Nazareth Catholic Parish

Grovedale, Torquay and Anglesea

Archdiocese of Melbourne Synod Report 2022

Among the many events taking place in the life of the Church is the Synod on Synodality, a global and collective discernment on how the Church can become more “synodal” in character around three themes: Communion, Participation and Mission. As part of the local archdiocesan initiative, Catholics in Melbourne were invited to make submissions for consideration, an opportunity to express thoughts, ideas, and even discontents, about the current trajectory of the Church.

Synod Report Syntheses 2022

 

Listening to God by listening to one another.

Together, we are on a journey of listening to God by listening to one another. We invite all Australians to engage in an open and inclusive process of listening, dialogue and discernment about the future of the Catholic Church in Australia.
 

Your voice is needed – join in! Speak boldly and with passion, listen with an open and humble heart. With faith and guided by God’s Holy Spirit, we journey together, toward the future.
 
 
 
The 2020 Plenary Council website is now up and running and you can access quite a lot of information there. A link is provided to the three year process to be undertaken from Pentecost onwards, and you can stay up to date by subscribing to the Newsletter, or by acccessing the Plenary Council 2020 Facebook page.

A Plenary Council for the Australian Church

PLENARY COUNCIL 2020
 
Welcome to our updated pages on the 2020 Plenary Council (hereafter refrred to simply as  '2020'.) All of the previous content has been reorganised into a more logical flow and so you might like to take time to read through the various pages in the sequence, by using the NEXT button (or BACK). As we get closer to the launch of the 2020 at Pentecost 2018, more and more material will appear on thse pages, so don't forget to check baack regularly.
 
Australia has not had a Plenary Council for about 80 years, so it is something new for most of us, and it is something that we don't have a lot of information about...yet.  One thing we do know and understand though, is that if the Council is to have any positive and lasting effects on our Australian Church we have to be interested and involved. Every single person who sees themselves as part of the church, regardless of their activity or closeness to the church community needs to get involved, to speak up, and needs to ensure that their voice is heard.
 
On every page is a link to our submission page, where you have any opportunity you want to contribute thoughts, comments, criticisms and affirmations to our parish discussions - please make sure you take up our invitation.
 
 
 

Creating a Synodal Church - speaking with and listening to each other

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Small Group 11

After brief discussion about how the Plenary Council is approved, sets an agenda and is prosecuted, the sharing session started with the Council prayer.
After some minutes of reflection and writing on the question of what God is calling us to at this time we shared our thoughts and feelings.
In summary we are called to:
• support our priests.
• own up to the outcomes of the Royal Commission and make restitution.
• work out what the Church should look like today.
• in doing that we should do away with the old style of rules based doing as we are told.
• influence others by our Christian example.
• welcome all Catholics to Eucharist. (specifically divorced people or people of all sexuality or users of contraception or non-Catholic partners)
• participate more actively in Church life particularly in reach out activities.
• be proud to say “I am a Catholic”.
• make Mass attendance easier by being flexible in timing.
• emphasise the centrality of the Mass.
• be less judgemental in many other matters including abortion.
• make better use of our assets and general wealth.
In discussion about how we should follow these callings, the following points were noted and in part discussed.
There is a need for much greater local autonomy in managing our physical assets. All assets including schools should be managed by someone other than the priest to release the priest to pastoral activities.
As an inclusive church it is not our place to judge but to listen and be accepting. This applies to many circumstances.

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