RELIGIOUS OF THE VIRGIN MARYMODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE MODULE 7 MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP Target Third Year College/Adults Participants Objectives ‘At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: a. indicate the relationship between leadership and service; b. hold on to the real meaning of leadership and "service as practiced by Mother Ignacla; G._ frame concrete steps on how to serve as leaders, SESSION 4, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE Opening Prayer | Loving God and Father, in every age You call leaders to serve your people by drawing them to true knowledge of | You and Your plan for the human community and the whole world. Give us a discerning eye for others’ needs so that | we may serve them as Mother Ignacia did in her own time and situation. Help us to lead wilh inteyiily and @ servant's heart Amen. PRELECTION A. Prior The participants will be asked: Knowledge = What makes a aod leader? = _Whatis your concept of leadership? B. Activity Fill up the exercise “Are You a Servant Leader” Please refer to the handout. PRESENTATION | : A. Data Gathering | 1. How did you rate yourself? 2. Which of the questions/stalements best describe yourself as a servant leader? Why? 3._What is the meaning of "Service is Leadership”? B. Synthesis Mother Ignacia and Leadership (see below) ~ 1MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP: THIRD YEAR COLLEGE INTEGRATION A. Creative Break into smaller groups and with the leadership of Output Mother Ignacia as model, discuss how they can better serve as leaders in: a. home b. school c. community (parish) Answers will be reported through a role play. B. Closing Activity Spontaneous prayer for particular leaders in the country. Song: “Service” (SAP #257) SESSION 2, EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP OF MOTHER IGNACIA Objectives At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: a. compare their leadership style with that of Mother Ignacia; b. identify qualities of Mother Ignacia exhibiting her empowering leadership; c. draw plans advocating the empowering leadership of Mother Ignacia, Opening Prayer Loving God, we praise and thank You for the gift of leadership. Help us to be an instrument of empowerment in the lives of people. Open our eyes to see the potential leaders around us and give us the will to develop their | capacity for new and greater responsibilities. May the | | example of Mother Ignacia always remind us to prepare | leaders for the noxt generation. Amen. PRELECTION A. Prior Knowledge How do you see Mother Ignacia as an empowering leader? B. Activity Trivia about great leaders/personalities of the world. The Students will answer the given questions based on the clues given. Clues will be given one after the other until the answer will be guessed.MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE QUESTIONS 1.* He was the son of a retired army. * His real name is Karol Josef Wojtyla. * He was the first Slavic Pope. 2. * She is a 1999 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for public service. * She chairs PNRC Committee on the blood program. * She is an actress. 3. * Her birthday Is August 26, 1910. * She is the founder of the Congregation Missionaries of Charity. * She was considered a living saint during her lifetime. _4,* He is a Ghanaian diplomat. * He is the seventh secretary general of the United Nations. 5,* He was a Philippine senator in 1967- 1972. * He was a leading oppositionist against the Marcos administration. * He was assassinated al Manila International Airport now NAIA. Answers: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Rosa Rosal 3. Mo. Teresa of Calcutta 4. Kofi Anan 5. Benigno Aquino Jr. PRESENTATION + A. Data Gathering | Do you know the personalities mentioned in the trivia? Do you consider Mother Ignacia as famous as they are? Cite instances. B. Synthesis How did Mother Ignacia empower others?MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE INTEGRATION A Creative Output Write a short essay on the topic: “Mother Ignacia Continues to Empower her People until the Present time” B. Closing Activity Singing the Song; ‘Like a Sunflower” (SAP #250) o ESSION 3. MOTHER IGNACIA AS A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER Objectives’ Atthe end of the session, the participants will be able to: a. interpret the meaning of transformative leadership b. alter misconceptions and align them to the transformative leadership of Mother Ignacia; c. apply Mother Ignacia’s transformative leadership in their day to day life. Opening Prayer__| “Call for a Definite Goal” (SAP #236) PRELECTION A Prior What concrete examples in the life of Mother Ignacia Knowledge manifest her transformative leadership? B. Activity Read Mother Ignacia Komiks and cite examples how she exercised transformative leadership. PRESENTATION | A. Data Gathering | Guide Questions: = What did you find significant in your sharing? "What leadership role did Mother Ignacia play during her time? B, Synthesis Mother Ignacia is a transformative_leader because she made a difference in the church and society. The discriminated women had a place in the society not only in the home. She accommodated women who were interested to become beatas and those who wanted to stay in the Beaterio as recogidas. The underprivileged children were offered education and trained in the doing household Chores in the dormitory. Through her leadership by example, their work was supported by people around themMODULE 7-MOTHET R IGNAGIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE and women from all walks of life were being led to the Lord | through retreat following the Spiritual Exercises of St. | Ignatius of Loyola. Her response to the needs of the family effected change, namely; for women to collaborate with men in the growth and development of the society. INTEGRATION A. Creative Output Journal Writing: As a leader, how can you transform and unite your home, school