Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update…

Knock:

We had a splendid turnout for our second round of training on Friday and Saturday at Knock Shrine. Once again, we were blessed with a great mix of representatives from the People of God with 18 men and 18 women. Over the two days, we had time for prayer (both prepared and spontaneous), group work, reflective work and journaling, conversations in the Spirit, as well as sessions on the theology of synodality, listening skills, discernment skills, self care, and more! Our candidates included lay men, lay women, priests, deacons, religious sisters, some young people from youth movements, and an Irish missionary who’ll be heading back overseas in the coming weeks. The remainder of our programme with these candidates, and those from our Mallow course, will continues online over the coming months.

Drumalis this Thursday and Friday…

We now only have a tiny handful of places left on our course taking place this week in Drumalis, Co. Antrim. If you plan to attend and haven’t registered, then please do so as registration for these dates will close on Wednesday morning. 

Ideal candidates would be:

  • an active member of a Parish Pastoral Council, Diocesan Pastoral Council or Diocesan Synodal Team, or
  • an active member of a Religious Congregation, Ecclesial Movement or Association of Lay Faithful, or
  • a priest, lay pastoral worker, deacon, or religious brother or sister in parish ministry, or
  • an active member of a Council, Commission or Agency of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, or
  • someone actively engaged in a diocesan programme looking at clustering/grouping of parishes

Link to registration:

Leadership Programme Registration

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The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have published an extraordinarily candid piece of criticism of the Church taken from a summary of responses to a consultation conducted in preparation for the forthcoming international synod of bishops in Rome next month, on the subject of marriage and family life.
An editorial in The Tablet states that “they want a Church that engages with married life and its messy difficulties realistically and humanely, not one offering idealistic textbook answers.”
One respondent is quoted as saying: “It would seem that right now the Church may well have more to learn from marriage and family life than to teach.”

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