Goal:  develop a wide pastoral process to address the needs for listening, healing, dialogue and reconciliation in the Church today

The process will be multi-faceted, with invitations to wider society, to the wider Church, to parish communities, and to individual Catholics whatever their pastoral situation.

Objectives

• Support Landings International and other Paulist reconciliation activities;

• Contract with significant theological thinkers and other experts to engage the social/personal dimensions behind issues of reconciliation;

• Provide reconciliation resources to local Paulist foundations;

• Design a multi-media program and processes for dialogue/listening sessions between individuals within local parishes and dioceses;

• Dialogue with the USCCB, CCCB, laity and Church leaders to implement reconciliation within the Church;

• Enlist diocesan/parish partners to:

• Develop scriptural based reflection groups
• Facilitate large group celebrations of reconciliation and hope
• Develop models of one-on-one sharing/dialogue
• Encourage a spirit of invitation, welcome and hospitality
• Make effective use of sacramental reconciliation.

• Engage the entire Paulist Community to reaffirm reconciliation as an essential part of the Paulist vocation and ministry by:

• Inviting all Paulist foundations, agencies and offices to be in partnership with reconciliation initiatives
• Provide initial and continuing formation for Paulist in reconciliation
• Invite all Paulist leadership to focus on developing/implementing reconciliation initiatives
• Enlist non-Paulists to join in this reconciliation initiative through:
• Encouraging Paulist Associates to become more acquainted with new and developing initiatives of reconciliation
• Empowering the laity and others to be reconcilers in the workplace/marketplace.