Recommended Resources

A book setting out an approach to Pastoral Planning based on communal discernment written with a broad-based audience in mind.

Journal article exploring the Ignatian roots of the conversation in the spirit.

In the late afternoon of Saturday 28 October 2023, the members of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops adopted this Synthesis Report.

A document from the Synod office setting out the process between the 2023 and 2024 Assemblies.

Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God.

A set of six meditation from former Master of the Dominican Order, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP given to participants of the 16th ordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023.

Resource Type: Spiritual and theological reflections that can help us deepen our understanding of synodality at this moment in the Church

Theological Briefing Papers put together as part of a mapping project of all academic material on Synodality in English, Spanish, French and German

Resource Type: Theological bibliography and accessible theological briefing papers

Some short introductory videos to Synodality from the Apsel.ie introductory course on Synodality

Resource Type: Seven short 1-3 minute videos introducing different aspects of Synodality from a collaborative formation project based in Ireland.

Pope Francis’ homily on the story of the rich young man, on the Mass celebrating the opening of the 2021-24 Synod.

Resource Type: A short homily that characterises synodality through three verbs, encountering, listening and discerning.

An initial exploration of what it might look like to develop a Spirituality of Synodality.

Resource Type: A long document from the Spirituality Commission of the 2021-23 Synod with shorter sections (eg p11-23 exploring central themes of a Spirituality of Synodality) that can be engaged with without reading the whole document.

All the Continental Process documents from around the world.

Resource Type: Link to the page containing all the Continental Stage Documents, many of which are in English

A resource highlighting how Scripture is at the heart of the synodal journey.

Resource Type: A 94 page document from the Spirituality Commission of the 2021-24 Synod office exploring 7 Biblical passages and two different approaches to reflecting with Scripture.