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Rev. Fr. Dr. Stephen Mbugua Explaining the Synod

Please take a few minutes to watch the video clip below. The church wants to depend on you to be able to progress. Your ideas are very welcome. Questionaire is down the page.

Some guide for the Synod

Here is a pdf file that explains in brief about the current synod and how to participate as a church member. Kindly open it and go through. Download

Synod Questionaire

Below is the questionaire which can be filled directly and submitted. Kindly go through and do your best to complete the form.

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Synod Questionaire

1. Considering the signs of our times, what steps is the Holy Spirit inviting us to take in order to grow as a Synodal Church in the third millennium?

2. a) In our Local Church, who are those who “walk together”?

b) Who are those who seem further apart?

3. a) How is God speaking to us through the voices we sometimes ignore?

b). How are the People of God listened to, in relation to the following: The marginalized? The single mothers? The divorced?

c) What facilitates our listening?

d) What inhibits our listening?

4. a) How does the relationship with local media work? (Not only the Catholic media).

b) Who speaks on behalf of the Christian Community?

c) How are they chosen?

5. How do prayer and liturgical celebrations actually inspire and guide our common life and mission in our community?

6. a) What hinders the baptized from being active in the mission?

b) What are the areas of mission are we neglecting?

7. a) To what extend do diverse people in our community come together for dialogue?

b) What are the places and means of dialogue within our local Church?

8. a) How are divergences of: i. Vision addressed? ii. Conflict addressed? iii. Difficulties addressed?

b) What particular issue in the Church do we need to pay more attention to?

c) What particular issue in the society do we need to pay more attention to?

9. What relationships does your Church community have with other members of other Christian traditions and denominations?

10. a) How does your Church identify: The goals to be pursued The way to reach them? The steps to be taken?

b) How is authority exercised in our local Church?

c) How is governance exercised in our local Church?

11. a) How do we promote participation in decision making within the hierarchical structures?

b) Do our decision making methods help us to listen to the whole People of God?

12. What are: The difficulties in our local Church? The obstacles in our local Church? The wounds in our local Church?

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Synod Explained in Slides

Here's another explanation from the Archdiocese of Nairobi in slide form but converted to pdf for ease of use.

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