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"We've not heard a word about the Synod or synodality in my parish. If I didn't read a Catholic publication other than our diocesan...
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Synod Journey Blog
Our thoughts along the synod road.
Debbie Stollery
- Jun 2
- 7 min
Can you help heal me?
Jesus knew something that we tend to forget in our culture which prizes individualism. He knew that we human beings are wired to be...
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Debbie Stollery
- May 26
- 9 min
It's Too Complicated to Join!
Early in our parish's walk along the synod journey, a young family came for Holy Thursday, on my invitation. I was late getting there and...
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Debbie Stollery
- May 19
- 3 min
Open the Doors and then What?
Connection, Participation and Synodality Here's the deal. A healthy Church, living out the Wisdom of Vatican II, requires all the...
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Kari Campbell
- Apr 28
- 6 min
Who's In Charge?
We are very excited to welcome our third guest blogger, PVP Leaderhip Team member Kari Campbell. Kari is a full time working wife and...
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Debbie Stollery
- Apr 14
- 3 min
It's a lot!
Happy Easter friends! May the promises of resurrection, like the fruits of synodality, inspire you and sustain you. We are coming to the...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 24
- 5 min
Ready...Set...Go work on your spirit!
Have you ever been asked to do something and immediately said, “No!”? When asked why, all you can muster is something about being too...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 17
- 2 min
St. Patrick, Guide Us!
In the interest of full disclosure, I don't have a drop of Irish blood in me. But my husband and therefore my children do, so I claim a...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 10
- 4 min
Who Cares How we Decide?
Synodality is a mindset, a viewpoint, a principle and a practice. As a result, to unleash the Spirit of Synodality requires some time...
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Debbie Stollery
- Mar 3
- 5 min
Part II of "Now What?" Look inward!
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:...
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Debbie Stollery
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Discernment's Origins
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...
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Debbie Stollery
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Do you know what this means?
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...
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Debbie Stollery
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Advent practices in Lent?
We are hearing more and more people asking what should happen now that the Diocesan Phase of the Synod is complete? Do we wait until...
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Debbie Stollery
- Jan 26
- 10 min
Trustworthiness and Synodality
When the Pentecost Vigil Project was being born, Pat (the co-founder) and I were talking about the whole exciting enterprise, about being...
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Debbie Stollery
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Am I Trustworthy? Take a look!
I tell myself I am worthy of trust. I expect that others see me the same way. But what if I have that proverbial log in my own eye…what...
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Debbie Stollery
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Killing Trust
“Thou shalt not kill.” [i] I know, I know…this refers to other human beings most of the time. But I think it can, by extension, apply...
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Debbie Stollery
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
Pondering...with Mary and the Spirit
Advent is coming to an end and the liturgical season of Christmas is upon us. What does that mean for the #synodjourney? Here are some...
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Debbie Stollery
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Take the Log Out of Your Eye!
“You ask really hard questions! Are you always like this?” I hear that a lot in my consulting work with Catholic parishes and dioceses...
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Debbie Stollery
- Dec 7, 2022
- 8 min
Dirty Little "Not-so-secret" Secret
Lean in so I don’t have to shout. Here’s the secret: the Roman Catholic Church is not trustworthy. What was once “hidden” has now been...
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Debbie Stollery
- Nov 25, 2022
- 5 min
Synodality makes me nervous as a lay professional
Preface: Fellow travelers, this is the last blog in the series on #synodality and listening. But it's not the last word on this...
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