by [email protected] | Mar 23, 2022 | News
The Steering Committee and Task Group for the Irish Synodal Pathway wish to express their appreciation to all who contributed to the public consultation which took place in April and May 2021. The consultation invited responses to the following question: What would be...
by [email protected] | Feb 27, 2022 | News
Launching the Far East’s new series on Synodality, Fr Tom O’Reilly explains how walking and discerning together and listening attentively to each other are at the heart of the synodal process. We are familiar with adversarial debate in our parliamentary systems. The...
by [email protected] | Feb 25, 2022 | News
Back in October 2021, Pope Francis opened preparations for the 2023 Synod of Bishop’s Gathering in Rome which will focus on the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission”. In simple terms, this Synod focuses on how we are operating and...
by Paula McKeown | Jan 8, 2022 | News
When consultations are launched there is inevitably some cynicism in the ether. “The outcomes have already been pre-determined”, “Same old, same old”, “We’ve been here before”, “Nothing but a talking shop”. And so it is with this Synod on Synodality. No sooner was...
by Dr Nicola Brady | Dec 6, 2021 | News
The Irish Church’s new synodal pathway offers opportunity for transformation and renewal. The initial phase of the synodal pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland, announced by the Bishops’ Conference during its Spring General Meeting in March of this year, is now...
by Gerry O’Hanlon, SJ | Dec 6, 2021 | News
Pope Francis speaks a lot about discernment, and it is clear that he regards it as a key feature of synodality. It is what distinguishes the way of proceeding of the Church from that of a parliament or even a citizens’ assembly- it is like these (Francis called the...
