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The Synod: Our Shared Experience

Paper Survey for External Consultation Survey

Last week we launched our external consultation survey for the 2021-2023 Synod process and we’ve been very encouraged by the response so far! Until the end of February, we want to hear from people who are not currently engaged in our Church – we’ve opened an online survey for those who do not attend Mass or consider themselves involved with our Church. In response to requests from several parishes, we have also added a downloadable version of the survey that you can print and distribute to people who are interested in participating but unable to complete an online survey.

The survey is short, open-ended, and anonymous. We are hopeful that it will provide us with useful opinions and information on how to better reach out to those in our midst.

Please take some time to share this survey with people you know who are not part of our Church. They can be fallen away Catholics or people with no experience in the Catholic Church. A personal invitation from someone they know – whether it is sending them a link to complete the survey or handing them a printed version – will be our best promotional tool for this initiative.

Read our FAQ - External Consultation (pdf) or visit our website to learn more www.halifaxyarmouth.org/synod .

The online survey can be found at: www.halifaxyarmouth.org/survey

To download the survey click English (pdf)  or   French (pdf) .

The Pope's invitation to Synodality

Pope Francis 58The Holy Father hopes that this synod, that focuses on synodality, the act of journeying and discerning together, can be a first step in the whole Church journeying together. 

All the People of God have a role in the Church and the Pope wants to hear from you.  Thank you for sharing your experience of the Church at this particular time and place in our world.

 

Reports on the Findings from Diocesan Phase Synod Responses

In July 2022 the reports from the diocesan phase of the Synod 2021-2022 were submitted. These reports included:  

  1. A Diocesan Report: Findings from over 900 responses from both church goers and non- church goers were summarized.  This reprsents our diocesan response to Pope Francis’ request for all to take part in the synod. And secondly, the summary helps Bishop Dunn discern the pastoral needs and concerns of the local church. 
  2. An Atlantic Region Report: This report is a summary of the responses from all 13 dioceses in the Atlantic region and was submitted to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) to be included in their synod responses report for Canada.
  3. A CCCB Report: This report gives an overview of themes and thoughts shared by all the dioceses across Canada. 

 

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