and parish? B. Closing Activity SESSION 4. THE PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP OF — Closing Prayer Moment of Silence: meditative music Song: “Madre Ignacia, Huwaran Ka” MOTHER IGNACIA Objectives At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: | a._ illustrate the prophetic leadership of Mother | Ignacia; b. value the prophetic leadership of Mother Ignacia; ¢. conduct information drive about Mother Ignacia’s prophetic leadership. Opening Prayer “Go Tell Everyone” (SAP #239) PRELECTION A. Prior From all the session you have studied, what style of Knowledge leadership of Mother Ignacia do you like to follow? B. Activity Reflective Reading (Distribution of Worksheet #1: Excerpts article on M. Ignacia’s Prophetic Leadership) = The society in which Mother Ignacia lived was characterized by domination, , discrimination and division. She must have become aware of the differences of culture as well as the influence and tendency of one group to dominate over another. Mother Ignacia witnessed a society that favoredMODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE the ruling class, the wealthy and the powerful. She did not wish to belong to this class. Her response _ was based on Christs example of humility and service. (Co, “A Lamp to our Path,” 97-98) e Unlike other leaders, Mother Ignacia sold no idea or pressured no one to follow her doctrines and principles in life. In her humility and simplicity, she responded to God's call in faith, courage and generosity without any intention of attracting followers. The fact that she initially planed to join an existing community showed that it was farthest from her mind to lead and open a path that others had not attempted. Her hidden service and humility manifested that it was not her desire to be in the limelight. (Alvino, "The Spirituality of Mo. Ignacia,” 144) « Although she was not Spanish in ancestry and fatherland, the Spanish civil and ecclesiastical officials ragarded her demise as a great loss to the Christian Philippines. These officials rendered her high honors by attending her funeral rites and acting as pallbearers of her coffin - “honors reserved only for persons of distinctions.” (Zaide ‘quoted in Alvino, “Ine Spirituality of Mo. ignacia, 146) © Though he (Murillo Velarde)"does not tell us in | detail what were these “tantos trabajos” that she endured in her lifetime, one who knos the history of the 18 century Spanish Philippines can well imagine the lack of understanding, the criticism, the frustrations, the oppositions she met in her effort to make Christ's message more effective in the society in which she lived. For she was in herMODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE ‘own quiet and humble way challenging the unjust structures of that society, marked as it was by unjust prejudices against the native Filipinos by bias against women, and their right to follow Christ in the way He was calling them. (Schumacher, quoted in "And the Woman's Names Ignacia," 135) PRESENTATION A. Data Gathering How did Mother Ignacia show her prophetic leadership? + How is Mother Ignacia’s prophetic leadership rooted to that of Jesus’ prophetic leadership? > What characteristics of Jesus as true prophet that you believe Mother Ignacia followed? B. Synthesis Mother Ignacia is a prophet of her time since she received the call when she underwent the retreat and was inspired by the Holy Spirit. Though promised by her parents fo marriage, Mother Ignacia followed what she believed God's plan for her life - that is to serve her Divine Majesty by the sweat of her brow. She injured all the hardships and summoned all her courage and faith in God to go against the culture of her time which was dominated by racial prejudice and social injustice. As @ prophet, she proclaimed in her life what Jesus taught her in her deep communion through prayer and humble service with the oppressed, discriminated and despised by society. She stood for what is right and disposed her fully without reserve to Jesus whom she considered her beloved Spouse. She made flesh what Jesus worked for when he was still physically present in this world. She welcomed all people in all walks of life in her Beaterio, she educated poor children, gave retreat to the recogidas and put priority to others’ needs. Though Mother Ignacia is not physically present now, yet her spirit lives on. Her prophetic leadership is now seenMODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE In her present beatas who worked for the different ministries namely, education, retreat, care for the elderly, social ministry, dormitory and special ministry. Mother Ignacia is a true prophet addressing a certain need of her time based on the special call from God. M, Ignacia lived in a society that is full of division, domination and discrimination. She witnessed how culture differs and how wealth and power interplay. This was not her dreamed society. She dreamed a society of equality, full of love and patterned in the values lived by Jesus as she was inspired by the Holy Spirit, By the same Holy Spirit, Mother Ignacia courageously and faithfully responded to Jesus’ call - to stand for the truth and follow Jesus’ commandment: :Love one another as | have loved you (Jn 15:11-12). This is the true mark of a true prophet. Love and faith to the One who called without reserve. These values are indeed seen in the life of Mother Ignacia and continue up to the present. The prophetic leadership of Mother Ignacia was shown in the following instances: 1) She left home and lived by the sweat of her brow and became an example that women can be leaders and should not only be confined in the house. 