[Sundaycommunity] Retreat -The Synod on Synodality

[William Watson]

Great job, Ron and Sharon on our first Cyber Synod retreat. We covered a lot of ground but still a lot of work to do.
Best wishes to all!
Bill
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William J. Watson, MD,




> On Oct 27, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Sharon McCarthy via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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> Happy Sunday afternoon!
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> Thanks to those stayed for our cyber retreat after Mass today.
> We continued on ZOOM after a 10 minute break.
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> Father Ron lead our retreat. 
> He had emailed information from the working document, Instrumentum Laboris, that we could download.
> He invited us to pray and reflect, and then prepare our sharing by focusing on one or two points that were vital to each of us.
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> Participants took the opportunity to share and everyone 
> enjoyed discussions that were spiritual, informative, wide reaching, and dynamic.
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> At the conclusion Father Ron shared screens from Sister Elizabeth that helped extend our understanding of Instrumentum Laboris. 
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> Thanks to Bill and Art who were on the planning team. and 
> I was the moderator. 
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> Sylvia , at the beginning, and Helena, at the end, sang .
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> We discussed how few priests there are and recognized it is a serious issue.
> The role of women and how their participation could help in this area  does not have a ready answer. 
> Many support the ordination of women and realize it is a situation waiting to be solved, hopefully soon. 
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> Enjoy your week!
> Sharon 
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