The Future of the Church

Learnings from the Synod on Synodality in Rome

Bishop Alan McGuckian and Bishop Brendan Leahy, the two delegates from Ireland at the Synod in Rome share their reflections from this first session of a two-part assembly.

Rome Synod - Report from the first session October 2023

Synod 2021-2024

Highlights from the Synod in Rome (Updated Regularly).

'Synodality and Hierarchy in Communion' – Contributions of Irish delegates at Synod in Prague

Last week, from 5 to 12 February, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, along with thirteen other delegates from across Ireland, attended the first ever European Assembly of a Synod within the Catholic Church, in Prague, Czechia. This is one of seven continental assemblies convening across five continents in a new stage of the universal Synodal Process.

Synthesis Report on Universal Synod

Diocese of Limerick Synthesis Report on Universal Synod....

Walking the Synodal Pathway together – Bishop Brendan Leahy

Bishop Brendan Leahy says that two primary questions for the Synodal Pathway are ‘how are we getting on with one another and how are we reaching out to other people?’

Letter from Bishop Leahy

Letter to be read out at Masses the weekend of March 12th and 13th, 2022

Preparatory Document

To “journey together,” we need to let ourselves be educated by the Spirit to a truly synodal mentality.

Guidelines on 3 Tasks for Parish Synod Conversations

As part of the Synodality process begun by Pope Francis, Limerick Diocese is asking all of it parishes to complete three tasks in the coming months: one before Christmas 2021 and the other two afterwards in early 2022.

Official Handbook for Listening and Discernment in Local Churches

First Phase (October 2021 – April 2022) in Dioceses and Bishops’ Conferences Leading up to the Assembly of Bishops in Synod in October 2023

Pray for unity, pray for the synod

For the forthcoming 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal Kurt Koch invite all Christians to pray for unity and to continue to journey together.

Benedictine Spirituality

In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the abbot is depicted as a teacher and spiritual father who presides over the life of a community

First ever universal Synod

First ever universal Synod reflects the critical crossroads the Church is at – Bishop Leahy

Local Launch of the Universal Synodal Pathway

Homily Notes of Bishop Brendan Leahy given on 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B.

Walking the Synodal Pathway together