2) She formed a congregation of sisters who are contemplative in action; this was in contrast to the monastic way of life which was prevailing during her time. She gave retreats and catechisms to women and children. She accepted all women who wanted to join the beaterio regardless of their race and status in life. ee 8MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE INTEGRATION A. Creative Output Worksheet #4 Cite an immediate need that you believe calls for your prophetic response. (Triad) | A. Family B. School E. C. Community/Society Journal Writing: How can Mother Ignacia’s prophetic leadership be alive in you? B. Closing Activity Closing Song: ‘The Mission”MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE SESSION 1 ACTIVITY ARE YOU A SERVANT LEADER Place a chack in the box of each of the following questions that you would answer with a *yes." (The facilitator will inform you of the scoring for this set of questions), a Do people believe that you are willing to sacrifice your own eelfintoreet for the good of the group? Do people believe that you want to hear their ideas and will value them? Do people beliove that you will understand what is happening in their lives and how itaffeots them? Do people come to you when the chips are down or when something traumatic has happened in their lives? Do others believe that you have a strong awareness for what is going on? Do others follow your request because they want lo as opposed to because they “have to"? Dv others communicate thelr Ideas and vision for the organization when you are around? Do others have confidence in your ability to anticipate the future and its consequences? Do others believe you are preparing the organization to make a positive difference in the world? Do people believe that you are committed to helping them develop and grow? Do people feel a strong sense of community in the organization that you lead? 10MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE SESSION 1 REFERENCE FOR DATA GATHERING Becoming a Servant Leader: Do You Have What It Takes? Servant leadership is one of the most talked about yet least cttically examined leadership philosophies. While many people closely identify with this leadership approach, an equal number are cynical and question whether expectations of leadere are realistic, This NebGuide provides an introduction to servant leadership, baced on the works of Robert Greenleaf and Larry Spears, and focuses on the 11 characteristics that identify a servant leader. Of these 11 charactaristice, come are inherent attributes or beliefs that servant leadere need to hold. Many of these are behavioral in nature and describe what sorvant leadore do, However, come of these charactaristios ere developed okill, The ultimate servant leader has developed all 11 charaoterictioe and ic continuously improving. Those characterietice include having @ calling, listoning, empathy, healing, awareness, pereuasion, conceptualization, foresight, etowardship, growth and building community. Characteristics of Servant Leadership Calling Do people believe that you are willing to sacrifice self-interest for the good af the group? Servant leaders have a natural desire to serve others. This notion of having a calling to serve is deeply rooted and value-hasad. Servant laaders have a desire to make a differant for other nenpla and will pursue appartunitias tn impact others’ lives — never for their own gain. A servant lsadar is willing to sacrifice salf-interests for the sake of others. This characteristic cannot be taught, so unless a parson has a natural calling to serve, servant leadership is not a realistic or compatible style. Listening Do people believe that you want to hear their ideas and will value them? Servant leaders are excellent listeners. They are receptive and genuinely interested in the views and input of others. People instinctively understand that servant leaders want them to share their ideas and thal these ideas will be valued, Listening is a skill that can be learned and Is essential for those who desire lo be a servant leader, Without good listening skils, many of the other characteristics described in this publication carinol be achieved, 1MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP: THIRD YFAR GOLLEGE Empathy Do people believe that you will understand what is happening in their lives and how it affects them? Servant leaders can ‘walk in others’ shoes’. They understand and empathize with others’ circumstances and problems. Leaders who are empathetic have earned confidence from others by understanding whatever situation is being faved. This characteristic is a skill that comes more naturally to some people than others, but itis pertinent for all who aspire to be a servant leader. Healing Do people come to you when the chips are down or when something traumatic has happened in their lives? Servant leaders are people who others want to approach when something traumatic has happened. They have developed a remarkable appreciation for the emotional health and spirit of others. They are good at facilitating the healing process and others gravitate toward them when emotional needs arise. The ability to create an environment that encourages emotional mending is crucial for those who want to become great servant leaders, Awareness Do others believe you have a strong awareness for what is going on? Servant leaders have a keen sense of what is happening around them. They are always looking for cuss from the environment to inform their opinions and decisions. They know what's going on and will rarely be fooled by appearances, This skill is crucial to the development of servant leaders. Persuasion Do others follow your requests because they want to or hecauisa thay believe they ‘have to"? Servant leaders seek to convince others to do things ratheF'than relying on formal authority. They are naturally very persuasive and offer compelling reasons when they make requests. They never force others to do things. This ability is Important for servant leaders to develop Conceptualization Do others communicate their ideas and vision for the organization when you are around? Gervent leaders nurture the ability to conceptualize the world, events, and possibiliies. They encourage others fo dream great dreams and avoid getting bogged down by day-to-day realities and