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Grounded Catholic
Spirituality for Leaders
During Today’s Pandemic
presented by…
Tim Hogan, Psy.D., CIRTFamily Life and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Expert
@DrTimHogan Facebook.com/DrTimHogan
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Suffering and Growth
Suffering either draws us closer to God
or moves us further away.
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Suffering and Growth
Suffering either draws us closer to God
or moves us further away.
Change is inevitable,
Growth is optional.
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Leading In Midst of Crisis
Task #1: Inner Work: Name Losses,
Breathe and Move with Pain, Then Find
Freedom and Gratitude
Task #2: Outer Work: Engage the
Community, Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation
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Leading In Midst of CrisisO Great Love, thank you for living and
loving in us and through us. May all that
we do flow from our deep connection
with you and all beings. help us become a
community that vulnerably shares each
other’s burdens and the weight of glory.
Listen to our hearts’ longings for the
healing of our world. Knowing you are
hearing us better than we are speaking,
we offer our prayers in God’s holy name.
Amen. (R. Rohr)
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Inner Work: Name Losses,
Breathe and Move with
Pain, Then Find Freedom
and Gratitude
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Name Losses
Draw a picture of you, community, your losses, God, and Covid 19
Then, reflect on these questions:
What do you notice? Themes? Feelings?
Where is God? Close? Far? Connected? Distant?
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Name Losses“God/Abba…
…I’m sad that…”
…I’m worried about…”
…I was looking forward to…”
…I’m disappointed that You did not…”
…what hurts the most is…”
This is similar to when…
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Breathe and Move
with Pain
1. Breathe
4-7-8 Breath
Practice Mantra “Ma-ra-na-tha”
(Father John Main)
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Breathe and Move
with Pain
1. Breathe
2. Move
Walk, Move, Dance
Bilateral Stimulation to “digest”
emotions
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Then Find Freedom and
Gratitude (i.e., Resurrection)1. Let Go of False Self as Identity
(Achievement, Approval, Control)
2. Refocus on Daily Gratitude
Daily journal, 3 new things
Evening “wins”
Gratitude with meals
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Outer Work:
Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation
1. Who do we engage?
2. How do we engage them?
3. What is the agenda?
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation
1. Who do we engage?
Leadership (formal, informal)
The Vulnerable
Families
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation 2. How do we engage them? Maximize
human senses:
Zoom, Skype, Facetime
Marco Polo
Voice
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation 3. What is the agenda?
ASK Heartfelt Questions (define
reality)
Cultivate Sacramental Mentality
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation 3. What is the agenda?
ASK Heartfelt Questions (define reality)
How are you? How is your heart? What’s been hard? What are you grateful for?
How might this help us to grow? What can we be learning? What can we help our community learn?
How can we love our families, help them to pray through this season and grow in their faith through this pandemic?
(vs. “How can we allow sacramental prep families to miss the last four classes?”)
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation 3. What is the agenda?
Cultivate Sacramental Mentality
Capacity to see that God is present in
“ordinary” life events
Different than Formal Sacraments
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation Cultivate Sacramental Mentality
Baptism: Your Identity = You are Beloved
Slow Down, Become Present
Connect with Senses
Special Times
RCLB Family Life Parent Connection: “Spend
Time with Your Child” sections
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Engage the Community,
Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation Cultivate Sacramental Mentality
Eucharistic Mentality: God is present at family meals
Begin and end with gratitude, blessing, prayer (include intentions), light candle
Eliminate screens (phones, tv)
Eat slowly, put fork down between bites
Make eye contact with each other
Only talk when mouth is empty
Meal lasts for a minimum of 30 minutes, pray at end
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Suffering and Growth
Suffering either draws us closer to God
or moves us further away.
Change is inevitable,
Growth is optional.
DrTimHogan.com
Leading In Midst of Crisis
Task #1: Inner Work: Name Losses,
Breathe and Move with Pain, Then Find
Freedom and Gratitude
Task #2: Outer Work: Engage the
Community, Cultivate Spiritual
Transformation
DrTimHogan.com
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