Synod

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Oakland teacher gets eighth graders involved in Pope's 'synod on ... (Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

In Joe Lozano's eighth grade classroom is almost 30 sticky notes with student wishes for the Church: “I wish the Church would voice support for the LGBTQ ...

“It’s creating those people who are going to be the ones to have those conversations.” “One of the things that really impressed me is how much these kids, if you put them in the right space, have so much to say,” Lozano said. These discussions were put together in a feedback form for the diocese, and the sticky notes/note cards of what they hope to see from the church. “We were always taught to be kind and accepting, to be an active member of the church, and to present yourself in a way that best embodies Catholic social teaching. “I was honest with them that growing up my parents didn’t believe that mental health was an issue,” Lozano said. After Lozano graduated from eighth grade at the Pittsburg, California school, he stayed connected as a coach and eventually began to work as a substitute.

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'Dear sisters and brothers' – Bishop Vincent's Homily from 1 May 2022 (Catholic Outlook)

Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta. Third Sunday of Easter. Readings: Acts 5:27-41; Apocalypse 5:11-14; John 21:1- ...

Let us renew our commitment to co-create with Pope Francis a Church that is fit-for-purpose going forward, one that is humble, transparent, accountable and faithful to the command to evangelise the world. Pope Francis has challenged us to embrace a new way of being Church with this Synod on synodality and beyond. Peter was taught an important lesson on the lake of Galilee. It was not physical strength, alpha-male bravado and capability so prevalent in a society that was based on the notion of the survival of the fittest. It tells of the unexpected storm and how the disciples came to recognise Jesus. Initially, they took fright and thought they had seen a ghost floating on the waters. The Pope affirms that ‘this path of synodality’ is precisely what “God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” All of us are called to be active subjects of evangelization and missionary disciples. Put quite simply, to follow Christ is to embrace an alternative mode of existence radically different from the default position of self-interest, the survival-oriented behaviour and the worldly pursuit of security, power and glory.

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