The Pre-Synodal Assembly took place in Athlone on Sat 18 June 2022. It has been described as a national and historic occasion. Monica Morley interviews Brendan Hoban and Bishop Paul Dempsey (Achonry) on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme (Sun 19 June 2022).
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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.”
Pre-Synodal Assembly, Athlone, Sat 18 June 2022 – a review
Listening to this report here in Suffolk was very encouraging. Particularly so as whilst my parish worked really hard at identifying what needed to be done to re-energise a dying church, the reaction of the East Anglian diocese has been to ignore the need for major change. It just talks of catechetic needs rather than proper reform, leadership and the need to listen to its remaining and prospective members.
Athlone you are lucky: treasure your bishop.