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We Are Church International Contribution to the Synodal Process
The Redemptorist magazine, Reality, published a special edition last year on the Synod and invited people to contribute.
I was honoured to have been asked to write a piece.
I would greatly appreciate if you would let me know your thoughts.
They are evolving!
https://issuu.com/redcoms/docs/june_reality_2021
We Are Church International Contribution to the Synodal Process
Thanks Nessan Vaughan for the link to Reality. I re-read your contribution and agree with your hopes. But I would place most hope on the proposed National Irish Synodal Pathway if it is modelled on the German Synodal Path (50% lay) and not on the Synod of Bishops (99% clerics).