Parish of St. Mary Bradford
One Parish - Two Churches
PREPARATION FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
Preparations are now underway for the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome this October 2024. The Synod Office in Rome has asked the local Churches to reflect on the following specific question: ‘HOW can we be a synodal Church in mission?’ For further information on this stage of the synodal process and to submit any reflections please visit the diocesan synodal webpages:
1st December 2022
THE NEXT STEPS DOWN THE ‘SYNODAL PATH’
Diocese of Leeds
https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/the-next-steps-down-the-synodal-path/
6th November 2022
To read the outcome of the listening and discernment exercise in the Church over the past year, please click the link below.
A Reflection from the Bishops of England and Wales following the compilation of the Synodal National Synthesis Document can be found by clicking the link below.
The outcome of the Synodal listening session that took place in the parish on 18th November 2021 can be viewed by clicking the button below.
For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission.
A two-year 'synodal' process is taking place in the Catholic Church from October 2021 that culminates in the final Synod Gathering of Bishops in Rome in October 2023. The overall theme is "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission".
“For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission" (‘Synod’ - from a Greek word meaning ‘walking together’.)
This is the title of a two-year 'synodal' process taking place in the Catholic Church from October 2021, initiated by Pope Francis. It begins in the local church - every diocese in the world is asked to participate; and every one of us has the right to speak. It culminates in a final Gathering of Bishops in Rome in October 2023.
As soon as we have more details on how this is going to happen at the local level we will share this on the bulletin and here on our parish website. Our first task in the Parish of St Mary should be to pray for the pope’s intentions.
The process is based on listening to the People of God. To understand Pope Francis’ thinking on this an excellent start would be reading his latest small book : ‘A time to dream’.
CAFORD has released a video which enables us to understand why it is critical for all of us to participate, why now and what is means for our global Church. This video is free but does require you to register with a name and email address. The link can be found below.
https://www.bigmarker.com/cafod/Synod
The Catholic Bishop's Conference of England and Wales has published a short document with information and can be viewed by clicking the link below.
More information can be found by clicking the links below.
Deanery-Conference-Paper-From-Parish-to-Mission_.pdf (dioceseofleeds.org.uk)
The-Discernment-of-a-Pastoral-Plan-for-the-Diocese-of-Leeds.pdf (dioceseofleeds.org.uk)
English Version of the Preparatory Document (synod.va)
https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/Approaches-to-Synodal-Pathway-041021.pdf