An underlying mark of the effective leader—a reformed criminal with graduate degree and advanced training in the social teaching of the Catholic Church—of a criminal transformative organization, as defined by the model program we’ve developed (summarized on our website), is that they are extremely well educated and trained to perform their essentially dangerous work; work few others are able to approach authentically.
This concept is noted as an important attribute of the effective apostolate, particularly within the early church, by Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard, in his essential book, The Soul of the Apostolate.
“It is very certain that the primitive Church, as we have already hinted, knew how to organize magnificent and numerous shock troops, in the midst of the faithful, and their virtues both struck the pagans with astonishment and excited those most prejudiced against Christianity by their principles, their traditions, and their social background. Conversions were the result, even in circles to which no priest had access.” (p. 163)
Lampstand Foundation website, http://www.lampstandfoundation.org/
"The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint." Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
About
- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.