List of Synod Participants Published

List of Synod Participants Published
Dear Friends,

The full list of the participants attending the first session of the Universal Synod in Rome this October was published during a press briefing in the Vatican at 10.30am this morning. Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick and Bishop Alan McGuckian, SJ of Raphoe will both be attending the most diverse Synod in the history of the Synod of Bishops with numerous lay men, lay women, religious sisters, and priests also attending as voting members.




Welcoming the announcement, Bishop Leahy said, “I very much look forward to the gathering in October. I believe the positive engagement and valuable inputs on the part of many in Ireland in the Synodal pathway to date have helped to prepare me. I am thinking of the special atmosphere and spiritual conversations we experienced, for example, at the Athlone gathering in June 2022. I pray that the October assembly will be a time of going deeper still, in listening together with participants from across the world to what the Spirit is saying to the Church at this time, so often described by Pope Francis as an era of transformation”.

Bishop McGuckian SJ said, “I am excited to be a part of an authentic discernment of the Holy Spirit at work in the People of God, as we listen together to the Scriptures and the Church’s tradition. We ask for the prayers of all the Faithful for inspiration for all of us who will gather in Rome that this Synod will bring us all closer to Christ and his Saving Love in the world.”

Two additional Irish people will also be attending the Synod this October. Rev Prof Eamonn Conway from the Archdiocese of Tuam is attending as one of the experts and facilitators, and Sr Pat Murray, IBVM who is the Executive Secretary of the UISG (International Union of Superiors General) is one of the women religious representing the Superiors General. We wish them every blessing!




You can download the full list of participants by clicking on the image of the Holy See Bulletin below. 
Download the full list here

https://mcusercontent.com/5d77b8797349ec78b2ec47f6a/files/77864bd4-fbaf-addc-026d-f2f626f59f96/List_of_Participants.pdf


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  2. Roy Donovan says:

    I am very disappointed in this list. Why isn’t fr Eamon Fitzgibbon who represented us in Prague on this list?

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      Yes. Not sure if it was allowed, but it would have been quite a positive statement if the the Irish Bishops had nominated, as one of their two, one who wasn’t a bishop – Fr. Eamon Fitzgibbon, or Dr. Nicola Brady, for example. Maybe they had no choice and it had to be two members of the episcopal conference?

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