Synod 2021 - 2023

We stand before You,
Holy Spirit,
as we gather together
in Your name.
With You alone to guide us,
make Yourself at home
in our hearts;
Teach us the way we must go
and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful;
do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance
lead us down the wrong path
nor partiality
influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity
so that we may journey
together to eternal life
and not stray
from the way of truth
and what is right.
All this we ask of You,
who are at work
in every place and time,
in the communion
of the Father and the Son,
forever and ever. Amen.

The world-wide synodal process reached a new stage in August, when 107 of 114 Episcopal Conferences had submitted their synthesis reports. The General Secretariat of the Synod held a nearly two hour press conference; watch it hear on You-Tube:

THREE MINUTE PRESS CONFERENCE SUMMARY

FULL SYNOD PRESS CONFERENCE

The synod now enters its Continental phase, with seven regional gatherings of the People of God for further listening and discernment. Learn more about this phase from the Secretariat of the Synod's FAQs:

Continental Phase FAQs

During the first phase of listening sessions, the Secretariat also drafted a document on the spirituality emerging from the process: 

Towards a Spirituality of Synodality