Philip C.
Director of Formation at Christ in the City- Claim this Profile
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Peter Droege
I worked with Philip Couture when I was the interim-director of Step 13 - a residential program that offers men who have lost everything to an alcohol and/or drug addiction the opportunity to reclaim their lives through a program that requires sobriety, work, and accountability. Phil and his team helped identify candidates for our program and, once the men had enrolled, they offered ongoing support and encouragement. Phil was an outstanding leader at Christ in the City and continues to be one of the most knowledgeable and impactful leaders in his field.
Paul Scudo
I am writing in reference to Philip Couture as an individual with whom I have had the distinct pleasure of working with in his efforts to become more acquainted with those suffering from the disease of addiction and coping with the consequences of the disease. Philip heads an outreach program for Christ in the City and has, on a number of occasions, asked that I speak with his outreach volunteers to help educate them regarding the disease of addiction and how it directly relates to homelessness. Philip has had his staff tour our facility, had me come to speak with them at their missionary headquarters and engaged me in a video presentation geared toward teaching others about those individuals who are suffering and how best to reach out to them to offer assistance. I cannot speak highly enough of Philip's desire to help those in need, his efforts to learn about that segment of the population, and the work that he has done to achieve the knowledge to do such. Philip is an extremely caring individual who wants only to help those people in need and has taken the time to learn how to go about that process in the most effective manner. Philip functions as a mentor to others with the same drive to help those in our community who require help and uses the information that he has gathered to teach others. I would highly recommend Philip as an individual that can be counted on to lead the effort to help those who are homeless and caught in the addiction cycle. His genuine concern for others and his drive to learn and apply the knowledge to provide that aid is remarkable and very respectable. I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with Philip and his team of volunteers.
Peter Droege
I worked with Philip Couture when I was the interim-director of Step 13 - a residential program that offers men who have lost everything to an alcohol and/or drug addiction the opportunity to reclaim their lives through a program that requires sobriety, work, and accountability. Phil and his team helped identify candidates for our program and, once the men had enrolled, they offered ongoing support and encouragement. Phil was an outstanding leader at Christ in the City and continues to be one of the most knowledgeable and impactful leaders in his field.
Paul Scudo
I am writing in reference to Philip Couture as an individual with whom I have had the distinct pleasure of working with in his efforts to become more acquainted with those suffering from the disease of addiction and coping with the consequences of the disease. Philip heads an outreach program for Christ in the City and has, on a number of occasions, asked that I speak with his outreach volunteers to help educate them regarding the disease of addiction and how it directly relates to homelessness. Philip has had his staff tour our facility, had me come to speak with them at their missionary headquarters and engaged me in a video presentation geared toward teaching others about those individuals who are suffering and how best to reach out to them to offer assistance. I cannot speak highly enough of Philip's desire to help those in need, his efforts to learn about that segment of the population, and the work that he has done to achieve the knowledge to do such. Philip is an extremely caring individual who wants only to help those people in need and has taken the time to learn how to go about that process in the most effective manner. Philip functions as a mentor to others with the same drive to help those in our community who require help and uses the information that he has gathered to teach others. I would highly recommend Philip as an individual that can be counted on to lead the effort to help those who are homeless and caught in the addiction cycle. His genuine concern for others and his drive to learn and apply the knowledge to provide that aid is remarkable and very respectable. I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with Philip and his team of volunteers.
Peter Droege
I worked with Philip Couture when I was the interim-director of Step 13 - a residential program that offers men who have lost everything to an alcohol and/or drug addiction the opportunity to reclaim their lives through a program that requires sobriety, work, and accountability. Phil and his team helped identify candidates for our program and, once the men had enrolled, they offered ongoing support and encouragement. Phil was an outstanding leader at Christ in the City and continues to be one of the most knowledgeable and impactful leaders in his field.
