The document is a presentation on leadership wellness assessments and diseases that can affect leadership. It discusses 15 "diseases" that can weaken service, such as thinking one is indispensable, excessive busyness, rivalry, and accumulating power by defaming others. Attendees are asked to rate themselves on these diseases and discuss practical steps and strengths with others. The presentation emphasizes that only the Holy Spirit can truly heal all infirmities as the soul of the Church.

1. HAVE YOU HAD A
LEADERSHIP
WELLNESS
ASSESSMENT
LATELY?
NCCYM 2018 in Tampa, Workshop C12
Saturday, Dec 8 11:00AM - 12:15PM
Cindee Case, Diocese of Youngstown Office of Youth
and Young Adult Ministry

3. PRESENTATION OF THE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO THE ROMAN CURIA
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
22 DECEMBER 2014
The Curia is called
constantly to improve and
to grow in communion,
holiness and wisdom, in
order to carry out fully its
mission.
And yet, like any body, like
any human body, it is also
exposed to diseases,
malfunctioning, infirmity.

4. THEY ARE
DISEASES AND
TEMPTATIONS
WHICH WEAKEN
OUR SERVICE
TO THE LORD.
PRESENTATION OF THE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE ROMAN CURIA,
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS, Clementine Hall
Monday, 22 December 2014

5. 1. THE DISEASE OF
THINKING WE ARE
“IMMORTAL”, “IMMUNE” OR
DOWNRIGHT
“INDISPENSABLE”,
NEGLECTING THE
NEED FOR REGULAR
CHECK-UPS

6. 2. THE “MARTHA
COMPLEX”,
EXCESSIVE
BUSY-NESS

7. 3. THE DISEASE OF
MENTAL AND
SPIRITUAL
“PETRIFICATION”

8. 4. THE DISEASE
OF EXCESSIVE
PLANNING
AND OF
FUNCTIONALISM

9. 5. THE DISEASE
OF POOR
COORDINATION

10. 6. A “SPIRITUAL
ALZHEIMER’S
DISEASE”

11. 7. THE DISEASE
OF RIVALRY AND
VAINGLORY

12. 8. THE DISEASE
OF EXISTENTIAL
SCHIZOPHRENIA

13. 9. THE DISEASE
OF GOSSIPING,
GRUMBLING AND
BACK-BITING

14. 10. THE DISEASE
OF IDOLIZING
SUPERIORS.

15. 11. THE DISEASE
OF
INDIFFERENCE
TO OTHERS

16. 12. THE DISEASE
OF A
LUGUBRIOUS
FACE

17. PRAYER FOR GOOD HUMOR
BY ST. THOMAS MORE
+ Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also
something to digest.
Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary
good humor to maintain it.
Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure
all that is good and that doesn’t frighten easily
at the sight of evil,
but rather finds the means to put things back in
their place.

18. …Give me a soul that knows not
boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,
nor excess of stress, because of that
obstructing thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.
Allow me the grace to be able to take a
joke to discover in life a bit of joy,
and to be able to share it with others.

19. 13. THE DISEASE
OF HOARDING

20. 14. THE DISEASE
OF CLOSED
CIRCLES

21. 15. THE DISEASE OF
PERSONS WHO
INSATIABLY TRY TO
ACCUMULATE POWER
AND TO THIS END ARE
READY TO SLANDER,
DEFAME AND DISCREDIT
OTHERS

22. SO, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
Ask yourself, on a scale of 1 to 5, to what extent do I . . .
not at all/1 2 3 4 5/extremely
 Feel superior to those who work for me? Am I indispensable?
 Demonstrate an imbalance between work and other areas of life?
 Substitute formality for true human intimacy?
 Rely too much on plans and not enough on intuition and
improvisation?
 Spend too little time breaking silos and building bridges?

23. 2 OF 3
 Fail to regularly acknowledge the debt I owe to my mentors
and to others?
 Take too much satisfaction in my perks and privileges?
 Isolate myself from those whom I serve and minister?
 Denigrate the motives and accomplishments of others?
Gossip? Grumble?
 Look for what I can get over what I give?

24. 3 OF 3

 Put my own success ahead of the success of others?
 Fail to cultivate a fun and joy-filled work environment?
 Exhibit selfishness when it comes to sharing
rewards/praise or material goods?
 Encourage parochialism rather than community?
 Behave in ways that seem egocentric to those around
me?

25. IN GROUPS
OF 3, TAKE A
FEW MOMENTS TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT YOUR REACTION TO YOUR
ASSESSMENT….

26. NOW, TAKE A FEW
MOMENTS TO BRAINSTORM
PRACTICAL STEPS TO TAKE
TO “HEAL” FROM ANY
“DISEASES” YOU MAY
HAVE DIAGNOSED
Please be prepared to share a few insights with the
larger group in a few minutes

27. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT IS ONLY
THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CAN HEAL ALL
OUR INFIRMITIES.
HE IS THE SOUL OF THE MYSTICAL
BODY OF CHRIST;
AS THE NICENE-CONSTANTINOPOLITAN
CREED SAYS:
“I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, LORD
AND GIVER OF LIFE”.
 PRESENTATION OF THE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE ROMAN CURIA
 ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
 Clementine Hall
Monday, 22 December 2014

28. NOW, TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO
AFFIRM THE THINGS YOU DO
THAT HELP “INOCULATE” YOU
FROM OTHER “MALADIES”
 Please be prepared to share a few insights with the
larger group in a few minutes

29. CINDEE CASE
DIOCESE OF YOUNGSTOWN
OFFICE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT
MINISTRY
EMAIL: CCASE@YOUNGSTOWNDIOCESE.ORG
POWERPOINT POSTED AT:
HTTPS://YOUNGSTOWNOYYAM.WEEBLY.COM/CI
NDEES-SESSIONS.HTML