Synod Journey Blog

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

There can be no synodality without an ecumenical dimension. What does that look like in my parish?

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...

Pope Francis states that the synodal process is not an isolated event, rather it heralds a new way of being Church: "Synodality is a...

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...

Do you remember when you were a kid, and the tug of war was about to begin? There'd be someone, usually an adult, calling out to us,...

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...

Have you ever participated in an organized group process where you were asked your opinion, but you doubted if what you said would make...

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...

This is the second in a series of blogs on 'Why synodality?" Seems there are many current Church leaders, lay and ordained, and perhaps...

This begins a series of blogs on 'Why synodality?" Seems there are many current Church leaders, lay and ordained, and perhaps even more...