Letter to the People of God | Synod on Synodality

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Salt + Light Media

As the proceedings of the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops draw to a close, we want to thank God with all of you for the beautiful and enriching experience we have lived.

Deacon-structing: What is a Synod and why do we have them?

Monday, October 4, 2021

Deacon Pedro

You may have heard that the next Synod of Bishops is on the topic of synodality. But what are synods and why do we have them?

A primer on synodality | One Body

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Nicholas Jesson

In October, the Catholic Church will begin a two-year synod on synodality that involves the entire world. But what is synodality?

Deacon-structing The Spirit | Part 1

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Deacon Pedro

In this first part of Deacon-structing the Spirit, Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann looks at how the Holy Spirit works actively within the Catholic Church.

My First J.S. Paluch Vocations Seminar

Monday, August 28, 2017

Prevain Devendran

Last week in Chicago Illinois, Catholic leaders from the United States, Canada and Mexico, gathered together to participate in the J.S. Paluch Company’s yearly vocations seminar. This year it was titled “Creating a Culture of Vocations: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going”

The 30th Anniversary of The J.S. Paluch Vocations Seminar

Friday, August 25, 2017

Noel Ocol

For the 3rd year in a row, we had the pleasure of being invited to the annual J.S. Paluch Vocation Seminar where leaders from many vocation groups across North America met together in Chicago Illinois from August 21–23, 2017.

Pope Francis writes to young people ahead of Synod on Vocational Discernment

Friday, January 13, 2017

Salt + Light Media

Pope Francis has written a letter to young people as the Church prepares for a Synod of Bishops on the theme: “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment”. The Pope’s letter was published on Friday ahead of a press conference at the Holy See Press Office to present the preparatory document for the Synod which […]

Preparatory Document of the 2018 Synod of Bishops

Friday, January 13, 2017

Salt + Light Media

Here is the text of the preparatory document for the XV General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme “Young people, faith and vocation discernment,”to take place in Rome in October 2018. Introduction “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” […]

6 things to consider ahead of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Sebastian Gomes

Among the many topics discussed in our recent 2015 Year in Review program was the highly anticipated and much debated Synod of Bishops part two, on the vocation and mission of the family today. It was easily the biggest news story in the Catholic world last year, and could very well carry over into 2016. That’s […]

5 Things Millennials Should Know About the Pope’s Synod on the Family

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Vivian Cabrera

What a time to be alive! Pope Francis has just concluded an intense three-week meeting with his brother bishops and cardinals and the whole world is abuzz! Officially, it was called the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary […]