An Indian diocese used its existing small Christian communities to train lay leaders to reach out to a wide variety of Catholics — including broken families — ensuring that everyone had a voice in the listening process for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on synodality. Some participants said they already have seen changes.
The Diocese of Alleppey has more than 1,200 small Christian communities, and leaders of those communities trained about 70 members of the diocesan synod team. To give parishioners a taste of the synodal process, each parish synod group collected and synthesised opinions and discussed the results with members of the small Christian communities in a one-day session.
Towards the end of the pandemic, the diocese created a social experience for elders, who shared their worries of being abandoned and concerns about changes in the mentality of new generations.Alleppey Visitation Sr Janet Klappanakal, a lawyer, was among those who reached out to broken families. She said families’ primary problems are money, followed by alcohol abuse.
“It was their humble attitude to listen to the common laity, though holding a prestigious position. They were very thoughtful to know about our difficulties facing the ministry we are doing. The question that the church leader asked that impressed me was what we can do for the better functioning of the ministry, instead of imposing their decision and ideas,” she said.
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