Synod Tag

SYNOD OF BISHOPS ON THE FAMILY, schoenstatt.org editorial team• A Church in covenant, a Church in dialogue, a Church listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit through the voices of the Synod participants and the holy people of God, in the voices of the times, in the voices of holy families, happy families, families who are evangelising by their lives, hurting families, suffering families, broken families, families under attack. In his conference at the first General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis returned to last year’s themes:Read More
SYNOD OF BISHOPS, by the schoenstatt.org editorial team • Pope Francis celebrated the opening mass of the Synod of Bishops on the Family in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on 4 October. It was attended by the Synod Fathers and the others who were invited to the Assembly of Bishops that will meet until 25 October. On the same day, a woman who was working as the caterer for the silver anniversary celebration of a Schoenstatt family commented to one of the schoenstatt.org collaborators: “After listening to the testimonyRead More
GERMANY, Gertrud and Norbert Jehle • After two years, the couples of the ninth course of Family Facilitators from Bavaria finished their studies. They received their diploma in a memorable sending-forth ceremony. One of the couples, receiving a diploma, began their activity in a home delivery dialogue with their favorite subject, “To Create Something Together.” The Synod of Bishops, which will be held in September, will be a real challenge for the Church. Couples and families interested in this field are needed to give witness. Contact your diocese if youRead More
By the editor • For a moment during the live transmission, we can see a man with a large picture of our Mother Thrice Admirable in his hands. It is a beautiful illustration of Pope Francis’ message at the Mass in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a message about Mary as mother and about the great hope: “And the best wine is yet to come, in spite of all the variables and statistics which say otherwise…” During the Holy Mass dedicated to the Family at the Los Samanes Park in Guayaquil, Pope FrancisRead More
FRANCIS IN ROME • Pope Francis continued with his reflections on the family and real life, focusing this time on the wounds that are created within family life. “Francis, we love you,” was one of the most repeated cries from St. Peter’s Square, crowded for the Wednesday audience, following the Pope’s successful visit to Turin. Bergoglio focuses his catechesis on the wounds that are opened in children when their parents separated. “The souls of their children suffer terribly, they experience a sense of despair,” the Pope said. After the presentationRead More
Vatican City, Vatican Information Service VIS • This morning in the Holy See Press Office a press conference was held to present the Instrumentum Laboris of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme, “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and contemporary world” (4-25 October 2015). UPDATE: text of the Instrumentum Laborius now in english   The speakers were: Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops; Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, general rapporteur of the 14th GeneralRead More
MÉXICO, Guadalajara, Gabriela de la G. de Rubio • The Sixth Family Branch Conference that was held this year in the beautiful city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, concluded several days ago. Seventy-five couples from throughout the country were congregated with the theme: “The Synod of Families as a voice of God,” a Chilean couple, Luis Jensen and Pilar Escudero, were in charge; they are one of the fourteen couples who were invited by Pope Francis to participate in the assembly of the Extraordinary Synod of Families in Rome last October,Read More