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.”
A needs assessment was conducted by Collective Impact to fully assess the need and potential use of a sustainable Home Preservation Program throughout Kanawha and Putnam Counties for Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam. A diverse group of stakeholders was convened to explore possibilities for development of a home preservation program to serve Kanawha and Putnam Counties in West Virginia. Collective Impact, LLC was enlisted to facilitate planning, conduct relevant research, hold focus groups, collect and analyze survey data from local agencies and organizations knowledgeable of home preservation needs, survey a sample of homeowners related to their needs for home preservation assistance, and prepare the needs assessment report. Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
"Doing work that changes the circumstances in a community is not only difficult to do, it is also hard to talk about. What is needed to make the change happen? What partners and what activities? What will the change look like? How will we know if we are making progress? These are the questions that our group (professionals working with Community Action Agencies across the country) had at our last annual in-service. Collective Impact was able to clarify the relationships and the dynamics of this community approach so that we left with greater knowledge, increased understanding, and a much better perspective on all the issues. Thanks so much, Bruce!" ~ Barbara Mooney, Director, Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers, Harrisburg, PA
