Ongoing Education
SLI-Lead October 10 Online Education Event to Highlight ‘Aging Gratefully’ and Women Religious
The virtual event will lift up the way in which Catholic Sisters worldwide model, resource, and respond to the needs of aging in ways that are holistic, holy, and a reflect a proven model from which everyone in the Church can learn—religious, clergy and lay.
Equipping a Community of Care: SLI Participates in Catholic Mental Health Ministers Conference
SLI presenters received a lot of follow-up following their events, and many participants expressed great interest for collaboration or partnership with us.
LukeNotes: Personality Traits and Interpersonal Style
The second issue of our free quarterly newsletter for 2026 continues a four-part series on personality and ministry.
LukeNotes: Mapping the Mind: A Guide to Personality Traits
The first issue of our free quarterly newsletter for 2026 begins a four-part series on personality and ministry.
Healthy Use of AI and Social Media Focus of First SLIconnect Presentation of 2026
Crystal Taylor-Dietz, Psy.D., reviews the emotional and cognitive implications of unhealthy technology or AI use, and indicates healthy ways to engage with these evolving tools in the first SLIconnect online presentation of 2026.
SLI Participates in First-of-its-Kind Global Mental Wellness Conference in Rome
Marc DelMonico, PhD, Director of Communications & Online Education, represented SLI and presented on a panel focused on Care of Ministers.
Manchester Milestones: New Executive Director, Sisters’ Service Recognized by Pope Leo
Fr. Andrew Pastore succeeds Fr. Gerard Fieldhouse-Byrne in leading St Luke’s Centre, Manchester (SLCM), while Sr. Eithne Donoghue and Sr. Janette Murphy Brown have both been awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award by Pope Leo XIV.
President McDevitt Hosts St. Luke Feast Month Celebration in Silver Spring
Festivities included a special Mass, lunch and presentation focused on the USCCB’s ‘Guide to Ongoing Formation for Priests.’ A representative from the USCCB presented on the mental wellness needs of priests.
Free SLIconnect Presentation Highlights Saint Luke Institute Candidate Assessment Program
In an upcoming free online presentation, two expert clinicians from Saint Luke Institute highlight core components of SLI’s psychological screening of ministry candidates.
First SLIconnect Summer Online Presentation Focuses on Responses to Narcississm in Formation
Rev. David Songy, O.F.M. Cap., S.T.D., Psy.D., considers recent developments in the understanding of narcissism, and offers recommendations for screening ministry candidates, addressing the issue in initial and ongoing formation, and more.