Paul Scudo
I am writing in reference to Philip Couture as an individual with whom I have had the distinct pleasure of working with in his efforts to become more acquainted with those suffering from the disease of addiction and coping with the consequences of the disease. Philip heads an outreach program for Christ in the City and has, on a number of occasions, asked that I speak with his outreach volunteers to help educate them regarding the disease of addiction and how it directly relates to homelessness. Philip has had his staff tour our facility, had me come to speak with them at their missionary headquarters and engaged me in a video presentation geared toward teaching others about those individuals who are suffering and how best to reach out to them to offer assistance. I cannot speak highly enough of Philip's desire to help those in need, his efforts to learn about that segment of the population, and the work that he has done to achieve the knowledge to do such. Philip is an extremely caring individual who wants only to help those people in need and has taken the time to learn how to go about that process in the most effective manner. Philip functions as a mentor to others with the same drive to help those in our community who require help and uses the information that he has gathered to teach others. I would highly recommend Philip as an individual that can be counted on to lead the effort to help those who are homeless and caught in the addiction cycle. His genuine concern for others and his drive to learn and apply the knowledge to provide that aid is remarkable and very respectable. I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with Philip and his team of volunteers.
Peter Droege
I worked with Philip Couture when I was the interim-director of Step 13 - a residential program that offers men who have lost everything to an alcohol and/or drug addiction the opportunity to reclaim their lives through a program that requires sobriety, work, and accountability. Phil and his team helped identify candidates for our program and, once the men had enrolled, they offered ongoing support and encouragement. Phil was an outstanding leader at Christ in the City and continues to be one of the most knowledgeable and impactful leaders in his field.
Paul Scudo
I am writing in reference to Philip Couture as an individual with whom I have had the distinct pleasure of working with in his efforts to become more acquainted with those suffering from the disease of addiction and coping with the consequences of the disease. Philip heads an outreach program for Christ in the City and has, on a number of occasions, asked that I speak with his outreach volunteers to help educate them regarding the disease of addiction and how it directly relates to homelessness. Philip has had his staff tour our facility, had me come to speak with them at their missionary headquarters and engaged me in a video presentation geared toward teaching others about those individuals who are suffering and how best to reach out to them to offer assistance. I cannot speak highly enough of Philip's desire to help those in need, his efforts to learn about that segment of the population, and the work that he has done to achieve the knowledge to do such. Philip is an extremely caring individual who wants only to help those people in need and has taken the time to learn how to go about that process in the most effective manner. Philip functions as a mentor to others with the same drive to help those in our community who require help and uses the information that he has gathered to teach others. I would highly recommend Philip as an individual that can be counted on to lead the effort to help those who are homeless and caught in the addiction cycle. His genuine concern for others and his drive to learn and apply the knowledge to provide that aid is remarkable and very respectable. I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with Philip and his team of volunteers.
Credentials
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Crecimiento personal y educación
Educación UpToYouJul, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Recognizing & Preventing Harassment, Discrimination, Abusive Conduct & Retaliation in the Workplace
Christian Brothers ServicesApr, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Safe Environment
Praesidium, Inc.Sep, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Christ in the City
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Formation
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Mar 2023 - Present
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Director of Formator Training
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Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
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Christ in the City
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Deputy Director of Formation
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Aug 2015 - Jun 2021
SUMMARY My role was to preserve the mission and spirit of Christ in the City in all of its programs and services, oversee the integral well being of the missionaries, and offer the resources and opportunities for the missionaries to mature in their personal development, community life, leadership, and service to volunteers and the poor. • Create, implement, and evaluate the formation program for missionaries and volunteers in collaboration with the other formators.• Assist the Managing Director in planning, implementing, and leading the staff development meetings and retreats. • Interview and approve/deny applicants who will join any of the missionary programs.• Oversee the spiritual accompaniment of the missionaries and be available to provide it.• Offer an example of apostolic availability by living it particularly with the missionaries and their needs.• Facilitate moments of encounter within the community.• Offer guidance to the support team in communicating our mission faithfully outside of the organization. • Create and constantly renew a culture that is consistent with the identified mission, vision, guiding principles, and values of the organization.• Provide personal support for the missionaries in unforeseen situations.• Promptly respond to requests for spiritual guidance.• Offer spiritual resources to nourish the interior life of the missionaries.• Any other tasks or duties as assigned. Show less
