SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS ON PART A OF THE IL
We invite you to have one or more spiritual conversations based on the following questions related to some parts of the IL (cf methodology described on the figure at the end of Part A of the IL)
Fundamental characteristics or distinguishing marks of a synodal Church.
IL 14. Section A of the IL, entitled “For a Synodal Church”, attempts to gather the insights of the path travelled so far. Firstly, it outlines a series of fundamental characteristics or distinguishing marks of a synodal Church. It then articulates the awareness that a synodal Church is also marked by a particular way of proceeding. According to the outcome of the first phase, conversation in the Spirit is this way of proceeding. The Assembly will be invited to respond to these insights with the aim of clarifying and refining them.
- How does the fundamental characteristics or distinguishing marks of a synodal Church described in ยง19-31 help us to understand more and more what is a synodal church?
- Do they fit or not with our local experience of Synodality?
- In the light of this experiential presentation of Synodality how do we understand better Synodality in our own context and culture?
- How are we already living or not those fundamental characteristics of a synodal church in our local church?
- What our synodal team could propose to help people to understand better and experience this distinguish marks of a synodal church?