The Results are In!
Synod Results by Amy KrakauerClick the links for the Archdiocese information and stay tuned for our Parish’s response to the Synod Listening Sessions.
We will leave this page up as an information station and update this page as new items come in!
This process is only a success because you made your voice heard! The Synod Survey is now closed for our area.. please continue to pray the Adsumus prayer for the Synod and the outcome of the work everyone is doing. There are hard copies of the Synod Prayer in the parish office if you’d like to keep one with you at all time (In English y en Español) God Bless You.
What is a Listening Session?
Easy Answer: it is an opportunity to hear from our community.
Why should I come?
It is important that all points of view are heard, all needs are expressed, all the ways we worship and live together in community. You Matter. Your journey has a story that deserves to be heard. And, as Jesus reminds us, “when two or more are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them.” Come, pray and work alongside your neighbor.
Who is this for?
It is for ALL the Baptized.
Young and Old. Single or Married. Close to Christ, Fallen away or anywhere in between. Children, Parents and All Families. Catholics, non-Catholics, Christians and any one who is lead to participate by the Holy Spirit.
Synod Listening Sessions at Transfiguration
Add your voice! You are prayerfully invited to one of our parish listening sessions.
ZOOM Listening Session CLOSED
These two-hour blocks are designed to send feedback to our Bishop to take to they Synod in Rome. The answers and reflections we collect will bring us as a community and church. Catholics around the country and around the are participating in their own listening sessions. Be a part of this historic Synod by attending a session and completing the Synod Survey. Register for a session, read more about the Synod, and take the synod survey, today.
Thank you to our
Parish Synod Team Leaders:
Michelle Colasurdo and Dominic Telaro
At ARCHATL/Synod: the archdiocesan website dedicated to the Synod
Haga clic aquí para obtener información del Sínodo en español : https://archatl.com/es/sinodo/
Read Archbishop Hartmayer’s Pastoral Letter to the Faithful.
Watch Archbishop Hartmayer’s homily about the Synod.
Listening to the entire People of God will help the Church to make pastoral decisions that correspond as closely as possible to God’s will ...
(ITC, Syn., 68) Vademucum for the Synod on synodality
Pope Leads a Reflection for Bishops: Read More Here
The Synod is an opportunity for Catholics worldwide to come together in prayer and action to live the Mission of the Church.
“1.2 What is Synodality? Background for this Synod
By convening this Synod, Pope Francis invites the entire Church to reflect on a theme that is decisive for its life and mission: “It is precisely this path
of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” Following in the wake of the renewal of the Church proposed by the Second
Vatican Council, this common journey together is both a gift and a task. By reflecting together on the journey that has been made so far, the diverse
members of the Church will be able to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives, guided by the Holy Spirit (PD, 1). Enlightened by the Word
of God and united in prayer, we will be able to discern the processes to seek God’s will and pursue the pathways to which God calls us – towards deeper
communion, fuller participation, and greater openness to fulfilling our mission in the world. The International Theological Commission (ITC) describes
synodality this way: ‘Synod’ is an ancient and venerable word in the Tradition of the Church, whose meaning draws on the deepest themes of Revelation
[…] It indicates the path along which the People of God walk together. Equally, it refers to the Lord Jesus, who presents Himself as ‘the way, the truth and the
life’ (Jn 14,6), and to the fact that Christians, His followers, were originally called ‘followers of the Way’ (cf. Acts 9,2; 19,9.23; 22,4; 24,14.22).
First and foremost, synodality denotes the particular style that qualifies the life and mission of the Church, expressing her nature as the People
of God journeying together and gathering in assembly, summoned by the Lord Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Gospel.
Synodality ought to be expressed in the Church’s ordinary way of living and working.
In this sense, synodality enables the entire People of God to walk forward together, listening to the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, to participate in
the mission of the Church in the communion that Christ establishes between us. Ultimately, this path of walking together is the most effective way of
manifesting and putting into practice the nature of the Church as the pilgrim and missionary People of God (PD, 1).
The entire People of God shares a common dignity and vocation through Baptism. All of us are called in virtue of our Baptism to be active participants in
the life of the Church. In parishes, small Christian communities, lay movements, religious communities, and other forms of communion, women and men,
young people and the elderly, we are all invited to listen to one another in order to hear the promptings of the Holy Spirit, who comes to guide our
human efforts, breathing life and vitality into the Church and leading us into deeper communion for our mission in the world. As the Church embarks on
this synodal journey, we must strive to ground ourselves in experiences of authentic listening and discernment on the path of becoming the Church that
God calls us to be.”
From the document “Vademecum for the Synod on Synodality” Full document, Citations and notes found here.
See more about the Synod at :
The Synod in The Georgia Bulletin
On the Vatican’s website (synod.va/en.html)