The Church’s ordinary way
Synodality: possibilities and tensions
Session 1: Welcome and Opening Keynote
Keynote: Synodality and Sea-Routes: The Philippine Church Sailing On! Exploring the tensions and pastoral possibilities of a synodal Church
Speaker: Estela Padilla, theologian and community organiser,
Synod Implementation Commission, Philippines and Asia
Chair: Avril Baigent, University of Durham
Session 2: Parallel Papers
Exploring sites of synodality
Video recordings, where available, can be found at the links below.
| Stream 1 Realities of Synodality | Stream 2 The Complexities of Co-Responsibility | Stream 3 Synodality and Spirituality |
| Chair: Clare Watkins | Chair: Lucy Rauer | Chair: Pat Jones |
| Jens Van Rompaey and Jade Willaert KULeuven Simultaneity of LGBTQ and Synodality: Parallel Paths or Intersecting Journeys VIDEO | María José Bravo Vargas Durham University The Theological Basis for and Factors Relating to Lay Involvement in Decision Making – On Balancing Unity and Catholicity in a Synodal Church VIDEO | Anton ten Klooster Tilburg University The sensus fidei and discontinuity in ethics: a building block for synodal discernment. VIDEO |
| Harold Mozley Marriage Care What marriage can teach us about synodality VIDEO | Anna Wera Wilms University of Oxford, Sciences Po, Holy See Mission to the United Nations Living Community: What Synodality and Democracy Can Learn from Each Other VIDEO | Monica McArdle Diocese of Salford Listening with the Whole Body: Embodied Awareness for Synodal Communion, Participation, and Mission VIDEO |
| Megan Lowes-Bolin John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH Young Adults and Synodality: Re-Engaging a Disconnected Generation VIDEO | Wojciech Sadlon Formation Center for Discernment at Institute for Catholic Church Statistics “Discernment in Relationship” as the Application of Synodality in Catholic Formation VIDEO | Amanda Rachel Bolanos Duke Divinity School Lo Cotidiano and the Little Way: A Synodal Lens of the Virtue of Solidarity in Ada María Isasi-Díaz, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and Dorothy Day VIDEO |
Session 3: Parallel Papers
| Stream 4 Creating the conditions for change | Stream 5 Edges and Peripheries | Stream 6 Catholicities in Context |
| Chair: Karen Kilby | Chair: Tricia Bruce | Chair: Avril Baigent |
| Ana França-Ferriera and Angus Ritchie The Centre for Theology and Community Not only with words… Synodality, Community Organising and Catholic Social Action VIDEO | Caterina Guardamagna University of Liverpool Liturgical Discrimination and the Challenges of Synodality: Voices from the Peripheries in Catholic Online Spaces VIDEO | Romnick I. David San Beda University and De La Salle University A Dance of Prayer: The Lived Theology and Liturgical Consciousness in the Caracol Devotion VIDEO |
| Clare Watkins Durham University Synodality and ecclesial culture change: theological learning from organisational change theories. VIDEO | Laurence Raran Worcester College, University of Oxford Migrant Catholicism in Post-Christian England: A Study of Lived Catholicism in Catholic Diasporas in England and Wales VIDEO | Eline Huygens KU Leuven Relational Lives: Catholic Women’s Intimacy and Belonging in Contemporary Belgium VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE |
| Beáta Tóth Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary The Need for an Anthropology of Synodality VIDEO | Phil McCarthy Pilgrim Ways Walking Pilgrimage: an ‘unsung site of synodality’ VIDEO | Mc Kyle Vilaz Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Beyond Sunday Obligation: Exploring Catholic Youth Religious Engagement in Leuven, Belgium VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE |
| Luke Joseph Buhagiar (University of Malta), Matthew Pulis (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), and Ljiljana Cumura (University of Belgrade) Prayer Intensity and Civic Engagement: The role of technological mediation across lived Christianities VIDEO |
Session 4: Keynote
Synodality and Its Discontents:
Why I Am Excited About the Synodal Process
Speaker: Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J., Dean and Professor, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
Chair: Karen Kilby
Session 5: Pop up Podium Papers
| Kathryn Lamontagne and Sofia Pannozzo Boston University: Fostering Undergraduate Research on Lived Catholicism VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE Christopher N. West University of Aberdeen: Faith Seeking Wisdom: The Sapiential Orientation of Practical Theology and Qualitative Research VIDEO Katalin Füzér University of Pécs: Unexpected resonance: a trust reading of lay participation in local innovation ecosystems, community-led local development and synodality VIDEO Marcin Jewdokimow UKSW Poland: Individualization within a cloistered community. Towards lived aspects of religious life in a cloistered, female monastery VIDEO Theresa Alessandro All Kinds of Catholic podcast: Everyday Conversations Nurture Our Faith VIDEO |
Session 6: Plenary
Reflecting on the Breadth and Messiness
Video not available
Session 7: Repeat of session 4
See above
Session 8: Archbishops Panel
The Joys and Challenges of Synodal Leadership
Archbishops Franz Lackner (Salzburg), Jason Gordon (Port of Spain), Dabula Mpako (Pretoria) and John Sherrington (Liverpool) in conversation with Anna Rowlands and Karen Kilby VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE
Session 9: 2.30-3.45pm
| Stream 7 Synodality and Theological Horizons | Stream 8 Becoming Synodal Dioceses | Stream 9 Voices from a Migrant Church |
| Chair: Avril Baigent | Chair: Pat Jones | Chair: Greg Ryan |
| Michele Dillon University of New Hampshire Synodality, Lived Catholicism and Contextual Theology VIDEO | Alessandro Rovati Belmont Abbey College Love One Another: Synodality and Diocesan Life VIDEO | Tiffany Hunsinger University of Dayton Voices from the Margin: Laywomen, Diaspora, and Synodality in the Catholic Church VIDEO |
| Anne Béatrice Faye Ecole de synodalité de Dakar Quand La Synodalite Interroge Le Lieu Du Discours Theologique: Une Reponse Venue D’ailleurs (with translation) VIDEO | Julian Paparella Venerable English College, Pontifical John Paul II Institute, & KU Leuven From clericalism to charisms: Situating synodality between clergy burnout, diversifying leadership, and revitalising communities VIDEO | Qwayne Ybe Guevara Diocese of Parramatta The Mission is Communion: Synodality and the Theology of Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains VIDEO |
| Lisa Lickona St. Bernards School of Theology A Spirituality of Synodality: A Key Move in “Dilexit Nos” VIDEO | Jos Moons Boston College Synodality Needs Strategy: Learning from the Diocese of Parramatta VIDEO | Ward Biemans Tilburg School of Catholic Theology Towards intercultural pastoral care for Catholic migrant couples and intercultural couples in the Netherlands VIDEO |
Session 10: Keynote
Alive Catholicism:
Ordinary Catholics Amid an Extraordinary Synod
Speaker: Professor Tricia Bruce, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California
Chair: Professor Mathew Guest, University of Durham
Session 11: Final Plenary
Drawing together the learning for synodality and for Lived Catholiciswm
Tricia Bruce, Jos Moons, Michele Dillon and Avril Baigent, chaired by Karen Kilby
Video not available
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