For the past month our Bishop has been attending the synodal consultation and discussions in Rome.
On the 27th October2024, Pope Francis presided over the Synod’s closing mass.
During the mass Pope Francis spoke;
“we cannot remain inert before the questions raised by the women and men of today, before the challenges of our time, the urgency of evangelization and the many wounds that afflict humanity.
“A missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world”
See below, a link to the final document of the Synod, please look through it. Could I draw your attention to just one of many elements of this document, Part v – “So I send You” forming a people for Missionary Discipleship.
For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission
This is an all-encompassing document which looks to how our Church is going forward with missionary zeal and prayer.
It will be discussed throughout our Church, our Dioceses and in our Parishes.
From a local perspective, in Down and Connor this journey will be seen and driven by our local diocesan strategy “Pathways to the Future”