What Is a Synod?
Our parish responses will be gathered from the following:
Listening Sessions (In Person & Virtual)
Parishioner-Led Small Group Session
By March 28, 2022
Results from the local church-level questionnaires and listening sessions will be turned in by all participating parishes and organizations to the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.By June 20, 2022
Diocesan offices will report their findings to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).End of August 2022
The USCCB will send a combined USA report to the Vatican.August - September 2022
The Vatican will prepare the 1st Instrumentum Laboris (Latin for working document).September 2022 - March 2023
The Continental Pre-Synodal DiscernmentJune 2023
The Vatican will prepare the 2nd Instrumentum Laboris (Latin for working document).October 2023
The Synod will gather in Rome.