
1
6
1
6
7
3
10 Regions S Florida
KCLC Dong Hanh
1
2
9
102
19
1
1
1
1
Atlanta
New Jersey
6
4
19
85158
Our Discernment Process
• Defining the questions• Organization models• Functions of organization levels • Our current reality• General Principles• Our vision
Assumptions for Organizing Communities
The structure needs to:• Reflect the General Principles and Norms• Support local communities• Reflect our lived experience• Be dynamic, life giving, empowering,
adaptable• Develop relationships and the bonds of
community• Recognize and embrace affinity groups
Local Community
General Principle 7-One World Community
• We express the giving of ourselves by a personal commitment to the World Community, through a freely chosen local community…
• Each of our communities is a gathering of people in Christ, a cell of His mystical body…
• Our responsibility to develop the bonds of community does not stop with our local community, but extends to the National and World Christian Life Community…
General Norms – Local Communities
• Members participate in the life of the community at several concentric levels…
• Composed of members of like qualities…• Each local community within a framework of a
wider community…• Each local community has a coordinator…• A guide assists each local community to use
the means needed for the community’s formation and its mission…
Clusters
• Groupings of local communities• Reflects our current experience
ClustersCLC-USA
Clusters: Characteristics
• Where the community support network begins (communication, formation, resources, services, mission)
• Where the experience of wider CLC community begins
• Freedom of communities to form clusters and establish relationships respecting diverse needs and culture
• Leadership development • Discerning body for delegates
Centers• There is a need for intermediate structures
between the “clusters” of communities and the “National” level of CLC-USA
• Centers have two dimensions:– Groupings of clusters– Affinity groups
Centers Grouping of ClustersCLC-USA
Grouping AGrouping B
Grouping CGrouping D
Centers Affinity Groups
CLC-USA
Affinity Groups: KCLC, DH, YA ….
Center Characteristics• Support of clusters and cluster leadership and formation
– Formation team to address needs of clusters– Leadership development (coordinators, promoters, guides)
• Operational connection between the national body and local communities – Neuron center
• Implementation & mobilization center for ministries and apostolic action
• Support and respect the needs of cultural/affinity communities and members
• Provide opportunities to bring together larger groupings of CLC members for events, experiences, etc.
CLC-USA
Affinity Groups: DH, KC, YA….
Center A: Grouping of Clusters
Center B: Grouping of Clusters
Center C: Grouping of Clusters Center D: Grouping of Clusters
Making the Connections
Networks flowing from the local community through clusters, centers to national office…•Formation•Communication•Resources•Mission: apostolic action, ministries, services•Ecclesial: relation with the Church
Reflection Questions
• What are your feelings after the framework for organizing communities presentation?
• What are the points in the presentation that were not clear to me?
• What are the parts of what was presented that attract or “seem right” to me?
• What disturbs or concerns me?
Questions
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