Following the listening phase that took place around the diocese from October 2021 to Spring 2022, led by the Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis, the final submission from the Local Church was presented to the Archbishop in June 2022. To read the document, click on the image.
Pastoral Letter from Archbishop John
The Opening of the Synod, October 2021
Pope Francis officially opened the Synod on October 10 2021 in Rome. The aim of the synod is to enable the Church, the People of God to participate in a synodal process. Rooted in the spirit of Vatican Two, it desires that the People of God have an opportunity of talking, listening and walking together, not as a one off event but as Church. It is not meant to be an end in itself but a means by which the Church discerns. By listening to the Holy Spirit at work in each person and their experience we help to build up how we witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ and where we are been called to grow.
““We recall that the purpose of the synod, and therefore of this consultation, is not to produce documents, but ‘to plant dreams, draw forth prophecies and visions, allow hope to flourish, inspire trust, bind up wounds, weave together relationships, awaken a dawn of hope, learn from one another and create a bright resourcefulness that will enlighten minds, warm hearts, give strength to our hands,’””
