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Redeeming Administration: 12 Spiritual Habits for Catholic Leaders in Parishes, Schools, Religious Communities, and Other Institutions
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About Redeeming Administration: 12 Spiritual Habits For
Product Description Ann Garrido's 2009 article in America magazine on the spirituality of administration in Catholic settings created a wave of demand in this successful academic administrator's already full speaking schedule. Now she brings together twelve spiritual habits--each illuminated by the story of a Catholic saint--that help administrators find spiritual meaning in their work. Ann Garrido admits that she sometimes finds administration draining, even boring, as it fractures her days into "tiny shards of time" that make it impossible to focus on "the big ideas." And yet Garrido has found spiritual gifts in her many years as a theologian, parish minister, and administrator in higher education. In Redeeming Administration, she reveals those gifts by examining twelve spiritual habits--presenting a saint who embodies each habit--and showing readers how to experience their administrative work as a crucial ministry of the Church. Review "You can't just read it once. Its truths grab hold of your being, force you to wrestle with reality, and only loosen their grasp on your soul when you begin to embrace the spiritual gifts of administration. Challenging and comforting, this book made me think, forced me to be honest and enticed me into dialogue with others." -- Leland Nagel, Executive Director, National Conference for Catechetical Leadership "I started reading and almost couldn't stop! Of course, true to what Ann Garrido points out, this book wasn't on my to-do list for today. Administration often feels like a necessary evil, keeping us from things we'd rather be doing. But Garrido revisions it for us into a necessary grace with blessed companions, delightful reflections, and spirit-sustaining prayers for the journey." -- Sr. Diane Koorie, S.S.M, Director, Office of Pastoral Ministry, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City "A cornucopia of refreshment for administrators' worried minds and weary spirits. Offering keen insights, holy companions, stories and prayers, Redeeming Administration reclaims our work as vocation and rekindles our hearts to serve with joy!" -- Celeste Mueller, Vice President, Formation and Theological Education, Ascension Health "I have found here a new required text! I deeply appreciate Garrido's earthy, humorous, and reflective style. She understands the challenges and gifts of administration, yet invites me to reflect differently about mundane tasks. For the first time, I can actually see my life in administration as the fruitful living out of a vocation of discipleship. I find her thinking, her turns of phrase, her deep scripture, and tradition-based reflections life changing." -- Sharon Callahan, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Life, School of Theology and Ministry Seattle University "Our Catholic institutions are signs of Christ's saving mission. But they can only realize this sacramentality if they have administrators who see their work as holy. Garrido brings her considerable theological insight to bear on the administrator's vocation. She teaches us how to redeem our ministry and how to make even our most mundane work redemptive." -- Rev. Charles E. Bouchard, O.P., Prior Provincial, Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great "Garrido's book is a welcome resource for all those in ministry who find themselves thrust into administration. She shows how the work need not be draining but instead can become 'A spiritual pathway by which good people can become better.' A delightful read for any Catholic leader!" -- Brian Schmisek, Institute for Pastoral Studies Director, Loyola University Chicago "This little book is a great pocket guide to nudge pastoral leaders and other Catholic administrators toward in-depth critical reflection, discernment, and leadership praxis that will make a profound difference in our twenty-first century Church." -- Sr. Angela Ann Zuchowski, M.H.S.H., Institute for Pastoral Initiatives Director, University of Dayton "A great help for those who t
