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Synod 2021 – 2024

You are invited to participate in the Synod!

Sesiones de escucha del Sínodo pautadas para el 23 de marzo | Synod Listening Sessions Scheduled for March 23 from The Good Newsroom.

Join us on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers for Archdiocese-wide Listening Sessions. There will be a section in English from 11:00 am – 1:00 p.m. and another in Spanish from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. All are welcome. Sign up below.

If you are unable to attend, your parish may be participating remotely as a satellite location. Contact your parish office for more information.

What is a Synod?

Synod means “together on the way.”

In the fall of 2021, Pope Frances opened a three-phase synod process in consultation with faithful around the world. The first Synod Assembly took place in October 2023.

We are now in the interim phase, during which we will have the second consultation with the faithful of the Archdiocese of New York.

What happens during the “interim phase” of the Synod?

All are invited to participate in the second consultation, this time on the theme of the call of the baptized to participate fully in the mission of the Church – our coresponsibility for carrying out the mission of Christ.

As Pope Francis has emphasized, the protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit. This process is about taking time to listen to one another and to the Holy Spirit.

Join us in considering two key questions at one of the upcoming Listening Sessions. Results from this phase will be discussed during the second Synod Assembly in October 2024.

How can I get involved in the Synod?

All are invited to attend a Listening Session at one of several parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Visit archny.org/synod for the list of upcoming sessions and to sign up to participate. Ask your parish if you will be hosting a Listening Session.

Using the Conversation in the Spirit model featured in the Rome Synod Assembly of October 2023, small groups of 4 – 6 people will consider the questions presented by a facilitator who will lead us in a process of listening to each other and the Holy Spirit.

What are the questions for this phase of the Synod?

One:

Where have I seen or experienced successes within the Church’s structure(s) / organization / leadership / life that encourage the mission? How can we expand on that?

Two:

How can the structures and organization of the Church help all the baptized to respond to the call to proclaim the Gospel and to live as a community of love and mercy in Christ?

The Church is born of the evangelizing activity of Jesus and the Twelve. […] For the Christian community is never closed in upon itself. The intimate life of this community – the life of listening to the Word and the apostles’ teaching, charity lived in a fraternal way, the sharing of bread this intimate life only acquires its full meaning when it becomes a witness, when it evokes admiration and conversion, and when it becomes the preaching and proclamation of the Good News. Thus it is the whole Church that receives the mission to evangelize, and the work of each individual member is important for the whole.”

Pope Paul VI
Evangelii Nuntiandi  

The Archdiocese of New York participated in the first phase of the Synod during the years of 2021 – 2023. The first Synod Assembly took place in October 2023. You can learn more about what that looked like and the final result of that phase in our Archdiocese, State, North America, and the world, by clicking here.

We are now in the interim phase, during which we will have the second consultation with the faithful of the Archdiocese of New York. By participating in the Synod, you are participating in the process of listening to the Holy Spirit to determine the direction of our Church.

“Let us truly draw nourishment from listening, from meditating on the word of God. Our communities must not lack the knowledge that they are “Church”, because Christ, the eternal Word of the Father, convokes them and makes them His People.”

Pope Benedict XVI
Opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome on the theme: “Church Membership and Pastoral Co-responsibility”

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