Dr Jill Gowdie is well known as a writer, speaker and teacher in the areas of spirituality, leadership formation and Catholic education. She is currently PEO for Identity, Mission and Religious Education Services for Brisbane Catholic Education.
"This is a very fine work. A teacher in a Catholic school is not
just a teacher. He or she is a witness to gospel values and
attitudes within a culture that often has a very different drift.
In these pages, seasoned educator Jill Gowdie reflects creatively
and profoundly on how teachers can open themselves up to formation
that inspires them to answer the call to become 'missionary
disciples'. These are reflections tailored to fit the Australian
Catholic school context, but they will be helpful and inspiring for
Catholic school teachers everywhere."
Stephen Bevans SVD
Louis J. Luzbetak SVD, Professor Emeritus of Mission and
Culture
Catholic Theological Union in Chicago
"In this book, we see the rare distillation of experience,
scholarship and insight across diverse disciplines in order to
re-imagine a fresh and incisive approach to what formation may mean
in the Catholic educator in today's schools. Jill's style is
inviting and comprehensive, reflecting a broad-ranging mind and a
passionate heart that is visionary, passionate and deeply
authentic. Dr Mary McDonald SGS Director Emeritus of Catholic
Education, Diocese of Townsville After many years of stirring the
souls of Catholic educators, Jill Gowdie gathers her wisdom 'from
the heat of the day' into this very fine text. For Catholic
education, no one is more insightful on the vital exchange between
faith and culture than Jill Gowdie."
Thomas Groome
Professor of Theology and Religious Education
Boston College
"Written with verve and elegance and strongly rooted in school
realities, this book shows how the Catholic school serves many
young people and adults as 'the face and place of the Church'. Jill
Gowdie provides a constructive and wise contribution to the
literature on Catholic teacher formation in this powerful
interdisciplinary, penetrating yet succinct study. A special
strength is the way that ecclesial, psychological, cultural and
educational factors are shown to interact in processes of spiritual
formation and her demonstration of how they can be blended
harmoniously. We are offered privileged insights into many aspects
of spiritual growth and formation that can take place in a
vocational context. True to living tradition and utterly
contemporary, Gowdie lays out a roadmap to inspire and guide
Catholic educators as they approach the third decade of the 21st
century."
John Sullivan
Emeritus Professor of Christian Education
Liverpool Hope University
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