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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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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Dr Pat Kenny introduces us to Fr Willie Doyle SJ, who laid down his life as a martyr of charity on 16 August 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele while serving as an Army Chaplain.

We hear that Fr Willie Doyle SJ was a man who loved God and his neighbour so much that he was willing to die to save a soul or to save a life.

For more information on the cause - https://williedoyle.org/

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Fr John Hogan formally asks to introduce the cause for beatification and canonisation of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, who was killed in 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele, as a martyr of charity and recounts the many heroic, charitable, ecumenical and pious virtues evident in his life.

Christ the King Cathedral Mullingar on the Feast of of Christ the King 20th Nov 2022.

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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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Papal biography Austen Ivereigh discusses how Pope Francis is leading the Church to become a synodal Church and to be more inclusive in how we discern the path ahead.

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Nicola Brady discusses the consultation and listening that has taken place at parish and diocesan level during the initial phase of the Synodal pathway and explains what happens next.

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"Today has been prepared for a long time ... you could say that we have been coming to this day since the Second Vatican Council" ... Bishop Brendan Leahy on the National Pre-Synodal Assembly

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"I just feel a great sense of gratitude for everyone who has been walking with us on this synodal journey ... " Archbishop Eamon Martin on the National Pre-Synodal Assembly which concluded with prayer at the ancient monastic site of Clonmacnoise

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“We feel lifted up and encouraged ….” Nicola Brady (Chair of the Synodal Group) on the National Pre-Synodal Assembly which took place in Athlone and Clomacnoise.

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Bishop Fintan Monahan on how themes that emerged in the Killaloe Diocese synthesis were echoed by other dioceses at the National Pre-Synodal Assembly

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Bishop Brendan Leahy says that two primary questions for the Synodal Pathway are 'how are we getting on with one another and how are we reaching out to other people?' more info - www.synod.ie

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Sculptor Timothy Schmalz and Archbishop Dermot Farrell share the dream of the full size bronze of the anti-human trafficking sculpture ‘Let the Oppressed Go Free’ coming to Dublin

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