Urgent Message
Urgent Message
Are you interested in joining one of our Parish committees?
Please contact the Parish Office.
Are you interested in joining one of our Parish committees?
Please contact the Parish Office.
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
404 HUDSON ST HOBOKEN, NJ 07030
Synod
A Message from Monsignor Andreano
Synod, the Pope seeks your input!
As mentioned in Cardinal Tobin’s Letter, which initially appeared in our October 24th Bulletin, Pope Francis announced the Sixteenth Ordinary Synod of Bishops, which will take place in 2023 in Rome. His theme for the Synod is for a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission. (The term “synodality” means walking the same road together. We journey as a Church together, all of us – Pope, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Religious, Laity, and those on the margins.)
In launching this two-year Synod, the Holy Father is including a call to Catholics across the World to consider the opportunity of offering prayerful input. In this consultation, Pope Francis’ overarching question is: What does the Holy Spirit expect of the Church of the 21st Century? Outgrowth questions from that could be:
1. What is successful and engaging in the way we are “journeying together” as a Church today?
2. What steps does the Holy Spirit invite us to take in order to grow in our journeying together? What needs to be changed? Where do we need to go (yet)?
3. How can we reach out to those who do not yet, or are no longer participating in the Church? How do we reach out to include cultural or ethnic groups, women, disabled, those living in poverty or social exclusion, or others? What prevents us from “walking together”?
4. How do we better help people to encounter Christ?
We want to hear from you!
If you would like to comment on any/all of the above questions, or offer any other relevant input, please consider doing so by sending your prayer-filled thoughts. You may do so either through the mail or dropping off at the Parish Office, or via email at: info@spphoboken.com.
In either case, please note ‘SYNOD’ on the
Mailing Envelope or in the Subject Line of your email.
Additional Resources:
More information about the Synod
is available from links on
the Archdiocesan website for the Synod
https://www.rcan.org/synod2023
and the Vatican website
https://www.synod.va/en.html
Some initial listening/informational sessions in our area to which all are welcome are scheduled as follows:
Our Lady of Grace (OLG) Church,
will host listening sessions on:
Sunday, January 9: 11:30am-12:30pm
Thursday, January 20: 7:30pm to 9pm via Zoom only:
e-mail olgrace@optonline.net for Zoom invite, for LGBTQ Catholics
Sunday, February 6: 8:15pm - 9:15pm
OLG Choir Room (Church), for Young Adults
Wednesday, February 16: 7:30pm to 9pm, OLG Parish Center
St. Lawrence Church, Weehawken,
will host a listening session on:
Thursday, February 3, 7pm
St. Ann’s Church
will host listening sessions on:
Tuesday, January 25 at 7pm
Monday, January 31 at 7pm
Sunday, February 6 at 12 noon
in the Hoboken Catholic Academy Gym (St. Ann’s School Building).
It is also anticipated that an eventual online survey will be made available. However, you can already participate and give your prayerful input in one or another of the ways noted above.
Please consider participating, and praying for the success and effectiveness of the Holy Father’s outreach to all of us.
New Year Blessings!
