In preparation of the Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope, Pope Francis also announced two preparation years. 2023 which concentrates on the Four Constitutions of Vatican II and 2024 which will be the year of Prayer, concentrating on the Lord’s … Read More
The consultation also ends but not the dialogue with the People of God On Friday, 31 March 2023, the Continental Stage, that is, the second stage of the synodal process, officially ended and with it the time of broad-based consultation … Read More
This is a five-week series beginning on 28th February and continuing through Lent every Tuesday at 11.15am, with Fr Dominic Robinson SJ and Colette Joyce of Westminster Justice and Peace group. ‘Enlarge the space of your tent, spread out your tent … Read More
In his Message for Lent 2023, Pope Francis highlights the relationship between the Lenten journey and the synodal journey, which are both rooted in tradition and open to newness. Personal and ecclesial ‘transfiguration’ is the goal of the ascetical journey … Read More
The document for the Continental Stage is a text of about 43 pages. After the table of contents, the introduction (n. 1-14) is followed by four chapters: 1) The experience of the synodal process (n. 15-24); 2) Listening to the … Read More
The Synod on Synodality inaugurated on October 2021 has reached its Continental Stage. The voices from Local Churches around the World that were expressed and listened to in the first Diocesan Phase, have been gathered in the Working Document for the Continental Stage. This will … Read More
The Catholic Union is launching its 2023 webinar programme with a major discussion on the Church’s Synod. The online event will bring together an expert panel of speakers to consider the theme of “The Synod on Synodality: Where are we … Read More
It is with a first introductory lecture entrusted to Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, on 17 January 2023 that the multilingual course on synodality promoted by the Evangelii Gaudium Centre of the Sophia University Institute will begin. The course, realised in collaboration … Read More
By Fionnuala Frances “Enlarge the space of your tent, extend the curtains of your home, do not hold back! Lengthen your ropes, make your tent pegs firm“ (Isaiah 54:2) The WORKING DOCUMENT for the Continental Stage (DCS) of the Synod … Read More
This poll was taken during the webinar on synodality with Sr Nathalie Becquart (1,583 registered for the webinar, including 293 clergy & 6 bishops) 75 per cent changed their perception of the synod after listening to the discussion. Revive the … Read More
