At this event, there will be multiple small groups of around 6-8 participants led by table facilitators. You will be invited to share and discuss your own experience of "lived synodality", which is the focal point of this synod. You will also be encouraged to listen to the experiences of others in your group and to be prayerfully attentive to the movements of the Holy Spirit throughout the course of our time together. Synodality means "to journey together." We as a Church, are on a pilgrimage through life. We make this pilgrimage not as isolated individuals but together, discerning the pathways ahead, always with the promised gift of the Holy Spirit that accompanies us and enlightens us along the way.

We ask that all participants prayerfully prepare for our time together using the preparation document linked on this page—which includes helpful information about the “Synod on Synodality.”