Practicing Synodality Webinar Series 2023
While the first Synod assembly of the 2021-24 Synod takes place in Rome in October 2023 there will be a renewed focus on the potential of Synodality in our Church. During this time the School for Synodality will be starting a series of eight webinars exploring becoming a listening Church with speakers from both England and Wales and from across the world that can help us explore what the practice of Synodality looks like in our own communities.
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The speakers include Dr Jessie Rogers, Dean of Faculty of Theology, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, Fr Matthew Nunes and Fr Phillip Inch, co-moderators of the Archdiocese of Liverpool Synod, Executive Secretary of CEAMA (Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon), Prof Anna Rowlands, Office for Synod, Vatican and Durham University and another in collaboration with CAFOD.
The webinars will be held online on Monday evenings at 7.30 and all are welcome to come and get involved the question and answers section we’ll include in each session.
Webinar schedule:
25th Sep What is synodality? Dr Jessie Rogers, Dean of Faculty of Theology, St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth
2nd Oct Thinking about power and trust - leading, facilitating and creating safe groups Ciaran Beary, facilitation and leadership consultant, including for the UN and Fr Kevin O'Driscoll, Parish Priest at Holy Family Catholic Church, Slough
9th Oct Best and worst practices - learning on the way Fr Matthew Nunes and Fr Phillip Inch, co-moderators of the Archdiocese of Liverpool Synod
16th Oct Discerning the signs of the times – Sarah Adams, Director for the Department of Adult Education and Evangelisation in the Diocese of Clifton and participant in the European Continental Assembly in spring 2023
30th Oct The art of listening - hearing all the voices - Sr Ngozie (Sierra Leone) in partnership with CAFOD
6th Nov Group discernment - how do we know it's the Holy Spirit? - Mauricio Lopez, Executive Secretary of CEAMA (Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon)
13th Nov Moving to action – TBC
20th Nov Becoming a synodal community – Prof Anna Rowlands, Office for Synod, Vatican and Durham University