Synod Journey Blog

Renunciation brings abundance; calculation ensures fidelity.

by Mark Hoggard A guilty pleasure of mine is a show called " Storage Wars ," where folks bid on abandoned storage lockers, and search for...

What exactly is Lay Ecclesial Ministry and what do we, as Church, need to do with it in light of synodality?

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

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

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.

Listening to the Holy Spirit takes preparation. Read on to see what the delegates and documents tell us!

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...

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

When Pope Francis announced a “Synod on the Synod,” I volunteered to be one of the facilitators/note takers for listening sessions. I had...

We are delighted to wecome our fourth guest blogger, Michael Centore. Michael is a new friend of the Pentecost Vigil Project and...

We are very excited to welcome our first guest blogger, PVP Leaderhip Team member Dana Hlusko, who has been working with her parish...

Have you ever been asked to do something and immediately said, “No!”? When asked why, all you can muster is something about being too...

Synodality is a mindset, a viewpoint, a principle and a practice. As a result, to unleash the Spirit of Synodality requires some time...

Here’s what I’m reading and hearing from those trying to hold onto the hope and energy of the first steps in the Synod on Synodality:...

Lent has begun. Now is the acceptable time to turn more intentionally toward the Lord, to be more readily conformed to his image, to...

As we continue to explore Foundations for Synodality, this blog concentrates on discernment in common, which is distinct from individual...

I’ve been a Catholic since 1988. I’ve been in service to the Church in one way or another since 1992. Like many of you, I am an ongoing...

Define your terms. Remember that from science class in about the 7th grade? It’s the idea that we need to all understand what we mean...