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!

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!

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.

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?

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

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!

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.

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

It's Spring fundraising season and, like you, I'm getting bombarded by so MANY worthy causes and a few that are not on my passion list. ...