Synod Journey Blog

The Church is like an Oreo cookie: two firm pieces holding together that amazing middle, full of the Body of Christ, sweet nourishment!

Coffee and conversation about what breaks our hearts and fills our hearts about our Church is an act of hope!

Leading change is a challenge. But with the Holy Spirit and some tools, we can begin to embrace synodality.

Is there a connection between the synod's Final Document, the Pope's recent encyclical and the Jubilee Year of Hope? Here's what I see!

Be a pilgrim of hope! Cast your net, have a cup of coffee and a conversation! Build the bonds between you.

We're in the implementation phase of the culture change to synodality...and there are soooo many questions!

The relationship between Lay Ecclesial Ministers and the Church is in need of conversion.

Empowering Lay Ecclesial Ministers to be co-responsible for the unleashing of synodality is a concrete, do-able step.

There's something "off" in my understanding and experience of Lay Ecclesial Ministry.

Geography, culture, leadership, technology: all of these influence our "place" and so, a single approach cannot be effective.

Which pathways will you choose as you begin the shift to a more synodal Church? The IL has 4 to choose from.

Communion is about relationships between more parties than you might think. How will we foster them?

Join in laying the foundations for the conversion to a synodal Church by first understanding the building blocks.

Ever try to share the story of a wonderful trip you took? It's rarely sequential or categorized. So it is with the #synodourney.

I caught synodality's vision this past weekend at our family reunion. Read on to see how!

If you love another, not only will you change, you will be ok with it because love makes it something do-able.

Baptism matters! We die and rise to new life, a new Spirit within, a new way of living. But do we? Synodality is counting on it!

If we're created in God's image and imbued with God's Spirit, what does that mean for how we are the Church?

What does God want? How are we supposed to figure that out? Discernment...a contemplative practice.

Photo Credit Deborah Stollery (c) 2024 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Tampa FL This is the fourth is a series of blogs on the...