1 September 2023 Dear brothers and sisters! “Let Justice and Peace Flow” is the theme of this year’s ecumenical Season of Creation, inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: “Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream” (5:24). The evocative image used by Amos speaks to us of what God […]
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SYNOD NATIONAL SYNTHESIS
Cardinal Vincent on the Synod’s National Synthesis
Synodal Pathway Links
The Synod can be confusing. What is it? What am I expected to do? Our wonderful Synodal Team have collated some links that can help navigate parishioners. Two articles can start you off, one in the tone of heart-to-heart between parishioners, the other a news piece on Pope Francis’s take on the synod: Our Mission […]
Continue ReadingFor a Synodal Parish: Communion, Participation, Mission
A message from Dan and the Synodal Team: Our journey together as a Church depends upon our accompanying one another in our parish, trusting that the Spirit guides us as we act together. The joy of the Gospel remains hidden in our hearts until we come together, to offer it to one another for the […]
Continue ReadingWestminster Diocese Bishops’ Synod Report
This report is based on the responses to the diocesan synodal pathway. It has been submitted to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales to contribute to a national report finalised in June and sent to the Synod Office in the Vatican in July. The reports from this global exercise will then form the basis […]
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