LEAD | January 08, 2026
Mission Statement
To form spiritually grounded leaders who embody the Dehonian spirit of love and reconciliation.
Program Commitment
LEAD highlights the Provincial Council’s commitment to offer this opportunity that recognizes the value of leaders and the essential role of education in social and ecclesial renewal. LEAD is open to SCJs and laity working in our apostolates. LEAD is also temporarily serving the function of Mission Education.
Leadership Journey
Throughout the LEAD journey, participants will move along the components of the Dehonian Leadership Roadmap, deepening their leadership identity through love, openness, unity, mission and service to God’s reign.
LEAD Stands For
Leadership: Focusing on the development of spiritually grounded leaders who lead with love: a commitment to the flourishing of others, aligned with mission.
Education: Providing a five-year formation pathway that integrates human, spiritual, pastoral, intellectual, and communal dimensions.
Apostolic: Fostering leadership that is outward-facing, relational, and mission-driven — animated by the Dehonian call to “Go to the people!”
Development: Ensuring ongoing personal transformation and the flourishing of apostolic communities through deep immersion in Fr. Leo Dehon’s vision and values.
The LEAD Formation Pathway
Year 1: Leading from within: cultivating self-leadership (SHSST)
Year 2: Leading with heart: virtues, values and spirituality (SD)
Year 3: Leading through relationships: people, purpose, process (MS)
Year 4: Leading together: fostering community and synodality through reconciliation (TX)
Year 5: Leading tomorrow: imagination, innovation, Interculturation (Pilgrimage)
Leaders: Joe Tyrell, Dr. Julie O’Connor, Monica Misey