RESULTS OF PARISH SYNOD DISCUSSIONS

Following meetings of parishioners - online and face to face - here is a summary of the significant responses which have emerged.

(NOTE. The full reports of the meetings can be viewed HERE).

• COVID-19 is a watershed: an opportunity to discern the signs of the times and avoid clinging to the status quo.

• Community survival requires that we talk faith to each other .

• Identification and encouragement of gifts and skills is key to participation. 

• We need ongoing adult faith formation,  including scripture    awareness, not just sacramental programmes for children. 

• Recognising that all in the parish community have pastoral responsibilities, that recognition must find its expression through a parish pastoral council. 

• Personal relationship with Jesus is a practical as well as theoretical necessity: it is the springboard for moving from maintenance to mission. 

• The experience of the lockdown leads us to value the small groups  experience  and to call for their recognition as a desirable tool of evangelisation. 

• Dialogue is essential within the Church as well as with the world at large. 

• In view of recent scandals, our attitude should be one of humility. 

• In relation to other Christians, our attitude should be one of working with our brothers and sisters in Christ to proclaim the Good News.

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The Synod reports will be on the agenda of the general parish meeting in late May.