Category: Leadership

Dr. Tory Baucum’s Transformative Prison Teaching Experience

by Tory BaucumCatholicism, Education, Leadership, Tory Baucum April 2, 2024April 2, 2024Comments are Disabled

Adjunct Professor Tory Baucum, embarked on his teaching journey with Donnelly at the Lansing Correctional Facility in 2020. While Prof. Baucum extends his expertise to several universities, he acknowledges that “teaching the inmates is a special highlight of my teaching career.” Heartfelt gratitude is expressed toward the prison ministry and the visionary Benedictine Sisters who …

Talks, Hikes, Sports and Prayer: Family Week Brings Spiritual Family Vacations to America

by Tom HoopesBenedictine College, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Leadership June 6, 2023June 12, 2023Comments are Disabled

Shared Post from Benedictine College No wonder it doubled in size in less than a year. Parents glimpsed the heights, children explored the depths, and together they celebrated the joy of the Catholic faith at Family Week 2023 at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Internationally renowned theologians, speakers, experts in children’s formation and religious were …

How a nation opened its arms to refugees

by Tory BaucumDomestic Church, Leadership, Poland, Ukrainian Refugees April 6, 2023April 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

Fascinated by Polish hospitality extended to Ukrainian refugees, Tory Baucum delves into its nature. How does one explain three million refugees in Poland but not one refugee camp? Even the experts find it hard. Dr Marc Gopin of the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, and a world expert on …

A Greatness No One Can Take Away

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Leadership, Poland February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Comments are Disabled

Program teaches human dignity to the kids the culture forgot Central School in Atchison, Kansas, isn’t a school for bad kids. Every student in the school is born with thesame inherent human dignity as dwelt in Mahatma Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, Jr., or Abraham Lincoln. Maybe nobody ever told them that before. That’s changing, …

Ukraine and Poland: A background story on my pilgrimage into the Domestic Church.

by Tory BaucumDomestic Church, Leadership, Poland March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Comments are Disabled

In January 2019 I was in Poland on Retreat at the 1000+ years old Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec. It was the sixth visit to Poland in as many years. I was being drawn into the Catholic Church through the witness of Polish Catholics and the history of Polish literature, especially her poets. I read a …

Knights of Columbus in Poland Donate to Ukraine

by Tory BaucumLeadership, Poland, Travels, Ukrainian Refugees March 18, 2022March 18, 2022Comments are Disabled

Last report to Abbot James Breakfast with Syzmon Czyszek, head of Knights of Columbus in Poland. Syzmon and KofC are leading a major relief ministry across the border with their sister organization in Ukraine. Knights of Columbus in Poland Donate to Ukraine. They are helping, along with others, 100k refugees a DAY! Again, there are …

How to Host Ukrainian Refugees

by Tory BaucumLeadership, Ukrainian Refugees March 15, 2022March 15, 2022One Comment

Housing for Ukrainian Refugees UkraineTakeShelter.com is finding hosts to donate shelter for Ukrainian Refugees. This post is from their site, and a great example of the domestic church. Shelter the Homeless. What is Ukraine Take Shelter? UkraineTakeShelter.com is an independent platform connecting Ukrainian refugees with potential hosts and housing. UkraineTakeShelter.com is a public bulletin. They …

Defining Transcendental Leadership

by Tory BaucumLeadership, Poland, Travels March 14, 2022March 14, 2022Comments are Disabled

Report 5 to Abbot James The last two days I’ve spent in the company of Piotr Czekierda (picture below) and Michal Luczewski, co-founders of the Two Wings Institute (TWI). Teach the lessons of Polish Solidarity and the “transcendental frame” of leadership. Defining Transcendental Leadership TWI serves the common good of Poland beyond self-limiting partisanship by …

Ukrainian Refugees gathering donated clothes at train station

Tory Baucum On President Zelensky’s Leadership

by Tory BaucumLeadership, Poland, Travels March 9, 2022March 14, 2022One Comment

Today Michal Luczewski and I rode a bus to Now Sacz, the site of a conference on leadership sponsored by Poland: Great Project, a Polish NGO. Michal is one of the architects of the conference and has invited me to speak on leadership.