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Welcome to the Synod Hub

- let's journey together!
  
  We're so glad you've accepted Pope Francis' invitation
  to help grow a more synodal church!
  
  Pope Francis wants to learn from the whole People of God what we hear the Spirit calling the Church to become. In October, he opened a two-year process called a Synod. Synod means “journeying together.” Pope Francis is asking us, together, to encounter the stranger, listen to one another with an open heart, and discern from our lived experiences what God is calling us to become.
- ENLARGE THE SPACE OF YOUR TENT! (isaiah 54:2)
  
  The Synod is well underway and a great deal of information and inspiration is coming to the fore:
  
  THE WORKING DOCUMENT FOR THE CONTINENTAL STAGE Better known as "Enlarge the Space of Your Tent," this document, presented in October 2022, is the fruit of the syntheses resulting from the consultation of the People of God in the first phase of the synodal process. This summary will be the focus of the time of listening, dialogue, and discernment of the Continental Synodal Assemblies (January-March 2023). TO ACCESS THIS DOCUMENT, SEE BELOW.
  
  ARTICLE, THE SYNOD IS WORKING! This article outlines the HISTORIC MOVEMENT toward allowing non-Bishop members of the Synod a vote. The reason for granting votes to non-bishops is simple: The synods are consultative, not deliberative (i.e., legislative), bodies. At synods, following a few weeks of in-person deliberations, a concluding text is drafted and the participating members vote on it. The pope decides what will come of the recommendations. In a synodal church, as Francis envisions, Bishops, women religious, and lay people - men and women, women and men - may vote in such an assembly to advise the pope. TO ACCESS THIS ARTICLE SEE BELOW.
  
  3. SYNODAL MOVEMENT within HOLY SPIRIT PARISH
  
  Here, at Holy Spirit Parish, through councils and committees, All-Parish listening sessions, and small-faith sharing groups we join our brothers and sisters around the world in discerning - through Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and our Lived Experience - how God is call us to 'enlarge the space of our tent'! Here's how we're doing so far:
  
  A NEW MISSION STATEMENT: Disciples United in Worship, Welcoming All, Working for Justice and Peace
  
  WELCOMING FOUR FOCUS MISSIONARIES to our Point Catholic Campus Ministry
  
  BECOMING THE HOME of THE KID'S CLOSET AND PLACE OF PEACE MEAL MINISTRY
  
  ADVOCATING FOR THE HOMELESS, THE HOUSING INSECURE AND INCOMING REFUGEE FAMILIES
  
  EXPANDING THE NUMBER AND KIND OF OUR SMALL 'CONNECT' GROUPS that we may better listen and walk with one another
  
  DEVELOPING CORE TEAMS for on-going discerment conversations about the life and role / full faith expression of Catholic women and LGBT
  
  4. TOGETHER, LET US PRAY that the Holy Spirit guides our encounters, our listening and our discernment as the whole People of God journey together in understanding what God is calling us to become.
  
  FURTHER QUESTIONS or CONCERNS? Please contact:
  
  Fr. Steve Brice ([email protected]) or Director of Adult Faith Formation, Julie Meadows ([email protected])
- Pope Francis' Homily
- USCCB Resources
- Working Document for the Continental Stage
- Synodality is Working Article

Holy Spirit Parish

Disciples United in Worship, Welcoming to all,
Working for Justice and Peace

Welcome to the Synod Hub

let's journey together!

ENLARGE THE SPACE OF YOUR TENT! (isaiah 54:2)

FURTHER QUESTIONS or CONCERNS? Please contact: