For more information about the program visit our Totus Tuus page, call the Parish Office, or email:
Day Program: Steve and Erin Nowicki at ffk6@saintannschurch.com
Evening Program: Corine Lamb at youthminister@saintannschurch.com
Diocesan Synod
“By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission.”
The Synod gives voice to the people and the Church is all-ears
By Sister Katie Eiffe, CSJ
Editor’s note: Sister Katie Eiffe is the Vicar for Religious and Diocesan Director of Synod Planning.
In an address he delivered on Sept. 10, Pope Francis stated, “I want to say again that the Synod is not a Parliament or an opinion poll; the Synod is an ecclesial event, and its protagonist is the Holy Spirit. If the Spirit is not present, there will be no Synod.” Strong words! But they express again that the Synod is not merely another meeting of bishops; it is a process steeped in prayer and seeking the will of the Holy Spirit for our Church. It is also a process which acknowledges that all the baptized have both a right and a responsibility to share the gift of the Spirit which they have received in Baptism and Confirmation. <Read More>