operations. They foster an environment thatMODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE encourages thinking big and valuing the creative process. Those who want to be great servant leaders must develop an environment that fosters conceptualization. Foresight Do others have confidence in your ability to anticipate the future and its consequences? Servant leaders have an uncanny ability to anticipate future events, This is not to say they are psychic or always right, but they are adept at picking up patterns in the environment and seeing what the future will bring. They usually anticipate consequences of decisions with great accuracy. Those who want to be successful servant leaders need to have and develop this foresight. ‘Stewardship Do others believe you are preparing the organization to make a positive difference in the world? Servant leaders are often characterized by a strong sonee of stewardship. Stewardship stems from mediaval times when a ‘steward’ would be aseigned to hone the ckille and development of the young prince — to prepare him for hic reign. The kingdom relied on the eteward to teach and hold the prince in trust eo that ho would be sucveseful king. Today the torm stowardship involves many of the samo things. A ateward in an organization is responsible for preparing it for its destiny, usually for the betterment of socioty. When we describe @ leader as having @ strong sense of stewardship, we refer to a desire to prepare the organization to contribute to the greater good of society - not unlike preparing the prince to serve the greater good of the kingdom. Making a positive difference in the future is characteristic of the stewardship mentality. Those who desire to be excellent servant leaders need to have a natural sense of stewardship. If you don't naturally have a stewardship perspective, it is unlikely Ural the servant keaerssiip siyle will come rraluraly (o you. Growth Do people believe that you are committed to helping them develop and grow? Servant leaders have a strong commitment to the growth of people, They believe that all people have something to offer beyond their tangible contributions. Servant leaders work hard to help people in a number of ways ~ spiritually, professionally, personally. Those who want to be great servant leaders need to connect to others’ detielopmental needs and actively find ways to meet these needs. 13MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP. THIRD YEAR COLLEGE Building Community Do penple feal a strong sense of cammunity in the arganization that you lead? Servant leaders have a strong sense of community spirit and work hard to foster it in an organization. Thay beliave that an organization needs to function as a community. A sarvant leader insiils a sansa of community spirit in the workplace. Thosa who want to be great sarvant leaders need to work hard to build community in the organization. Servant Leadership Development Servant leadership is characterized by a belief that leaderchip development is an on- going, life-long leaming process, For this roacon, servant leadere commit fo continual development in the 11 characteristics of servant leadership, Some characterietios come more naturally to come people than to others, By their nature, characteristics such as calling, empathy, healing, and stewardship are more difficult to learn and develop than other servant leadership characteristics, These are characteristics that leaders must already have to be successful servant leaders, Characteristics such as listening, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, growth and building community are all leamable skills, so servant leaders can continually develop these, We encourage you fo reflect and thoughtfully assess the degree to which you have what it takee to be a corvant loader. If you are committed to being the best servant leader that you can be, we urge you to continuously work to develop these characteristics. Source: John E. Barbuto, Jr i nl University of Nebraska-LincolnMODULE /-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE SESSION 1 REFERENCE FOR SYNTHESIS MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP Called to a vocation outside of married life, Mother Ignacia in the process of discernment to follow Christ by serving God our Lord was empowered by the Holy Spirit to respond to the needs of the times. Mother Ignacia followed the indicators of an empowered woman for leadership. These are the confidence to face life, the ability to make decision, the ability to change the process in society and the ability to effect change. Faced with a problem regarding the desire of her parents for her to get married, Ignacia resolved it, through consultation and following the advice to make a retreat that led to her decision to serve God by living by the sweat of her brow. Hence, she left parents and everything except needle and pair of scissors from home and adopted a lifestyle of prayer, penance and sacrifice. This act of Mother Ignacia changed the process of society when Spanish and Chinese mestizas (sangleyes) and yndias (native Filipino women) joined her to follow her path of service through retreat for women, education and dormitory work as a boarding school. Through her spiritual and transformative leadership, that leadership is service and service is leadership, she made a difference in the Church and society. Discriminated women had a place in society not only in the home. Her house accommodated those interested to become Beatas, those who wanted to stay in the Reateria as recagidas and children coming from the underprivileged were offered education and trained in household chores in the dormitory. Through her leadership by example, her Beatas were seen as blossoming flowers of virtues and virginity, their work being supported by people around them and women of all walks of life were being led to the Lord through the retreat following the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola of the Jesuits. Her bold initiative