Synodality 9: Synodality and Formation for Mission

Synodality 9: Synodality and Formation for Mission

Columban missionary Fr Frank Hoare spoke to the Federation of Conferences of Catholic Bishops of Oceania (FCBCO) earlier this year. Synodality and formation for mission were two of the three major themes of the bishops’ assembly along with the effects of a changing...
Synodality 8: Interfaith Synodality

Synodality 8: Interfaith Synodality

Fr Patrick McInerney is the Director of the Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations in Australia. He explains why Interfaith Synodality needs to be put into practice. Ever since his election, Pope Francis has been promoting synodality as the path “which God...
Synodality 7: A Different Church

Synodality 7: A Different Church

Fr Patrick McMullan considers why Pope Francis is promoting synodality and highlights the dramatic shift in the global Catholic population thanks to missionary activity over the past 100 years. The Catholic Church has, over the last 100 years, undergone a complex...
Synodality 6: Young People – Voices on the Margins?

Synodality 6: Young People – Voices on the Margins?

James Trewby, Columban Justice and Peace Education Worker in Britain, provides some reflections from a young adult synodal conversation. During the strange ‘lockdown’ times much of my work as Columban Justice and Peace Education Worker in Britain went online. Each...
Synodality 5: Mission and Synodality

Synodality 5: Mission and Synodality

Mission is one of the three themes proposed for the Universal Synod in 2023, along with Communion and Participation. Columban Fr Hugh MacMahon explains how the Synodal Process has a deep missionary dimension to it. When Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the...
Synodality 4: Responding to Our Baptismal Call

Synodality 4: Responding to Our Baptismal Call

Columban lay missionary Jao Resari believes Synodality calls the faithful to become active participants in mission and to address clericalism and exclusion in the Church. When I joined the Columban Lay Missionaries (CLM), I was 24 years old. My first mission...