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INTRODUCTION TO THE ORDINARIATESYNODAL PATH ZOOM MEETINGSMonsignor Keith Newton writes:As you will all know by now, the Catholic Church is engaged in a world-wide process of listening – a Synodal Pathway – and this will continue till 2023. Each aspect and part of the Church is being asked to participate in this process, and you may already be engaged in this via your parishes, chaplaincies, schools, etc. As a Personal Ordinariate we shall also play our part, arising out of the particular context in which we find ourselves. The synodal process is not about an end goal in 2023 with a gathering of bishops in Rome, but about a new way of acting, of being the Church at every level where mutual listening is the cornerstone. It is not about endless debating about changing what cannot be changed, but is about the Church gathering together people and their pastors for a common journey. There will be a package of electronic resources sent to each group, and also placed on a new tab on the website. We are asking Groups to meet together and consider a group of related questions, but you may wish to consider other aspects relating to your particular context. The timings of the process are as follows:
As members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham we are no strangers to the kind of 'synodality' spoken of in the diocesan and CBEW documents. This is an opportunity to bring people together – either face to face or online – and giving an opportunity for those who feel isolated to contribute also. Father Paul Burch, Vicariate for Evangelisation, introduces the Synodal Path
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