Legal Education for Leadership of Religious Institutes and Their Lay Collaborators 2026

Introduction

This program offers updated instruction in the contemporary context on the main aspects of canon law and certain aspects of civil law affecting consecrated life. It is intended for present and future leadership teams and lay collaborators working in the administration and / or the governance of institutes of consecrated life or societies of apostolic life.

Topics: (subject to change based on speakers’ changing availability)

• Synodality integration with Governance
  Nathalie Becquart xmcj
• Spiritual abuse and Power Dynamics
  Stéphane Joulain, M.Afr.; Karlijn Demasure, Valère Nkouaya Mbandji SJ, Marie Josée Akom CCSM
• Constitutions and Proper Law
  George Chidi Iheanacho omi
• Governance and Leadership Models
  Bonnie MacLellan CSJ; Lynn Jarell OSU.
• Commissaries and institute reconfiguration
  Aurore Larkin s.g.m; Jacqueline St-Yves s.g.m; Rita Larivée s.s.a
• Separation of Members from the Institute
  Jesu Pudumai Doss Maria James SDB
• Dismissal of Members from the Institute
  Jesu Pudumai Doss Maria James SDB
• TBD – Documentation of immediate interest from the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

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Registration 

• Open until May 26, 2026

Tuition fees:

• $ 600.00, including $50.00 non-refundable administration fee for cancelation after May 15, 2026.