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Outreach Coordinator
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Aug 2015 - Jan 2017
SUMMARYI trained and directed missionaries in their outreach to the chronically homeless. The goal of this outreach is befriend the chronically homeless and help them to reconcile the relationships in their lives.• Plan and execute initial and ongoing training for +20 missionaries.• Accompany and advise the missionaries in street ministry during training by rotating between all the teams.• Coordinate the missionaries' daily schedules in relation to street ministry.• Meet weekly with missionary teams to strategize the rehabilitation of active relationships with the chronically homeless.• Oversee coordination, donations and permits for feeding +250 homeless a week.• Respond to difficulties that missionaries encounter on the streets and provide direct intervention as necessary.KEY CONTRIBUTIONS• Reevaluated and developed success indicators and methodology for outreach to the chronically homeless based on a hermeneutic of human dignity, relationship, and reconciliation.• Developed a common language, culture, and programs for communicating the mission.• Collaborated with outside programs and experts to standardize an approach to addiction based on an integral understanding of the human person, scientific research, and categories from the 12 steps.• Collaborated with outside programs and experts to standardize an approach to mental illness.• Created handbook summarizing the success indicators and methodology for missionary outreach to the chronically homeless.• Expanded possibilities for volunteering at weekly Lunch in the Park by providing additional opportunities for training and developing protocol for guiding minors in encountering the poor.• Expanded network of contacts with outside agencies to collaborate in rehabilitating the chronically homeless. Show less
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Formator
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Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
I collaborated with fellow formators to preserve the mission and spirit of CIC in all its activities, programs, and services. This meant overseeing the integral well-being of the missionaries, including their spiritual life, human formation, community life, intellectual formation, and apostolic projection with people in need, volunteers, and the greater community. My primary task was to be available to the missionaries and by offering accompaniment, resources, and opportunities for their daily Christian lives. Show less
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Seminario Mayor de San José de Ayaviri
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Ayaviri, Peru
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Professor
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Feb 2014 - Oct 2014
SUMMARY I taught two courses during my time living in this region: Theological Anthropology and Treatises on Grace. My community sent me to serve in the U.S.A. before I was able to complete the latter class, which led me to hand it over to another professor. These classes were formulated in dialogue with Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo with the purpose of making the content pastorally applicable. CONTENT • Creation: The Scriptural account, ancient and modern conceptions, and the dialogue with modern science. • The human person as a being created in God's Image and Likeness. Personhood: Characterized as a being oriented towards God and capable of His divine life; a free, social, and creative being. The dimensions of the human person: body, mind and spirit. • The mysteries of original sin, evil, and suffering. Conscience. • Recapitulation, filial adoption, and divinization in Jesus Christ through the Church. • The Holy Spirit in salvation history. The gifts of the Holy Spirit and infused virtues. The nature of grace and its action on the person. Development on the doctrine of grace in Church history. Heresies concerning grace. The relationship between grace and human nature, especially concerning free will. SAMPLE TEXTS • Aquinas, Thomas, Summa Theologiae. • Augustine, Treatises on Grace. • Catechism of the Catholic Church. • Flick, M.-Alszeghy, Z., Antropología teológica, Ed. Sígueme, Salamanca 1965. • John Paul II, Catechesis on Creation and Theology of the Body; Dominum et Vivificantem. • Ladaria, Luis F. , Teología del pecado original y de la gracia, Ed. Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, Madrid 1993. • Ruiz de la Peña, J., El don de Dios: antropología teológica especial, Ed. Sal Terrae, Santandar 1991; Imagen de Dios: antropología teológica fundamental, Ed. Sal Terrae, Santander 1988. Show less
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Education
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2020 - 2023
Divine Mercy University
Master of Science - MS, Psychology -
2021 - 2021
Pontifical Gregorian University
Theology/Theological Studies -
2006 - 2010
St. Mary's University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Theology/Theological Studies
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