Italy, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, USA, Kenya, Spain are among the countries of origin of the researchers who will present at the Festival the fruit of their scientific work. By their actions and by comparing the same researchers will arise impulses, case studies, insights that will enable participants to imagine and create new routes. The objective of this meeting will be to investigate the signs of the future in the present to discern common roads beyond our blind spots dictated by experience and current cultural and scientific paradigms.
The main focus around which revolve the researchers’ work will be as follows:
Diocese strategic planning
Title: Why research? How social research helps to reignite creativity and generate new pastoral paths
Researcher: Bob Dixon | Researcher | Pastoral Research Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference | Australia
Title: The creativity of implementation
Researcher: Rosel Oehmen-Vieregge | Professor | Ruhr-University of Bochum | Germany
Title: Pastoral planning and evaluation – an intercultural learning experiment
Researcher: Linda Duerrich | Specializing student | Ruhr-University of Bochum | Germany
Title: Market theology in German churches: an example of a free church in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Researcher: Lucas Wehner | Consultant for International Higher Education | Heilderberg Institute | Germany
Parish administration
Title: New wineskins for new wine: parish reconfiguration strategies and implications for pastoral ministry staff
Researcher: Mary Gautier | Researcher | Applied research center on the apostolate
Title: Urgent need to educate for pastoral inquisitiveness and flexibility
Researcher: Rev. Stephen Fichter | Parish Priest | Applied research center on the apostolate and Priest, Parish of the Sacred Heart of Haworth | New Jersey
Title:Consultants as catalysts for collaboration? External resourcing and internal dynamics in parishes of the INSPIRE Project Within the Archdiocese of Chicago
Researcher: Bryan Froehle | Professor | St. Thomas University | Florida
Title: What do you mean, co-responsibilty
Researcher: Marti R. Jewell | Professor | Neuhoff Ministerial School, University of Dallas | Texas
Title: Parish pastoral leadership and management: embracing the paradox of fostering unity while nurturing diversity
Researcher: Mark Mogilka | Diocese Administration | Diocese of Green Bay | Wisconsin
Title: New wine in new wineskins: reconfiguration of parishes strategies and implications for the team of the Pastoral Ministers
Researcher: Thomas Suermann de Nocker | Professor | University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management in Essen | Germany
Management methods
Title: Encountering new paradigms for pragmatic church management towards twenty years
Researcher: David Hellington Kodia | College Administrator | Bishop Okullu College of Asembo | Kenya
Title: A new benchmarking system for the church
Researchers: BerndHalfar | Professor | Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt | Germany
Pastoral training
Title: My church or our Church: forming clergy for pastoral administration
Researcher: Rev. Brian Lucas | National director | Australian Catholic Mission | Australia
Fundraising
Title: A pilot project for an innovation system of Fundraising: from economic affairs to solidarity
Researcher: Juan Luis Martinez | Director of development | Diocese of Cordoba | Spain
Title: The Church and the trust of the faithful: the 8XMILLE and its prospects.
Researcher: Paolo Cortellessa | Center for study and research – Sovvenire CEI Rome | Italy
