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...
top of page
Synod Journey Blog
Our thoughts along the synod road.
pentecostvigilproj
Jan 193 min read
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...
8 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jan 164 min read
Keeping One Another's Silence
“To pray means to change,” Douglas V. Steere writes in his foreword to Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Prayer. I would amend this to say...
5 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jan 93 min read
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...
7 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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...
1 view0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Sep 27, 20233 min read
Let's get set ... for the Synod on Synodality!
Do you remember when you were a kid, and the tug of war was about to begin? There'd be someone, usually an adult, calling out to us,...
0 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Sep 25, 20232 min read
What is this excitement about the Synod?
Welcome guest blogger and PVP Leadership Team member Karen Jennings! Karen's relatively new to our Team and brings to us her many...
2 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Sep 21, 20234 min read
Ready...Set...Go! First step? Get Ready!
"The ongoing synodal process is not only the most important moment in the life of the Catholic Church since Vatican II. It's also the...
1 view0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Synodal Faith: Not for the faint or fearful
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." — Saint Augustine Here's what I do not...
1 view0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Guess What? They Listened!
Have you ever participated in an organized group process where you were asked your opinion, but you doubted if what you said would make...
2 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Aug 31, 20234 min read
The Holy Spirit Among Us...Part 2!
Hello my dear readers! Are you ready for Part II of “The Holy Spirit Among Us”? If you haven’t had a chance to read the first part, I...
0 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Aug 22, 20234 min read
The Holy Spirit Among Us
We've finished our 5-part series on "Why Synodality?" and now welcome guest blogger Kari Campbell for the next two weeks. Kari is one of...
2 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Aug 18, 20236 min read
Synodality's Benefits for the Clergy: Part 2
This is the final blog in this series intended to provide language and logic for why synodality is the way forward for the Church in the...
3 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Aug 10, 20236 min read
Why Synodality Benefits the Clergy
This continues our 5-part series on "Why Synodality?" with the last two blogs in this series written specifically for clergy, and by...
6 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jul 28, 20236 min read
Why Synodality? For the sake of the world...
This is the second in a series of blogs on 'Why synodality?" Seems there are many current Church leaders, lay and ordained, and perhaps...
0 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jul 18, 20235 min read
Why Synodality? Because Eucharist is powerful, but not alone!
This begins a series of blogs on 'Why synodality?" Seems there are many current Church leaders, lay and ordained, and perhaps even more...
1 view0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jul 14, 202311 min read
A Young Adult Speaks: "Building a Synodal Church"
The Pentecost Vigil Project welcomes Adam Joseph, graduate of the Catholic University of America Class of 2023. He majored in politics...
5 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Breaking News: People Like to be Listened To!
I'm so pleased to introduce our next pair of guest bloggers, Dennis and Loretta Beeman of Richmond, VA! They are both PVP Leadership...
1 view0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
Jun 2, 20238 min read
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...
0 views0 comments
pentecostvigilproj
May 26, 20239 min read
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...
6 views0 comments
Post tags
bottom of page