Faithful I
Evaluate and revise Orientation to Mission dinners
AY 2013-14 assumes same cost as past. AY 2014-15 and further is to expand the dinners.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for mission integration initiatives (this budget currently resides with the AVP).
Implement campus-wide Founders Day events
Costs assume collaboration with and contributions from other academic and co-curricular departments.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for mission integration initiatives
Promote and support student/faculty/staff participation in conferences and events that are academic and/or co-curricular and faith-based
Examples of the types of Conferences Include:
· Annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering
· Annual Meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
· Annual Joseph T. McCullen Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Law at Villanova University
· Annual Catholic Social Tradition Conference at the University of Notre Dame
· Annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
· Bi-annual Catholic Campus Ministry Association Convention
· Annual International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education at St. Thomas University
· Annual John F. Henning Conference on Catholic Social Thought at Saint Mary’s College of California
· National Catholic Student Coalition Annual Catholic Student Leadership Conference
AY 2014-15 funds two staff, two faculty, and two students at $1,200.00 per person for registration, travel, lodging, and food
AY 2015-16 funds three staff, three faculty, and three students at $1,200.00 per person for registration, travel, lodging, and food
AY 2016-17 funds four staff, four faculty, and four students at $1,200.00 per person for registration, travel, lodging, and food
AY 2017-18 funds five staff, five faculty, and five students at $1,200.00 per person for registration, travel, lodging, and food
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for professional development
Initiate campus-wide conversations about Carroll’s Catholic identity and mission
To fund snacks for ongoing small group meetings to discuss Carroll College’s Catholic mission.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for mission integration activities
Cultivate future lay leaders for the Church in Montana and beyond
To fund 4-5 Campus Ministry students to attend the annual leadership conference of the National Catholic Student Coalition.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for student development
Establish student internships at local parishes and with Catholic youth organizations
AY 2014-15 funds one internship @ $9.00/hour for ten hours per week.
AY 2015-16 funds two internships @ $9.00/hour for ten hours per week.
AY 2016-17 funds three internships @ $9.00/hour for ten hours per week.
AY 2017-18 funds three internships @ $9.00/hour for ten hours per week.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for student internships
Submit grant proposals
Amounts requested will be contributed to grant proposals as matching funds.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for grant proposals
Faithful II
Establish the Catholic Conversation Project
See attached prospectus for this project.
11-20-0618-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for this project.
Host a series of listening lunches to engage with faculty to discern their knowledge of the Catholic intellectual tradition and how they integrate it into their courses
Costs for lunches based on meetings with four departments per academic year at average size of six persons per department and the moderator at $15.00 per person. Each lunch will be with an entire academic department and will provide a general overview of the Catholic Intellectual tradition as well as resources related the to the department’s discipline.
Faithful III
Establish retreats for faculty and staff
Costs are for one two-day (Saturday-Sunday) weekend retreat for faculty/staff at Legendary Lodge at the Lodge’s current rate of $20.00 per person per day. They also include the cost for food which the hosting organization must provide (estimated at $20.00 per person). Ten persons for AY 2015-16, twenty persons for AY 2016-17, and thirty persons for AY 2017-18.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for retreats.
Incorporate intergenerational reflection and retreat opportunities
Costs are for breakfast and lunch for two one-day on-campus retreat/reflection opportunities (one per semester). Ten persons per retreat for AY 2015-16, fifteen people per retreat for AY 2016-17, and twenty people per retreat for AY 2017-18.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for retreats.
Faithful IV
Increase the number of courses that employ service learning pedagogy
Costs are to fund five $1,000 stipends per year for faculty to revise an existing course to incorporate service-learning pedagogy or to create a new service-learning course. The cost of the stipend is modeled on the one-time stipends provided for the development of ILC courses. The director of the Hunthausen Center will work one-on-one with each faculty member as he or she develops the course.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for professional development
Offer annual workshops for all faculty on service-learning pedagogy and Catholic Social Teaching
Costs assume continental breakfast, assorted drinks, and deli buffet lunch for two service-learning and two Catholic Social Teaching workshops per year. Costs also include $1,000.00 stipend for the two presentations ($500.00 each) on Catholic Social Teaching by a member of the Theology Department. The director of the Hunthausen Center will present the workshops on service-learning.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for professional development.
Host annual recognition luncheon for Helena community partners
Costs are estimated at $20.00 per person assuming a single representative from each of the forty community partners listed on the Hunthausen Center web page. Cost increases are to account for increases in pricing for luncheon buffets through Sodexho.
