Rising to Pope Francis' challenge to become a synodal church
What is Synodality?
Synodality is a word that’s not familiar to many of us, and in one sense it’s quite simple and in other ways it’s not. With this in mind we’ve pulled together what we think are some of the best explainers about what synodality is, knowing that different people and contexts call for different kinds of introductions.
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Synodal Practice: Resources
Engage with our resources for getting started with synodality, habits and practices, resources for renewal, all developed with practitioners in England and Wales.
These are the resources we’ve come across that others have developed that we’d recommend for people trying to develop the practice of synodality locally.
Four Steps to Synodality
Our framework for developing new synodal processes and habits based on Acts 15 (the Council of Jerusalem) as they (1) encountered a changing world, (2) listened to all the voices, (3) discerned the Holy Spirit and (4) moved to action.
This framework can be applied to any group making decisions or discerning the future, and we have provided a plan so you can get started straight away.
“Synodality is the path God expects from the Church in the third millennium”
— Pope Francis
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News
“Growing as a synodal Church means constantly learning and being formed as we walk together, and the School for Synodality is an exciting opportunity to do precisely that on the path ahead to serve the synodal conversion of the Church in England and Wales”
— Sr Nathalie Becquart
Undersecretary of the Synod Office
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About us
The school for Synodality is a project to help support the synodal conversion of the Church in England and Wales in our day to day practice. Through conversations, the development of resources and our progarmmes, we hope to enable an openness to the Holy Spirit in our Church through listening, sharing and discernment.
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“Church and Synod are synonymous”
— St John Chrysostom