The fifth Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council – titled “A Joyful, Hope-Filled and Servant Community” – as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released on Saturday 29 June.
The fourth Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council – titled “Humble, Healing and Merciful” – as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released on Saturday 29 June.
The 2020 Plenary Council has this week opened applications for the Discernment and Writing Groups that will play a critical role in helping the Catholic Church move forward in considering the Council’s six National Themes for Discernment.
The third Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council, entitled Prayerful and Eucharistic, as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released on Saturday 29 June.
The first Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council, entitled Missionary and Evangelising, as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released on Saturday 15 June.
The second Snapshot Report for the themes of the 2020 Plenary Council, entitled Inclusive, Participatory and Synodal, as part of the second phase, Listening and Discernment, was released last weekend.
With the commencement of the second phase of the Plenary Council process this month – Listening and Discernment, it is important to understand what discernment means.
Between 17 November 1886 and 1 December 1895, eight particular councils were convened in English-speaking mission territories under the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide (‘Propaganda’) – Three provincial councils in both Canada and the US, and one plenary council in both Scotland and Australia.
The Plenary Council 2020 has last Sunday moved into the next phase of its process, following the announcement of the National Themes for Discernment that emerged from a historic process of listening to the voices of more than 222,000 people.