Synod 2023: For a Synodal Church
Questionnaire for St Paul’s parishioners
The parish team has considered a short list of questions for your review -> St Paul’s Parish Poynton Synod Questions. Note that all parishes have decided on their own approach and will have compiled a different list of questions for their parishioners.
Communion, Participation, Mission
In October 2021 Pope Francis started a two-year synodal process based on mutual listening. The overall theme is “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission”. This two-year ‘synodal’ process is taking place in the Catholic Church that culminates in the final Synod Gathering of Bishops in Rome in October 2023. For more detailed information, see:
- Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales -> CBCEW information, -> Questions and answers, -> Synod 2023 update and the formal submission to the Synod from England and Wales -> National Synthesis, final version, 22nd June 2022.
- Diocese of Shrewsbury: news posts-> Journeying together and -> Synod 2023 – What it is
- Vatican: the Vatican summary -> Preparatory document and the more detailed -> Handbook . Further information -> Pope on the Synod , and the Synod 2023 web page -> Synod 2023
- St Alban’s 2021 Synod discussions -> St Albans newsletter Dec 2021
During this consultation process, every member of the Church has the right to speak. It is an invitation for us, in the Catholic Church, to ‘walk together’ by listening to one another.
Pope Francis says “what is under discussion at synodal meetings are not the traditional truths of Christian doctrine. The Synod is concerned mainly with how teaching can be lived and applied in the changing contexts of our time.”
Synod 2023 update, April 2022: The initial “Listening Phase” has come to its conclusion.
- Parish response: a brief summary of our parish responses received -> Parish Summary – April 2022
- Diocese response: A team of lay people led by Barbara Davies prepared a synthesis of all the written contributions received from the parishes, organisations and individuals -> Shrewsbury Diocese Synodality Report and Discernment Episcopal Diocesan Listening (2022). More information -> Diocese of Shrewsbury Synod news and in -> Bishop’s letters and homilies.
- Having received each document from the dioceses, along with submissions from national Catholic organisations and other bodies, a National Synthesis Team has finalised the national synthesis for England and Wales that will be sent to the Synod Office in Rome. -> Synod 2023 update and the formal submission to the Synod from England and Wales -> National Synthesis, final version, 22nd June 2022.
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