Conversation in the Spirit: Untying the Ecclesial Knots for Synodal Church

As the global Synod on Synodality reaches the conclusion of its three-year journey, Catholics from across the city and beyond are invited to come together to pray, reflect, analyse and begin to ‘untie’ the ecclesial knots that have risen to the surface during this extraordinary time of global ecclesial listening and discernment.

Using the same methodology of the ‘conversation in the spirit’ that has enriched the discernment of the people of God across the world during these past three years, and interwoven with rich insights from the synod’s final document, participants will be invited to identify the key ecclesial ‘signs of the times’ that matter to them, and in conversation with their peers and the Spirit, begin to creatively imagine and propose ecclesial practices and structures that might begin to unravel the difficult ecclesial knots and weave together a new ecclesial tapestry that deepens our communion, strengthens us for mission through the full and active ecclesial participation of all the people of God.

Our evening of ‘conversation in the spirit’ will begin with a celebration of Mass together at 5.00 pm, followed by our time of conversation in the spirit, and conclude more informally into the evening with light refreshments.

Host or Publisher The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology