Synod 2021 - 2024: For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission. 
News: 
1. The first part of the Universal phase of the Synod was held in Rome between 4th  and 29th October 2023. The second part will be held in October 2024.

Participants in the Synod have sent a 2-page message to the People of God: Click here.

A 40-page Synthesis Report called 'A Synodal Church in Mission has been published: Click here.
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Vatican News has published a helpful 8-page summary of the report: Click here.

2. Some of the contributions to the Synod can be found on the Vatican News Synod pages: Synod 2023 - Vatican News - Click here. 

3. The Catholic Leamington Walking Together Stage 2 Report is available.
Click here for the Stage 2 Report.  [NB if downloaded and saved, this document can be printed as an A5 booklet on 8 A4 sheets.]

4. Some of the Stage 2 Topic Groups in Catholic Leamington have started meeting and are finding a variety of ways of moving us all forward whilst listening to the Holy Spirit.
Please pray for the Walking Together process throughout our world, asking the Holy Spirit to be active through our discernments and actions.

January 2023 saw the start of Stage 2 of our Walking Together in Catholic Leamington.
Our Stage 1 Report (Click here) was reviewed to discern how we could progress our Walking Together in our Catholic Leamington parishes.

A leaflet was distributed suggesting some practical topics for us. Click here for the leaflet.
Ten meetings happened during May 2023 on four of the topic areas identified, the questions we addressed were on the schedule sheet. Click for meeting schedule.

Following these meetings a Stage 2 Report was produced in late July. This summarises the discernments arising from the four topic areas that were discussed:
Community, Inclusivity, Faith and Youth. Click here for the Stage 2 Report.  [NB if downloaded and saved, this document can be printed as an A5 booklet on 8 A4 sheets.]
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Queries can be sent to:  SynodLeamington@gmail.com 
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Our Walking Together Team would like to be inclusive. If you want your voice to be heard and cannot join our planned meetings for whatever reason, please send your views to this email address or ask somebody to do so on your behalf.
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Recent minutes of the Catholic Leamington Walking Together Team: Click on the blue links below to download:
​19/01/23;     
16/03/23   +  Facilitator's Form  +  Draft Slides;
30/03/23   + Timetable;
04/05/23;
31/05/23;
20/07/23; 
05/10/23 + Office for Mission (notes by Paul Northam from the Diocese, on his role); 
Future meetings:
Walking Together Team meeting 18th January.
Topic group 2: Becoming more Inclusive and Welcoming. The next meeting is Thursday 1st February 2024 venue to be advised.
Look here for Synod Reports or Syntheses of Reports:          NB Click the blue links for Reports.

Diocesan (Local) Phase October 21 - April 22:
Catholic Leamington Synod Report without Appendices: Synod Report click here.
Full Catholic Leamington Synod Report: Synod Report with Appendices.
For the Diocesan Synthesis: Diocesan Synod Report click here.

National Phase where Bishops meet in an Episcopal Conference:
For the Synthesis of the Bishops of England and Wales: National Synod Report click here.
Our Bishops have considered carefully the Synthesis and offer some initial reflections in the light of our shared faith in Christ and our shared belonging to his Church. Click for reflection.

Continental Phase September 22 - March 23:
A Working Document has been prepared as part of the Continental Phase. Click here.
The Diocesan response to this Working Document (DCS). Click here.
Final remarks from the European Continental Assembly. Click here.
Concluding statement from the Bishops of Oceania. Click here.
There are 7 Continental Phase Assemblies, here are their reports:
      African Bishops Conferences Click here
      Asian Bishops Conferences Click here.
      European Bishops Conferences Click here.
      Latin American and Caribbean Bishops Conferences Click here.
      Middle East Bishops Conferences Click here.
      North American Bishops Conferences Click here.
      Oceania Bishops Conferences Click here.
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A Digital Synod - outreach through Digital Media is described in a report Click here.

Universal Phase - the Synod of Bishops - October 23 and October 24:  
The Working Document for the October 2023 Synod, called the Instrumentum laboris has been published alongside Worksheets for the Synodal Assembly. Click here.
A Synthesis Report concluded the October 2023 Synod called 'A Synodal Church in Mission' Click here.
It is interesting to look at reports from other parishes; some can be found at https://www.rootandbranchsynod.org/synod-watch - and https://www.acalltoaction.org.uk/synod-2023/diocesan-synod-reports is particularly helpful for diocesan ones.

Contact our Walking Together Team by clicking here: SynodLeamington@gmail.com    
A prayer asking the Holy Spirit to guide us
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts.
Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.
All this we ask of You who are at work in every place and time,
​in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen

​This web page and content were designed by the Catholic Leamington 'Walking Together Team'. Catholic Leamington is St Joseph's Church in Whitnash, Our Lady's Church in Lillington, and St Peter's Church in Leamington Spa working together.