Expand opportunities for service immersion trips both curricular and co-curricular (e.g., Headlights, engineers without borders, Carroll Outreach Team)
Funds are to support travel and material costs for the work of groups like Headlights, Engineers without Borders, Carroll Outreach Team, etc. with support increasing each year. As matter of perspective, EWB estimates that its annual expenses are $45,000.00.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for student development.
Coordinate with Campus Ministry and Hunthausen Center to establish two “Serving and Justice Saturdays” per semester where members of the Carroll community serve in the Helena community
Costs are estimated at the current rate for catering approximately 300 people ($10.00/person) for a year-end outdoor BBQ to celebrate the community service work that students have done and to thank them for that work. Future budgeting assumes cost increases of 5%.
Faithful V
Host annual Passover Seder, Native American, and Muslim spiritual events
Estimate costs assume two events in AY 2014-15 with future growth to four annual events.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for interfaith programs.
Introduce annual Christian unity event in conjunction with the Feast of St. Paul and the Octave of Christian unity
Estimated costs assume one guest speaker or public event per year.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for interfaith programs.
Provide scholarships for ecumenical/interfaith study abroad opportunities
Estimated costs assume one $1,000 scholarship the first year which will expand to four scholarships by AY 2017-18.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for student development.
Host annual student-led discussions on contemporary issues and their relationship to values from a variety of religious perspectives
Estimated costs assume refreshments for after the event.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for interfaith programs.
Host annual interfaith panel discussions
Estimated costs assume honoraria and travel, lodging, and food expenses for four guest speakers representing different faiths.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for interfaith programs.
Faithful VI
Collaborate with Green Team and Sodexho to incorporate opportunities for spiritual reflection and discernment on Earth Day
Estimated costs assume refreshments for spiritual reflection and discernment.
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for environmental initiatives.
Expand St. Francis Feast Day-- Blessing of Animals
Estimated costs assume an evening public event (e.g., speaker, panel discussion) on contemporary environmental issues and Catholic teaching..
11-20-0601-xxxx indicates a budget line item to be created for environmental initiatives.
PROSPECTUS
Catholic Conversation Project – West Meeting(s)
The Theology Department’s mission is intellectually to engage and to otherwise promote the Catholic mission and identity of Carroll College. One aspect of intellectual engagement is the facilitation of dialogue between students, academics at other institutions and the Catholic Church’s hierarchy on issues of moral, theological and ethical concern.
Carroll College’s Theology Department would like to host the very exciting work of the Catholic Conversation Project, which is now seeking a “western” home for one or more of its next several, annual meetings.
What is the Catholic Conversation Project (CCP)?
(1) At the beginning, CCP began as the "Fordham Conversation Project" with Fordham junior faculty meeting occasionally to talk about the Church and how to deal with differences between us, the faithful, and the bishops.
(2) Now, in its more mature development, it is a meeting of hand-picked, Catholic, academic theologians from around the country with a spirit of intellectual solidarity and desire to make the Church a more Christ-like place have important conversations with key bishops.
(3) Meeting is important for three main reasons:
a) Those who gather are the future, theological leaders of the Church,
b) there is no group like that is informally meeting with Bishops and forming these relationships,
c) it is a real chance to break out of the secular mode of "liberal/conservative" polarization and directly face our issues in the spirit of solidarity and love.
(4) Every year has been covered by national, Catholic press outlets and, this year, will also be covered by the secular press (The Washington Post)
Why Carroll should host the Catholic Conversation Project?
(1) We are a diocesan college, and one of only two in the western third of the U.S. We are best suited to cultivate a relationship between Catholic, academic theologians and the Church’s hierarchy.
(2) Carroll College stands to benefit significantly by the press coverage of the event, as it promotes itself as a college engaged in serious, academic endeavors that impact the lives of men and women for Christ.
(3) Carroll College’s students will benefit tremendously by their opportunity to engage with the invited scholars to the campus, many of whom will come from universities the students will eventually be considering for graduate study.
What costs would hosting the Catholic Conversation Project at Carroll be?
(1) Travel stipend for invited scholars: $10,000
(2) Housing for two nights for invited scholars: $8,000
(3) Meals during the event: $4,000
(4) Miscellaneous expenses related to the event: $3,000
Total, estimated cost of each CCP at Carroll: $25,000