September 22, 2023

Synod – latest updates

Synod – latest updates Thursday, October 3, 2024 Click here for the Synod 2024 Newsletter for Sunday, October 6 Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Preaching the Sunday Readings during the Synod: Click here for Reflections for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 6), the first of a series of four texts […]
January 31, 2023

Synod update webinar – January 2023

Synod update webinar – January 2023 Below is the PowerPoint used at the Zoom webinar on Monday, January 23, 2023. It contains an update on where we are on the synodal journey, feedback from the circular reading of the Diocesan, National and Continental Synod synthesis documents, and a call to […]
June 3, 2022

Synodal Pathway report and letter from Archbishop Dermot Farrell

Feast of St Kevin, Patron, June 3, 2022 Dear Father, Deacon and members of Parish Pastoral Councils, On this, the Feast of St Kevin, I am pleased to publish Synodal Pathway: the Dublin Diocesan Report (Synthesis). Throughout the Diocese almost 13,000 people engaged in ‘spiritual conversations’ in their parishes about […]
May 4, 2022

Synodal Readers

  Synodal Readers 16 Synodal Readers have been tasked to collate and discern the Reports from the parishes which will inform the synodal Diocesan Report. The group are representative of laity, religious and clergy. All Synodal Readers have been assigned one of the 16 deaneries and some readers will also […]
January 5, 2022

Synodal Pathway

Context In his homily of the 3rd June 2021 the Archbishop reminded us of the context we find ourselves in as we are invited to embark upon a synodal pathway. This context is one of an ever-changing Church in an ever-changing world. “The Church centred around the monasteries of early […]
November 30, 2021

Diocesan Synodal Steering Committee

Diocesan Synodal Steering Committee   Archbishop Dermot Farrell  Very Rev. Kieran McDermott, Chair Rev. Kieran O’Mahony, OSA Kirsten Mahon Mary Kirk Deacon Michael O’Connor Rev. Paddy Sweeney Patricia Carroll Peter Siney Steering Committee Support: Rev. Pat O’Donoghue, Liturgy   To contact us, please email us at synod@dublindiocese.ie
November 23, 2021

Prayer for the Synod: Adsumus Sancte Spiritus

   
November 22, 2021

Simply Synod Resource

  Simply Synod   This resource is for anyone who wants to discover the meaning of being a synodal Church. Informed by the Preparatory Document for a Synodal Church, it is for use in the Diocesan Phase of the Synodal Pathway. It outlines the meaning of synod and its implications […]
November 15, 2021

Local Animator Training

  Local Animator Training We invite you to send your animators forward for training. The first training session of animators will take place before Christmas on zoom from 7pm-9pm. Please choose one of the following dates: Monday 29th November Tuesday 30th November Wednesday 1st December Thursday 2nd December This will […]
November 12, 2021

Revised Phases for the Synodal Pathway in Light of the August 2022 extension.

Revised Phases for the Synodal Pathway in Light of the August 2022 Extension.  
November 4, 2021

Synodal Pathway Orientation Presentation

  Synodal Pathway Orientation Evening Presentation   Click on the image below to download the PDF of the Presentation
November 4, 2021

Synod Parish Packs

  Synod Parish Packs   The Synodal Parish packs are now available to order. Please see below for more information. To order your parish pack, please email declanparkes@gmail.com    
November 2, 2021

Synodal Pathway: Local Animators – Role Description

  Synodal Pathway: Local Animators – Role Description   Please click on the image below to download the PDF Version
November 1, 2021

Meditation on the Synodal Prayer

  The full meditation of the synod prayer is available here for downloading and printing: Meditation on the Synod Prayer         This is a reflection on the second section of the Synod Prayer     This is a reflection on the third section of the Synod Prayer […]
October 21, 2021

Opening Liturgy for the Diocesan Synodal Pathway

    Opening Liturgy for the Diocesan Synodal Pathway Download  the opening Liturgy here On the 17th of October, representatives from every parish in the Dublin Diocese joined Archbishop Dermot Farrell in the Pro-Cathedral for the opening liturgy for the Diocesan Synodal Pathway.  You can watch back the liturgy HERE: […]
October 12, 2021

Diocesan Synodal Pathway Logo

The logo of the Archdiocese of Dublin synodal path     The lighthouse represents the guiding light of the Holy Spirit who guides us on our synodal path.   The boat represents the Church, we are all in the same boat together.   The water represents the waters of baptism, […]
October 11, 2021

Diocesan Synodal Pathway – Video

https://youtu.be/NZCY_zfjT6M  
October 11, 2021

The Opening Liturgy of the Diocesan Synodal Pathway

The Opening Liturgy of the Diocesan Synodal Pathway   In every diocese throughout the world, the Synodal process will be launched on October 17th. The opening liturgy for the Archdiocese of Dublin will take place in the Pro-Cathedral on at 3pm. Archbishop Dermot Farrell has invited a representative from each […]
October 11, 2021

Vademecum for the Synod on Synodality

Vademecum for the Synod on Synodality   This Vademecum is designed as a handbook that accompanies the Preparatory Document at the service of the synodal journey. The two documents are complementary and should be read in tandem with one another. In particular, the Vademecum offers practical support to the Diocesan […]
October 11, 2021

For a Synodal Church: Preparatory Document

For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission     The Church of God is convoked in Synod. The path entitled “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission” will solemnly open on the 9th – 10th of October 2021 in Rome and on the following 17th of October in […]