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Prayers for the Universal Synod The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference prayed for all of the participants at the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which formally opens today in the Vatican today, 2 October and will...

New Dates Added! Our Facilitative Leadership Training Programme was launched in February this year and the feedback from each of the six locations was tremendous. We have been fortunate to secure two more course dates, both in Knock, this October. So, if you missed...

The Second Instrumentum Laboris that will guide the work of the second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2 to 27 October) has been released and can be accessed below. The document advances proposals for a missionary Church in...

What does God want from the Church in Ireland at this time? In fulfilment of its remit to guide a two-year process of synodal listening and discernment for the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Report from the Steering Committee for the Synodal Pathway of the...

Following the Winter General Meeting of the Irish Bishops' Conference, a research report, commissioned by the National Steering Committee of the Irish Synodal Pathway has now been published. In keeping with the spirit and methodology of the synodal process, the...

In October 2021, Pope Francis announced a Universal Synod on the theme of synodality. Its official title is ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.’ Following two years of preparation, listening and dialogue at diocesan, continental and...

In the late afternoon of Saturday 28 October 2023, the members of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops adopted the Synthesis Report which was initially published in Italian. The official report is now also available in English by clicking on...

In advance of the first assembly of the Universal Synod, which begins on 4 October 2023 (the last day of the Season of Creation), an ecumenical prayer vigil is taking place in Rome in the presence of Pope Francis and representatives of different Churches, to unite...

On Sunday, 25th June, Mr Thierry Bonaventura, the Communications Manger for the Universal Synod issued the following newsletter and further information in relation to the Instrumentum Laboris and the methodology that will be used for the Synod in October this year....