1. Ecclesial Imagination
Philip Guillet

3. Matthew
2648 Now he that betrayed him
Gave them a sign, saying,
Whomever I shall kiss, that
same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to
Jesus, and said, Hail, master;
and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said unto him,
Friend, wherefore art thou
come? Then came they and
laid hands on Jesus and took
him.
1 Corinthians
1114 Doth not even nature itself
teach you, that, if a man have
long hair, it is a shame unto him?

9. INTER RETERS
To maintain continuity with tradition.
 To allow every institution to be seen as the result of all the
shaping it underwent throughout its past (both good and bad).
 To use creativity to determine how institutions
need to adapt in order to preserve the faith.
 To honour the faiths of predecessors, (past).
To preserve the faith, (present).
And to trust God, (future).
Numbers 13:4 “…return to Egypt.”

10. VISI NARIES
 Silence as a preferred alternative to hasty speaking.
 Possess a bird’s-eye-view of situations/concerns.
 Patience – good ideas spread through time. Seed planted by one, nurtured by
another, reaped by another.
 Does not involve idle waiting, stalling, or avoiding.
 Realistic grasp of “what is” combined with “what could be”.
 Benefit for others in the practice of selflessness, i.e. universities, hospitals,
cathedrals.
 See resources and communities as molds and potters able to further cultivate
a world closer to the one God originally envisioned for us.

11.  Seek to avoid snuffing out vitality and destructive conflicts.
 “Overaccepting” – Conglomeration of efforts into a larger whole. Each subsequent
move reconceives the idea in more productive and redemptive ways.
 “Reincorporation of the lost” – Retrieval of previously omitted events/aspects to
reaffirm the faith of ancestors, and stresses the importance of paying attention.
 Balance between powerful & powerless because the powerless still possess about 50%
of history.
 Broad view of humanity. Narrow focus tends to block potential sources of influence.

12. I N T E R P R E T E R S V I S I O N A R I E S
R E C O N C I L E R S