St. Paul Catholic Newman Center Synodal Process
Under the guidance of our longtime parishioner Jim Grant, we are currently putting together our Synod committee. Please keep us in your prayer as we begin this important process for our Church.
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Embracing life as it comes (A Prayer for the Synod)
Jesus, we see you in the Gospels
welcoming everyone who was close to you,
like the man with evil spirits or the man with the withered hand.
We see You walking with the disciples of Emmaus
or giving comfort to the widow
who has lost her only child.
You taught us to embrace life as it comes,
to focus on people,
no matter who they are or what they have experienced.
Give us your grace and your light
to imprint “your style” in the Church,
to understand the others as they are
to understand them from the depths of their hearts
beyond their words and actions.
May we be an open-hearted Church,
a Church that is receptive and walks with others.
Amen.
XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS
document for the participants for the Synod gathering in October
Synod Timeline
October 9 - 10, 2021: Pope Francis Opens the Synod from the Vatican
PHASE 1 October 2021: The Synodal process held throughout the Catholic World
PHASE 2 September 2022 - March 2023: Bishops meet at the national/continental level
PHASE 3 October 2023: Bishops gather in Rome for final phase Pt. 1
PHASE 4 October 2024: Bishops gather in Rome for final phase Pt. 2
Synod on Synodality Synthesis Report
As we initiate this process, we too are called to become experts in the art of encounter."
