The tie that binds. Nurturing the faith tradition.
Catholic healthcare leadership has changed dramatically. Even when sisters administer a system or facility, other executives often are not affiliated with canonical religious institutes. Yet lay and religious alike are responsible for ensuring that the faith which inspired the ministry is still the source of a healthcare organization's common vision and direction. Faith is best understood as "meaning making," which everyone does in the process of making sense out of our worlds. As we sort out meaning about ourselves and our relationships, we make statements that indicate where our faith is. Faith also involves the whole person: affective, behavioral, and cognitive. Catholic healthcare's task is more than to instruct about "content" of the faith tradition. The task is to nurture people to be in faith through faith development. Faith development is based on the conviction that faith changes, is dynamic, and is challenging. Faith development never stops. Faith formation is applying what we profess to believe to what we do.
D002410:Catholicism; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D007857:Leadership; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010684:Philosophy