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 20

We are called to:

 
• Make an immediate and humble apology to the victims of abuse, pay compensation fairly without disadvantaging people who have previously been paid an amount and signed a non-disclosure agreement.

• Adopt the “Lifeboat” model as a practical approach to helping the people still suffering from abuse.
• Follow Pope Francis’ example to see clericalism as problem to be overcome. Challenge the notion held by both privileged clerics and the laity that the Hierarchy can do no wrong.
• Allow married clergy. There are already ex-Anglican married priests who have received holy orders.
• Return married ex-priests to active priesthood in the church.
• The Australian bishops need to adopt the style of active leadership shown by Archbishop Mannix.
• Divorced and remarried people should be allowed to receive communion.
• Allow women clergy. Jesus treated women with great respect.
• Show tolerance to all including LGBYI people.
• Be clear about the issues of contraception and abortion without persecuting those who can’t follow.
• Provide the highest quality of palliative care and resist assisted dying.
• Be more active in liaison with Muslims and other Christian faiths.
• Be more active in working with government and charitable bodies to address the problem of homelessness, noting that many are victim of mental health issues.
• Work to get immediate justice for refugees on Manus Island and Nauru.
• Allow more freedom to modernise the liturgy. Noting that the creed is often omitted, some words don’t feel right(e.g. ‘consubstantial’), many people engage in other activities on Sunday morning, less in the afternoon.

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