In 2007, the new Congregation of St. Joseph was formed with the combining of seven CSJ Congregations throughout America's heartland. The new Congregation had over 35 ministries under its care and within a year of the Congregation’s formation, CSJ Ministries came into being. CSJ Ministries was created as the “sponsorship arm” of the Congregation, the organization that would be completely dedicated to current and future sponsored ministries of the Congregation. Over the past 10 years, CSJ Ministries has worked to support, encourage, help sustain, and provide leadership for the ministry organizations the Congregation of St. Joseph is proud to sponsor.
The sponsorship structures and processes the Congregation has used in relation to their ministries have worked very well over many years. However, in recent years it has become apparent that these structures no longer fit the changing realities. Emerging realities have led the CSJ Ministries board to assess its historical sponsorship model and begin to envision a new model, a new way for the future. For the past two years the CSJ Ministries Board has been in the process of assessing the current CSJ Sponsorship model and determining what is needed going forward into the future. Collective Impact has been assisting CSJ Ministries through this transformational paradigm shift by providing planning, development, stakeholder engagement, and change management services.
Collective Impact continues our work with the CSJ Ministries Board in visualizing the emergence of the CSJ Mission Network, a flexible, nimble, and adaptive structure whereby all current and future ministers and ministerial outreaches are strongly united by the Congregation’s mission and charism for many years to come … “that all may be one.”
Collective Impact facilitated an organizational assessment and strategic planning process that resulted in the development of a strategic plan for Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation CHRIC in upstate New York. The project better positioned the organization to realize financial sustainability while maintaining fidelity to its mission. Since 1978, CHRIC has worked to improve Chautauqua County's homes, neighborhoods, communities, and the lives of its residents. CHRIC promotes neighborhood stabilization, community revitalization, and economic development through projects and partnerships that positively impact Chautauqua County, NY and it's residents.
"Working on the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) project, Bruce and the team at Collective Impact outperformed any hope we had of facilitation, coordination, surveying, reporting, etc. Without the cohesive element they provided, we would not have been successful in our Planning Phase. Bruce Decker went above and beyond what he received in his contract to make sure this project succeeded. That's a quality you can't put on a resume. The residents of our city may never know how much work went into BCJI, but those of us who do certainly owe Bruce and Collective Impact a debt of gratitude." ~ Rodney Pell, Administrative Officer, Huntington Police Department (Retired), Huntington, WV
Manuel Lima senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualization to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSAs free public events program. Watch it here!
