As the laity are increasingly called to serve as leaders and sponsors in Catholic health care, it is imperative that they have the education, ministry formation and spiritual practices needed for these roles. Sister Maureen McGuire, DC, of Ascension, Patrick McCruden of SSM Health, and Diarmuid Rooney of CHA discuss the development of lay leaders who will carry the ministry’s torch forward.

RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE

• Ministry Formation Overview webpage

Health Progress articles:

• Ministry Identity and the Work of Mission Integration
• Formation – A Spiritual Antidote to the Tyranny of the Urgent
• Formation Revitalizes Health Care Ministry
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