Synod 2021-2023 - Final Report

St. Benedict Church held Listening Sessions as part of Pope Francis’ Synod of Bishops. In his words, “The goal of the Synod is to gather information from all the Parishes to bind up and heal wounds by acknowledging and sharing them and to awaken new hopes for the Church through understanding its Gospel mission as we learn from one another.”

Dear Community of St. Benedict SYNOD Team,

We want to send our sincere thanks for giving of your time, energy, and ideas to help make the SYNOD Parish process at St. Benedict part of a successful SYNOD Diocesan process overall.  There were approximately 5,000 stories collected by the Diocese of Trenton.

None of us knew what to expect of this undertaking.  We didn’t know what it would entail, how it would be received or if it would be successful enough for the Diocese to
have what it needed for the Bishop to attend the SYNOD of Bishops with a real representation of his Diocese.  From the number of sessions and stories gathered, it looks as though we were part of  a process that was truly led by the Holy Spirit.

With the Parishes having finished their story gathering and the Diocese having gathered all our note taking data, they are now in the process of compiling the information
for the Bishop to have it for his participation at the SYNOD of Bishops.  Let’s continue our journey by keeping Bishop O’Connell and all the Bishops in our prayers as they prepare for and move forward  on their Synodal Mission.

Thank you once again and we hope you all have a summer filled with Blessings.

St. Benedict Synod Team

Any questions, please contact synod@stbenedictnj.org.

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