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!

Let's spread the glitters of hope in this Jubilee Year of Hope, so that all the world can see God's Kingdom here and now!

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.

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

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...

Beauty is one of the ways the Spirit calls us into communion with the Lord and one another. Read on to discover this amazing gift!

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

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