The Sacrament of Salvific Unity: 2024 Instrumentum Laboris Part Two | Synod on Synodality

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Matthew Neugebauer

The Instrumentum Laboris for the 2024 session of the General Assembly calls the Synod and the Church to look upward and shine outward.

The Light of the Nations: 2024 Instrumentum Laboris Part One | Synod on Synodality

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Matthew Neugebauer

The Instrumentum Laboris for the 2024 session of the General Assembly calls the Synod and the Church to look upward and shine outward.

Encounter and Embrace | Reflection for Advent II

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

Writing can often be a struggle. It doesn't matter how experienced or skilled you are — sometimes, a draft simply doesn't work.

The Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4.7 – 30)

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Fr. Timothy Radcliff, OP

Today we begin to reflect on B.1 of the Instrumentum Laboris, ‘A Communion that radiates.’ The theme that emerged most frequently in our sessions last week was formation. So how can we all be formed for communion that overflows into mission? In John Chapter 4, we hear of the encounter of Jesus with the woman […]

Instrumentum Laboris Highlight #4: Pathways of Reconciliation | Synod on Synodality

Friday, October 6, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

The IL describes the Synod as a liturgical assembly in part to minimize the sense that it’s “a parliamentary structure with its dynamics of majority building” (#48).

No Synodality Without Ecumenism | One Body

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Nicholas Jesson

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and the square was filled with potted plants and trees as part of September’s Season of Creation observances.

Instrumentum Laboris Highlight #3: A Liturgical Assembly | Synod on Synodality

Friday, September 22, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

To my mind, the most striking image from the Instrumentum Laboris happens to be the most traditional.

Instrumentum Laboris Highlight #2: Radiating Communion | Synod on Synodality

Friday, August 25, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

Many synod observers may be tempted to think of "Communion, Participation, Mission" as three discrete and potentially disconnected "pillars" of synodality. The IL directly confronts that perception (#43),

Instrumentum Laboris Highlight #1: On Land and Sea | Synod on Synodality

Friday, July 28, 2023

Matthew Neugebauer

The Instrumentum Laboris (IL) or “Working Document” for the 2023 General Assembly was released last month by the Synod Secretariat.

What’s in the Instrumentum Laboris? A document for the whole Church | Synod on Synodality

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Julian Paparella

On June 20, 2023, the Working Document (commonly known as the Instrumentum Laboris or “IL”) was published for the Synodal Assembly taking place in Rome this October. This Assembly will be the first of two sessions bringing the Synod on Synodality to fruition at the level of the universal Church.