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Ardagh & Clonmacnois: Diocesan Assembly and Synodal Journey
07/Oct/2021
Diocesan
Assembly and Synodal Journey
“We are about to resume our Diocesan Assembly
preparations this month with an on-line meeting with delegates. We will take account of the Covid 19
experience in our preparatory meetings and in the Assembly in spring 2022.
Since we started our Assembly journey in 2019, the
Catholic Church throughout the world is about to begin a series of
conversations about what God wants of his people at this time. These
conversations are often referred to as a Synodal Process. “Synodal” comes from
a Greek word which means “walking together”.
In this diocese we are well placed to join in this
synodal process because our Assembly journey is within the spirit of
synodality.
On Sunday 17th October we mark the opening of this
worldwide Synodal Process entitled, “For a Synodal Church: communion,
participation and mission”. This Synodal Process and our Assembly coincide
with the start of the two-year Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in
Ireland which will lead, in time, to a National Synodal Assembly in Ireland.
This will be a time of prayer, listening and
discernment, in our diocese and in the Catholic Church in Ireland and worldwide.
It will allow all people - both within
the Church and in society at large, to share their insights into the Catholic
Church in Ireland – past, present and future – so that we can prepare for a
National Synodal Assembly in the coming years.
To formally begin the Synodal journey, and
mark the resumption of our Assembly, Bishop Francis will celebrate Mass in St
Mel’s Cathedral on Sunday 17th October at 10am.
This Mass will be broadcast live on
Shannonside/Northernsound Radio and on www.longfordparish.com
www.catholicbishops.ie/synod - to learn more about the
Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland
www.synod.va – to learn more about the worldwide Synod”