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#newsletter n.11 – 12/2021 – Available also in FR – PT – ES – IT Webinar Women in Synodality  Sponsored by the Embassy of Australia to the Holy See, Georgetown University and La Civiltà Cattolica. December 16, 2021 – 10:30 am (GMT+1) The Webinar will be in English Read more…Serving the Synod: Launching a cohort of synod animators This initiative is sponsored by Discerning Deacons, an organization that seeks to promote active discernment about women and the diaconate. Read more…  Returning to … We present the final documents or interventions in their respective languages from two important meetings that have just concluded.Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean The documents (in Spanish only) are available here.The 96th USG AssemblyThe document are available here. From our peripheries …We are starting a new section in which we will present from time to time the contribution that comes to us from our ecclesial “peripheries”.  Children of a Lesser God? Walking together also means knowing how to apologise.  In recent days, I have personally taken the initiative to de-publish a post promoted by the “New Ways Ministries” for internal procedural reasons. This brought pain to the entire LGBTQ community who once again felt left out. I feel that I must apologize to all LGBTQ people and to the members of New Ways Ministries for the pain caused, testifying with the two contributions below the firm will – not only mine but of the entire General Secretariat of the Synod – not to exclude those who wish to carry out this synodal process with a sincere heart and a spirit of dialogue and real discernment. Certainly, LGBTQ groups and those groups who feel they live on the ‘margins’ of the Church can direct their contributions, resources, or what they want to share with the whole people of God to webmaster@synodresources.org In walking together, sometimes one may fall, the important thing is to get back up with the help of the brothers and sisters.  Thierry Bonaventura Communication Manager of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops New Ways Ministries Webinar “From the Margins to the Center: LGBTQ Catholics and Synodality.”  The keynote speaker was Robert Choiniere, D.Min, professor of theology at Fordham University and director of adult formation at St. Francis Xavier Church, Manhattan. Project Gionata Open Letter from the Volunteers of The Fionata Tent. The letter is in Italian. Read more… Synodal spirituality We continue our journey to discover the spirituality of the different religious families, associations and ecclesial movements. Today we invite you to discover the spirituality of the Community of Sant’Egidio.   Pray for the Synod In order to support the synodal journey and ask for the Spirit’s assistance, together with the World Network of Prayers of the Pope and UISG, we have set up a website in 5 languages: Church on the Way. Pray for the Synod. From 2 November, you too can send your prayer. See how to do it…

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