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The bishops of the United States are being asked to host several additional listening sessions in the upcoming months, as part of the next stage of the Church’s synod on synodality.
The listening sessions are asked to focus on the role of structures and organizations in the Church, and will need to be completed and synthesized by early April.
The request was made in a Jan. 2 letter to the U.S. bishops from Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee on doctrine, and coordinator of the USCCB's role in the global synodal process.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Pillar, Flores said the listening sessions should focus on two questions from the USCCB, based on guidance from the permanent secretariat for the Synod of Bishops in Rome: “Where have I seen or experienced successes—and distresses—within the Church’s structure(s)/organization/leadership/life that encourage or hinder the mission?” and “How can the structures and organization of the Church help all the baptized to respond to the call to proclaim the Gospel and to live as a community of love and mercy in Christ?”
The synod on synodality is an ongoing global process aimed at fostering prayer, discussing, and discernment in the life of the Church. It started with a diocesan phase in 2021, which included listening sessions that were synthesized into a national, then continental, report.
Continued below.
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The listening sessions are asked to focus on the role of structures and organizations in the Church, and will need to be completed and synthesized by early April.
The request was made in a Jan. 2 letter to the U.S. bishops from Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee on doctrine, and coordinator of the USCCB's role in the global synodal process.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Pillar, Flores said the listening sessions should focus on two questions from the USCCB, based on guidance from the permanent secretariat for the Synod of Bishops in Rome: “Where have I seen or experienced successes—and distresses—within the Church’s structure(s)/organization/leadership/life that encourage or hinder the mission?” and “How can the structures and organization of the Church help all the baptized to respond to the call to proclaim the Gospel and to live as a community of love and mercy in Christ?”
The synod on synodality is an ongoing global process aimed at fostering prayer, discussing, and discernment in the life of the Church. It started with a diocesan phase in 2021, which included listening sessions that were synthesized into a national, then continental, report.
Continued below.
US dioceses asked to hold new round of synodal listening sessions
The listening sessions are asked to focus on the role of structures and organizations in the Church, and will need to be completed and synthesized by early April.
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