was seen as laudable to the City and her response to the needs of the Church as relevant, responsive and éffective to men and women and children alike. Her call and response addressed the needs of the family effecting change; namely, for women to collaborate with men in the growth and development of society and children especially the poor be given 15MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE Opportunities to study and be educated in reading, writing and arithmetic and be taught household chores. Ferraris saw the impact of her leadership on the community and the wider community. She writes: Under the leadership of Mother Ignacia the community lived in what the Spanish biographer called ‘total poverty,” scrounging the streets for bits of wood for fuel, and begging for some salf from the Jesuit community to season their rice, For scarcity of oil, they would eat at the roofless kitchen extension (batalan) by the light of the moon, using banana leaves in place of plates because of their poverty. Meanwhile, their leader exhorted the members to “bear with constancy their hardships and poverty, and encouraged them to the practice of penance in order fo “move God to have compassion upon them." The foundress herself exemplified her exhortation with penitential acts such as ‘one reads described in the lives of ascetics: canying a heavy cross on her shoulders, or putting on the yoke and have the others drag her around the house, and praying with arms outstretched in the form of a cross under the heat of the noonday sun. The others imitated her, and everyone took the discipline, slept very little but spent most of the night in prayer. The edifying impact of the life lived in the Beaterio was such that many benefactors gave them material support. When the Beatas went to the distant town of Pampanga to solicit alms, such was the generous response of the people that two bancs were filled with donations. Through these alms and the earings from sewing, the beatas were able (to enlarge the house to accommodate the great number. “Such was the fragrance that their lives, prayer and piety permeated the city that Spaniards, mestizos as well as natives responded with generosity to their needs. (Ferraris, 2004)MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE Comparing Mother Ignacia with other leaders, Alvino has this to say: Unlike other leader, Mother Ignacia sold no idea or pressured no one to follow her doctrines and principles in life. In her humility and simplicity, she responded to God's call in faith, courage and generosity without any intention of attracting followers. The fact that she initially planned to join an existing community showed that it was farthest from her mind to lead and open a path that others had not altempted. Her hidden service and humility manifested that it was not her desire to be in the limelight. The apex of this was she gave up the superiorship when she saw that others could take it Hence, she voluntarily relinquished a right and privilege that could have been hers. Her main preoccupation was fo give herself to God as contemplative in action according to the needs of the Church by living a chaste, poor and obedient life. Yet this very obscurity became the light that illumined others and freed them from their complacency, lethargy and laxity. To the pious, she became a sign to become fervent; and in the complacent she awakened generosity and initiative. She jolted the lukewarm and lazy by her spirit of industry and she disturbed the conscience of others to return to God by her life of contemplation in action To the Filipino people she gave hope and inspiration. She set an example of how to integrate education and culture, faith and life. To the Spaniards she became a sign of reconciliation where the aspirations and needs of both races were attended fo in her apostolate without making either party guilty of neglect or failure in the process. (Alvino, 1981) ‘ Writing a biography of Mother Ignacia, Fr Bello saw rare qualities of leadership in her.MODULE /-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE Mother Ignacia was an energetic woman of rare qualities of leadership; hers was an inspiring personality with a generous dose of common sense in dealing with people; her example was her main asset in attracting other women fo follow her way of life which was one of abnegation and sacrifice. If she had not possessed all these qualities her spiritual advisers and directors would have from the beginning discouraged her from starting this retreat apostolate and from accepting other women to follow her. (Ballo, 1958). Her empowered leadership was also unique because of the bold initiatives she took as a woman blazing new trails not only in the country, not only as one coming from an indigenous race but for the Church and the world that sees her as servant of the Church and of God, 18MODULE 7-MOTHER IGNACIA AND LEADERSHIP THIRD YEAR COLLEGE PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF VENERABLE IGNACIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO Father in heaven, Your name is glorified over all the earth in Your saints, men and women, distinguished by their wholehearted service and love for You. Through them You have established religious congregation in Your Church. In Your goodness and mercy, You have looked with favor on Your people in the Philippines and have chosen from among them Your lowly handmaid, IGNACIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO to be the foundress of a religious family under the special protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We humbly ask You to then to glorify Your name in her by performing the miracles needed for her beatification, through Your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (petition) May her prayers and intercession obtain for us the favor we ask for, particularly that of remaining ever faithful to your love and service. Amen.RVM Education Ministry Commission and Mother Foundress Commission 2008