Synod Journey Blog

I'm a practical sort. I like to operationalize ideas...to figure out how to "do" something.

The most sacred days of our liturgical year are upon us. As I write this, Pat Clement, one of the co-founders of the Pentecost Vigil...

It's the last Friday of Lent. Today's Scriptures introduce us to the notion of standing firm in what God wants, even when we don't...

Photograph Unsplash/Aaron Burden We have good news and not-so-good-news. First the really good news: We've re-done our website. It's...

Photo Unsplash/Patrick Schneider It snowed here overnight. When I went to bed, there were ice pellets gathering on the coldest spots...

“To pray means to change,” Douglas V. Steere writes in his foreword to Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Prayer. I would amend this to say...

It's Monday October 9th and I'm writing from a specatcular Jekyll Island, GA. Had no power on Saturday so I couldn't follow what was...

It's an odd time to be an American Catholic. While much of the world is praying, watching and waiting for the Holy Spirit's inspiration...

Welcome guest blogger and PVP Leadership Team member Karen Jennings! Karen's relatively new to our Team and brings to us her many...

"The ongoing synodal process is not only the most important moment in the life of the Catholic Church since Vatican II. It's also the...

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." — Saint Augustine Here's what I do not...

Hello my dear readers! Are you ready for Part II of “The Holy Spirit Among Us”? If you haven’t had a chance to read the first part, I...

We've finished our 5-part series on "Why Synodality?" and now welcome guest blogger Kari Campbell for the next two weeks. Kari is one of...

This is the final blog in this series intended to provide language and logic for why synodality is the way forward for the Church in the...

This continues our 5-part series on "Why Synodality?" with the last two blogs in this series written specifically for clergy, and by...