Professional Development for Congregational Leaders
Supporting Women Religious in Leadership
Created in Africa for Africa, Professional Development for Congregational Leaders (PDCL) aims to ‘fan to flame’ the potential of leaders of women’s religious congregations to inspire and enable women-for-mission in today’s world.
By supporting and strengthening congregational leaders, PDCL contributes to the ongoing vitality of women’s religious congregations in Africa as they minister to marginalized and impoverished communities.
Event: PDCL Presenters’ Planning Meeting for Modules 2 & 3
2018
February Friday 9 to Saturday 10, 2018
Event: Action-Reflection Session
February Saturday 24 to Wednesday 28, 2018
Event:Trainers’ Training Session for Presenters of Modules 2 – Facilitator: Sr. Pat Bombard, bvm
April 15 Saturday to 21 Sunday, 2018
Event:PDCL Module 2 Creating a Faith-filled Organizational Culture
July 31 Tuesday to August 6 Monday, 2018
Event:PDCL Module 1 Developing the Leader Within
October 13 Saturday to 17 Wednesday, 2018
1st Event:Training Session for Presenters for Module 3 with Sr. Pat Bombard 2nd Event: Training Session on Monitoring & Evaluation by Sr. Pat Bombard
November 9 Friday to 15 Thursday, 2018 – PDCL Module 3 Leadership for Mission
2019
5 -11 April 2019 – Module 2
31 July to 6 August 2019 – Module 1
10-12 November 2019 – Associates’ Training
13-19 November 2019 – Module 3
19 November 2019- Uganda Associates meeting
2020
24-25 January 2020 – Action-Reflection Session
25-26 January – Facilitators’ Training
22-26 February 2020 – Kenya Trainers’ Training
EARLIER SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES (March – August, 2020) CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN
26-28 September 2020 – Trainers’ Training for Online session
8 – 9 October 2020 – Facilitators’ training
10 (Orientation) 12-16 October 2020 – Online Module 1
21-28 November 2020 – Online Module 2
2021
January 23, 2021 – Online Action-Reflection Session
February 19-23, 2021- Online Train-the-Trainer I (Pat Bombard)
March 11-17, 2021 – Online Train-the-Trainer II (Pat Bombard)
May 27 – 29, 2021 – Facilitators’ Practice session
May 28 Orientation 30 May – June 4, 2021 – Online Module 2
July 29-30, 2021 – Facilitators’ Practice
July 30 – 5 August 2021- In-person Module 1 – Dimesse Center – Nairobi
LAUNCH OF PDCL MODULES IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA
August 20 – Travel to Arusha
August 21- 27 – In-person Module 1 – Canossian Center – Arusha
11 September Orientation, 13-17 Sept – Online Module 3
October 8-10 – Social Impact Seminar -In-person – Dimesse Center
November 23 -24 – Facilitators’ Practice session
November 24 – December 2 – In-person Module 3 – Dimesse Center
LAUNCH OF PDCL MODULES IN UGANDA
December 1- 4 – Travel to Uganda and Facilitators’ practice session
December 5- 10 – In-person Module 1 – ARU Center – Kampala
2022
January 21-22 – Action Reflection Session – Nairobi
January 22-23 – Facilitators’ Training
February 18-21 – Trainers’ Training with Pat Bombard
April 21-22 – Facilitators’ practice
April 22-28 – Module 2 – Nairobi
May 14-20 – Module 2 – Arusha
June 11-12 – Training of new Associates – Nairobi
July 8-14 – Module 1 – Arusha
July 28-29 – Facilitators’ Practice
July 29 – August 4 – Module 1 – Nairobi
September 3-9 – Module 3 – Arusha
September 30 – October 6 – Module 2 – Kampala, Uganda
September 15 – October 13 Social Impact Activity – Season of Creation launch – joint TLG-PDCL initiative
November 19-25 – Module 3 – Nairobi
November 25-26 – Training Session with Sr. Pat Bombard
2023
January 20-22 – Action-Reflection Session
LAUNCH OF THE PDCL MODULES IN DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA
