Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Webinar: The Challenge of Synodality

2:00 pm
Location: 
Other

Registration is required.: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Am_tBrsiRy2ocV_fjCD-4A

A collaboration of the Religious Formation Conference and the Asociación de Hermanas Latinas Misioneras en América (AHLMA)

Pope Francis has said that "the path of synodality is the path that God expects from the Church of the third millennium". The Pope is inviting us to discern a new ecclesial model. We all have a great opportunity to respond to this call by sharing our voice in the process of consultation that started with the inauguration of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality. This is “both a gift and a task: by journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has been made, the Church will be able to learn through her experience which processes can help Her to live communion, to achieve participation, to open herself to mission.” (Preparatory Document 1).
We invite you to this opportunity to prepare our hearts and minds to participate in the Synodal process. This webinar will be presented entirely in Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation to English will be provided.

 

 

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Religious Life Encountering Synodality

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Location: 
Other

Pope Francis is asking every person to look deeply at how the people of God are experiencing ourselves as church and to ask what the Spirit is calling us to as church into the future. The call to members of consecrated life to participate in this process was specifically mentioned in the Synod 2023 Preparatory document. Additionally, each congregation has received an invitation from the USG (Union of Superiors General) and UISG (International Union of Superiors General) to participate and offer their perspectives.

What is the call of consecrated life in this process of synodality?
What are we invited to offer and what are we invited to receive?

These topics and more will be engaged in a discussion with Professor Rafael Luciani and Sr Maria Cimperman. Professor Luciani, Theology faculty at Boston College, is a member of the Theological Commission for the Synodality process. Sr. Maria, Theological Ethics faculty and Director of the Center for the Study of Consecrated Life, has been named by the UISG and USG to a four-person commission which created a process for congregations and who will encounter the responses from religious congregations and offer a synthesis for the Synod on Synodality.

CLICK HERE to register for this virtual event.