Julieann Moran and Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon had the responsibility at the Continental Synodal Assembly in Prague of relaying in 6 minutes some of the key insights that had emerged in the synodal process in Ireland. We hear from them what were the issues that they focused on and what took away from the Assembly itself.

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Julieann Moran and Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon share with the Continental Assembly in Prague what has emerged to date from the Irish Church through the Synodal process of discernment

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Nicola Brady discusses the learnings from the recent Continental Assembly in Prague and how synodality has helped people engage with challenging issues in a constructive, prayerful and collective way.

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Archbishop Eamon Martin discusses the synodal pathway that the whole Church is walking together and what has come from the conersations to date in the Irish Church

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Rafael Luciani discusses how Synodality has developed in Latin America since Vatican II and some of the deeper roots of Synodality in our Church's tradition.

Rafael is a Lay Venezuelan theologian who serves on Theological Commission of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops

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Susan Pascoe shares her experience of Synodality in helping to draft the Document for the Continental Stage in Frascati and more recently attending the Continental Assembly in Suva, Fiji

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Archbishop Eamon Martin shares his reflection at the end of the Synodal assembly in Prague

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#SynodPrague2023 RECAP - Nicola Brady from the Irish Delegation on the task ahead to bring more people into the spiritual conversations that lie at the heart of the #synodal process

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Fr Jan Nowotnik on reading the draft final document at the end of the European Continental Assembly

#AdsumusSancteSpirtus

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"I would like to explore a little the creative tension between synodality and hierarchy in the communion of the Church ...."

Contribution by Archbishop Eamon Martin, President of the Irish Episcopal Conference, at the Continental Assembly in Prague (Feb 2023)

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We have come to Prague to support the process"
Colm Homes from 'We Are Church' on their call for more lay representation at all stages of the #synodal process

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A Prayer from Ireland that was shared with the delegates during the first working session of the Continental Assembly in Prague (6th Feb 2023)

'St. Patrick Breastplate' composed by John O'Keefe KSG, Director of Sacred Music at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Sung by the Seminary Students of the National Seminary Ireland.

The visuals are from from the Prayer Service that took place at the Monastery of Clonmacnoise, following the National Pre-Assembly Synodal Assembly in June 2022

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Cardinal Mario Grech shares his hopes for the Synod on Synodality, how he sees it as a learning process and why people should not fear drastic doctrinal change.

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Professor Anna Rowlands reflects on what has emerged in the Synodal process in the national reports, including what people feel have to offer as the Church seeks to renew itself. This leads into the question of whether the dignity of women is fully recognised and realised in the Church.

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Bishop Fintan Monahan reflects on the synodal process to date and how the issues that were raised in the Killaloe Diocesan Synthesis were echoed in both the wider Irish Synthesis and the global 'Document for the Continental Stage'.

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As they prepare to participate as two of the Irish delegates in the Continental Stage in Prague, Julieann Moran & Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon discuss the various rounds of listening and open reporting that are part of the Synodal process

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Patricia Carroll on how we do not have to wait until the conclusion of the Synod gatherings in Rome in 2023 and 2024 to become more synodal in our parishes and dioceses

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JulieAnn Moran and Fr Declan Hurley reflect on key themes that have emerged from the synodal process at both national and international level.

For more information see www.synod.ie

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Publisher Garry O'Sullivan explains that 'The Synodal Times' is a monthly Catholic newspaper that does a deep dive into the Synodal process in the Irish Church and the Universal Church

More info - https://www.synodaltimes.com/

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Austen Ivereigh shares with us about being part of the group that drafted the Working Document for the Continental Stage of Synod 2021- 24. This document is a synthesis of all that has emerged in the first phase of the Synod process, which was the greatest listening exercise the Catholic Church has ever carried out.

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We hear from editor Fr Eamonn Conway about the objectives of this book which include making the case for a synodal Church that is authentic and accountable.

Published by Columba Books

Edited by Eamonn Conway, Eugene Duffy and Mary McDaid
Paperback ISBN 9781782183938

Description
‘A highly timely book. Pope Francis wants the whole church to discern together the way God wants the Church to go. This book helps a lot for a sane discernment of the style of synodality that really matters.’

Christoph Card. Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna

Emanating from the Irish Church but with contributions from leading scholars in the UK, US, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands and Australia, this book of fifteen essays provides:

An introduction to the meaning of synodality and its rich foundations within the Catholic tradition
Makes the case for synodality as “that which God expects of the Church of the third millennium” (Pope Francis)
Argues that failure to embrace the synodal path is not an option if the Church is to have any meaningful role to play in the third millennium.

Introduction
…This book … sets out to achieve three objectives. The first objective is to provide a basic understanding of the meaning of synodality and its rich foundations within the Catholic tradition. The second objective is to make the case for synodality as precisely ‘that which God expects of the Church of the third millennium’ (Pope Francis, 17th October 2015). The third objective is to show why, having embarked the Church upon a synodal path nationally and globally, failure to arrive at the desired destination of sincere and meaningful Church reform may well leave the Catholic Church in a worse situation than if it had never embarked upon a synodal path in the first place. In other words, the third objective of this book is to make the point that the stakes are high and it is time to ‘get real’….

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