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Synod Journey Blog
Our thoughts along the synod road.
Debbie Stollery
- Sep 5
- 4 min
HGTV and Synodality
Join in laying the foundations for the conversion to a synodal Church by first understanding the building blocks.
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Debbie Stollery
- Aug 29
- 4 min
It's been 3 years and....where are we now?
Ever try to share the story of a wonderful trip you took? It's rarely sequential or categorized. So it is with the #synodourney.
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Debbie Stollery
- Aug 22
- 4 min
On Family Reunions and the Synod
I caught synodality's vision this past weekend at our family reunion. Read on to see how!
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Debbie Stollery
- Aug 16
- 5 min
A Call to Conversion
If you love another, not only will you change, you will be ok with it because love makes it something do-able.
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Debbie Stollery
- Aug 9
- 5 min
Re-Thinking Baptism's Importance
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!
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Debbie Stollery
- Aug 2
- 7 min
Let us create them in our image
If we're created in God's image and imbued with God's Spirit, what does that mean for how we are the Church?
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Debbie Stollery
- Jul 25
- 7 min
Discernment: A spiritual practice for a synodal Church
What does God want? How are we supposed to figure that out? Discernment...a contemplative practice.
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Debbie Stollery
- Jul 18
- 6 min
The Holy Spirit at work in the Eucharist: Key to a Synodal Church
Photo Credit Deborah Stollery (c) 2024 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Tampa FL This is the fourth is a series of blogs on the...
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Debbie Stollery
- Jul 11
- 5 min
Beauty, the Spirit and Synodality
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!
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Debbie Stollery
- Jul 5
- 6 min
Listening to the Holy Spirit: A synodal spiritual practice
Listening to the Holy Spirit takes preparation. Read on to see what the delegates and documents tell us!
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Debbie Stollery
- Jun 21
- 4 min
Recognizing Synodality in Ecumenism Part 5 in a series of 5
There can be no synodality without an ecumenical dimension. What does that look like in my parish?
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Debbie Stollery
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Buy the Why!
Thought leader Simon Sinek says that people buy your why...not your what. Not heard of him? Listen to his internationally famous TED...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Choose Now!
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...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Participation means Preparation
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...
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pentecostvigilproj
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Synodality: Fluff or Foundation?
Photo Unsplash/Patrick Schneider It snowed here overnight. When I went to bed, there were ice pellets gathering on the coldest spots...
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pentecostvigilproj
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Principles of Synodal Leadership: Moving into a Preferred Future
Pope Francis states that the synodal process is not an isolated event, rather it heralds a new way of being Church: "Synodality is a...
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pentecostvigilproj
- Oct 11, 2023
- 3 min
Synod on Synodality: Dare we hope? Asked by a hopeful skeptic!
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...
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pentecostvigilproj
- Oct 6, 2023
- 3 min
We've been trying to build interest in the Synod in our parish
It was a challenge, but it was worth it! We, my wife and I, recently planned and presented a program at our parish to raise awareness...
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pentecostvigilproj
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 min
It's GO! time.... the Synod on Synodality is beginning
It's an odd time to be an American Catholic. While much of the world is praying, watching and waiting for the Holy Spirit's inspiration...
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