As this phase of the Synod on the future of the Church comes to a close on Sunday, 29th October, and the delegates prepare to return home, Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, offered the following spiritual reflection on Tuesday 24th October, entitled: ‘The seed germinates.’ This is a very apt and beautiful meditation that we too, as Church, can live together. ...
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On Sunday morning (1 October 2023), Dominican Friar and former Master of the Order of Preachers, Father Timothy Radcliffe, reflected on the meaning of Hoping against hope with those who will participate in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops set to begin on Wednesday, 4 October. This rather unique and special opportunity to share in this reflective and prayer-filled ...
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Today, May 31st 2023, we place the Church’s entire synodal process especially the work of the 16th ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (which will take place in Rome this October) under the protection of Mary, Mother of the Church, mother of all those who are companions and disciples of her son – ‘Our Lady of the Way’. ...
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On August 16th, the Irish Bishops’ Conference published the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process on www.synod.ie. The Synodal Process has been conducted across the Church in Ireland from Autumn 2021. “The publication the National Synthesis is the fruit of a wide-ranging process of listening and consultation drawing on the syntheses produced by the 26 dioceses in Ireland, as well ...
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