Diocese of Parramatta

The Synod is a journey towards allowing each one to express their experience, sentiments and thoughts. The voice of the Church is composed of many different voices and the Synod is a time of grace where the unified and coherent message is diversity and plurality. This is why we need your voice as well. You are invited to participate in a structured group, an informal discussion with friends, or as an individual.

1 Read the Individual Reflection Guide

https://www.catholic.org.au/images/BishopsSynod_-_Individual_Reflection_Guide.pdf

 

2 Read the Questions for Reflection.

https://www.catholic.org.au/images/BishopsSynod_-_List_of_questions.pdf

 

3 Upload your thoughts at the link below by 13 December 2021. You can make these submissions anonymously if you wish. A summary of 250 words capturing your main thoughts is recommended. (Make this a button that says  ‘Submit your reflection  here’

https://acu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2hoonYFZGcJRfdc

1 Download and distribute the discernment guides for the members of your group. As a guide, a group of five or more will need around 1.5 hours to work through each guide.

• Listening and Discernment Guide Session I - Communion
• Listening and Discernment Guide Session II - Participation
• Listening and Discernment Guide Session III - Mission

2 Work through the questions giving each person an opportunity to respond.

3 Summarise your group’s responses in 250 words.

4 Upload your group’s thoughts at the link below by 13 December 2021. (Make this a button that says  ‘Submit your reflection  here’

https://acu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2hoonYFZGcJRfdc

We all need to learn in this journeying together. If you can, why don’t you help us in encourage real dialogue in your local communities through your friendships and other networks.

Maybe you have a social media account, a podcast? A YouTube channel? A Newsletter? A blog? Share this important news with everyone. Be creative!

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We ask for your feedback by the 13 December. This is submitted directly to the Australian Council of Bishops National Centre for Pastoral Research to incorporate into a report about the Diocese of Parramatta’s feedback. The final reports are sent to the Bishops in March 2022. Responses from each Diocese in Australia are then used to create a single report that will be sent to the Vatican’s Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in April 2022. The XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops takes place in October 2023.