Address of Rev. David Watson of Clark Memorial Church, Largs, of 14.05.22
Good evening everyone My name is David Watson, I’m the minister of Clark Memorial church Grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ. I am delighted to be here this evening at this time of the Second Synod encounter and I’ve been invited by Monseigneur Magee to...
St. Mary’s Synod Encounter, take 2
The Galloway Diocesan Synod Team received several hundred responses from the first Synod Encounter phase across the Diocese. A close analysis of them ultimately allowed the Team to identify some areas that would benefit from further synodal input to “flesh them out”. These areas were chosen as our next step,...
Walking together as Church in the Holy Spirit (6th March)
The entire Catholic Church is in the midst of a Synod: “Walking together” and listening prayerfully together to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today. Any baptised Christian is invited to take part to help the Catholic Church discern where the Spirit is leading us.Join us...
Address of Rev. Dr. Graham McWilliams to St. Mary’s Parish, 22.01.22
I have left Dr. McWilliams’s text unedited both as to content and as to format. I commend it to everyone’s careful and discerned reflection under the guidance of the Spirit. I record once more my deep gratitude to him for taking the time to prepare and deliver so well his...
Synodal Event, 12th February 2022
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland (BCOS) hosts ‘Synodality in the Life & Mission of the Church’ at 2pm on Saturday 12 February. The keynote speaker will be Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops. This online event will be streamed on the BCOS YouTube channel at bit.ly/BCOSYouTube
Hints for Preparing for the Synod at Home
SYNOD MATERIAL BOOKLET: I am delighted that we ran out of copies last week in Largs! There are more copies at the back of both our churches this week. The booklet contains the “information for participants” in the Synod, which the Diocese has put together, plus the “Synod Questions” provided...
Links to words of Pope Francis on the Synod
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-10/pope-francis-discourse-moment-reflection-eve-inauguration-synod.html https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-10/pope-celebrating-synod-means-walking-together-on-the-same-road.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2021/october/documents/20211009-apertura-camminosinodale.html https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-09/pope-francis-discourse-rome-faithful-synodal-process.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2021/september/documents/20210918-fedeli-diocesiroma.html
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