The Synod will take place over three days bringing together
400 delegates who will set out a path for renewal for the Church in Limerick .
The Diocese of Limerick has announced it will hold its first
synod in over seventy years in spring 2016 which is aimed at plotting a way
forward for renewal and collaboration in the Church there.
Bishop Brendan Leahy made the announcement at a Youth Mass at
St Joseph ’s parish in the heart of Limerick City
They will try to ensure the synod delivers, with a sense of
renewal as well as partnership among all in the diocese, the message, ministry
and mission needed for the future.
Between now and the official opening of the period of
reflection on Sunday 7 December, 400 synod delegates, who will be drawn from
parishes across the diocese, will be identified.
The 400 will collectively begin a process that will set out
the key issues for consideration at the gathering in spring 2016.
Bishop Leahy has appointed Fr Éamonn Fitzgibbon, Episcopal
Vicar, as Director of the Synod. Fr Fitzgibbon will co-ordinate the many
strands of preparation for the synod as well as the synod event itself.
He will also engage in a process for the selection of
delegates for the synod.
In a letter published on the diocesan website
www.limerickdiocese.org, Bishop Leahy said the gathering would be true to the
meaning of the word ‘synod’, which is ‘journeying together’.
Above from website and more here: Limerick Synod 2016
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