ACTA and Synodality
- Written by: Simon Napper
- Tracking progress being made by the Church in Britain
- Supporting local and diocesan initiatives
- Providing resources and information about good and best practice both here in the UK and worldwide.
Celebrating and Sharing Good Practice in a Synodal Church
- Written by: ICRN
Introduction
In the summer of 2025, the Steering Group of ICRN discussed the progress of the synodal process across the different Continental Assembly areas of the universal Church. We agreed on the importance of identifying areas and programmes that were making a difference. We recognised that the prcess of synodal discussion and discernment might be different in different cultures but we set out to find examples that might demonstrate a capacity for modelling and emulation.
The Model
A short presentation [ some 20-25 minutes] with the opportunity for questions and answer session. Some background reading material could be provided. We would follow the same day and time pattern over successive weeks. The material would be made available to the rest of the ICRN and to other networks, including CCRI who helped to publicise the material.
Read more: Celebrating and Sharing Good Practice in a Synodal Church
The Final Report
- Written by: Alex Walker
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-03/synod-office-releases-third-final-report-of-the-study-groups.html
After a journey of almost 2 years, the General Secretariat of the Synod publishes today the first two Final Reports of the Study Groups!
👉Study Group No. 3 on The mission in the digital environment
👉Study Group No. 4 on The revision of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis in a missionary synodal perspective.
Phyllis Zagano to discuss the Synod and Women with NBCW
- Written by: Alex Walker
Dr Phyllis Zagano, world expert on the question of women deacons and a member of Pope Francis's initial commission on the topic, will be speaking with the National Board of Catholic Women on Thursday, 26 February from 6.30-7.30pm - in a talk entitled: 'The Synod and Women: Which Way to the Future?'
Dr Zagano is the author or editor of 27 books, hundreds of academic and general articles. Her monthly column 'Just Catholic' is syndicated by the Religion News Service.
The event is free for NBCW members, and £5 for non members.
For more information, and to join this online event, please click HERE
The Church that Folded Inward
- Written by: Phil Ferri
The Church That Folded Inward
The bell still rings
but it rings into space now —
into a nave padded with polite echoes,
into pews that remember weight better than bodies.
Across England, Wales, Scotland,
keys turn in doors that no longer open every Sunday.
Noticeboards pray harder than people:
Pray for vocations
Pray for vocations
Pray for vocations
as though heaven were a recruitment office
and God mislaid the application forms.
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