February 24 – March 2 – Module 1 – Dar-es-Salaam, Mbagala Spirituality Centre
March 14-20 – Module 3 – Kampala
April 29 – May 5 Module 2 – Nairobi
May 12-18 – Module 2 – Arusha, St. Carolus, Tengeru
June 6-12 – Combined Training of Associates by Sr. Pat Bombard, bvm
July 8-14 – Module 1 – Arusha, Canossian Spirituality Center
July 28-August 3 – Module 1 – Nairobi
August 3 – 6 – Training of Facilitators for Eritrea
August 25-31 – Module 1 – Kampala
September 18-24 – Module 3 – Arusha, Canossian Spirituality Centre
October 13-19 – Module 2 – Dar-es-Salaam
December 1-7 – Module 3 – Nairobi
2024
January 19-21 – Action-Reflection Session – Nairobi
January 24-30 – Module 2 – Kampala
February 24 – March 2 – Module 3 – Dar-es-Salaam
April 5-11 – Module 2 – Nairobi
May 10 – 16 – Module 2 – St. Carolus Tengeru, Arusha
Pending – Module 1 – Canossian Spirituality Centre, Arusha
July 26-August 2 – Module 1 – Nairobi
August 15 – 18 – Trainers of trainees Session
August 27 -September 2 – Module 3 – Kampala
September 13-19 – Module 3 – Canossian Spirituality Centre, Arusha
October 11-17 – Module 1 – Dar-es-Salaam
November 25- December 1 – Module 1 – Kampala
October 4 – 10 – Module 3 – Nairobi
2025
August 9 -13 Training of Associate – Arusha, Tanzania
September 13 Associate Regrouping Online
October 5 – 9 Module 1 Tanzania Online
November 1-5 Module 1 Online
December 14-17 Training of Associates in Tanzania
2026
February 20-24 Module 2 Tanzania Online
March 19-23 Module 2 Online
April 26-30 Training of Associate Tanzania
July 27-31 Module 3 Tanzania Online
August 21-25 Module 3 Online
October 9-11 Associate Capacity Building Online
Location in *Kenya for On-site Modules: Dimesse Retreat and Conference Centre, Karen Rd. Karen, Nairobi
Location in **Uganda: ARU Conference Center, Kampala
Location in *Tanzania: For Arusha – Canossian Spirituality Center or St. Carolus Tengeru Retreat House; For Dar-es-Salaam – Mbagala Spirituality Centre
This programme is open to sisters in senior congregational leadership and their team members.
Thank you for the generous Brigidine Mission Grant, which has made the Associate Training in Tanzania possible.
Testimonial
I have come to regard myself now as self-confident, capable of using and developing my skills, being empowered in knowing myself as resourceful, open, and eager to collaborate. – past participant
To apply, contact either: Sr. Jane Mwangi at <mwangijane533@gmail.com> +254 717228799 or Sr. Catherine Ciingi at <pdclclm@gmail.com>+254 713 915810 to get a letter of invitation with the necessary information and an application that you submit in Google Form.
Leadership Quote
“We can help heal this world and unify it in love, or we can destroy its inner unity by our resistance to evolve in love.“ —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ
An Incarnational Practice: Loving
How can I increase my capacity for love? Day in and day out this week, we invite you to take this passage to heart and to hand. Notice all the ways and all the places where a little more love can bring some healing and unity in your life, the life of others and the life of our planet. This is a deliberate decision which, moment by moment, can transform the world.
Partners
Opening ritualBreaktime is sharing timeLearning from sharingExperience is a resourceLearning skillsAssociates in actionEnergizers!Contemplative DialogueWith Neil from De Paul UniversityRole playing situationsAssociates in Actionpraxis eventsRole playCare-frontation SharingGroup sharingExperience is a resourceContemplative dialoguePDCL goes to Tanzania! The pioneer PDCL group in Arusha.
Participants of the first PDCL Module in Kampala, Uganda! Confidentiality Ritual in Kampala
