A synod insider on making your parish synodal

We are in the final stretch of the Synod on Synodality, and the
question that looms large in and outside the synod hall is: Will
this process give us concrete results? But some Catholics aren’t
waiting for the synod’s final document or Pope Francis’ post-synod
apostolic exhortation to start bringing synodality down to earth in
practical ways. Avril Baigent, a facilitator at this year’s synod
assembly, is a co-founder of the School for Synodality, a project
that supports the synodal conversion of the Church in England and
Wales.  Zac and Ashley ask Avril: - What does synodal
discernment look like in families, parishes and dioceses? - Does
every decision in the church need to be made “synodaly”? - Is the
“conversations in the spirit” method capable of producing concrete
proposals? In Signs of the Times, Zac and Sebastian discuss the
lack of transparency around the synod’s Study Group 5, tasked with
looking at the possibility of the female diaconate, which has led
to “palpable outrage” among delegates and damage control on the
part of the Vatican. Plus, the Vatican announced on Monday that
Pope Francis will release the fourth encyclical of his pontificate,
“Dilexit Nos” (“He Loved Us”), on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 
Links from the show: ‘Palpable outrage’: Synod delegates react to
women deacons study group meeting ‘Dilexit nos’: Pope to publish
encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus Learn more about the School for
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