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2 December 2025 @ 6:00 am
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3 December 2025 @ 5:00 pm
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The Church’s ordinary way
Synodality: possibilities and tensions
The first two Lived Catholicism conferences opened up some of the pressing questions for the Catholic Church today: how to manage the tension between innovation and tradition; how to take seriously prophetic and paradoxical voices from the edges of our community; and how to make visible the complexities of power and powerlessness at all levels.
Many of these questions are now being raised by the synod process as we move into the implementation phase. If synodality is to be the ‘ordinary way’ of the Church (Preparatory Document 11), it is important to recognise these tensions as communities seek to address disconnects between the vision of a synodal church and the lived reality. At the same time, listening, ecclesial discernment, outreach to the margins, and synodal leadership are already present in Catholic communities around the world.
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The Church’s ordinary way
Synodality: possibilities and tensions
The first two Lived Catholicism conferences opened up some of the pressing questions for the Catholic Church today: how to manage the tension between innovation and tradition; how to take seriously prophetic and paradoxical voices from the edges of our community; and how to make visible the complexities of power and powerlessness at all levels.
Many of these questions are now being raised by the synod process as we move into the implementation phase. If synodality is to be the ‘ordinary way’ of the Church (Preparatory Document 11), it is important to recognise these tensions as communities seek to address disconnects between the vision of a synodal church and the lived reality. At the same time, listening, ecclesial discernment, outreach to the margins, and synodal leadership are already present in Catholic communities around the world.