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On April 24, 2021, Pope Francis announced the convocation of the Sixteenth Ordinary Synod with the theme “For A Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission,” in a sense, “a Synod on synodality.” In brief, the Synod is an effort by the Church to reach out to all members to gather their thoughts on how the Church can best serve the world in the present time. Unlike the Second Vatican Council - which gathered the world's bishops to collect their input and then provide direction to the laity - the Synod is a bottom-up approach, asking the bishops to listen to their congregations and to develop policies based on that input. Together, the Holy Father and our own Bishop O’Connell hope to get input from the broadest cross section of people possible. There is some introductory information available on page 12 of this week’s bulletin as well as on our parish website.