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Synodal Reflections

Stefan Gigacz

This substack contains my occasional posts on synodal issues, particularly regarding the role and vocation of lay people in the world and the Church, the lay apostolate.

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The fight for a lay senate… in Rome

(NB: This article is a repost from my Cardijn Research blog.)

This video is extracted from a recording of a report by Australian delegates from the International YCW World Council in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1965. It illustrates that...

a year ago
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Lay apostolate vs lay ministry according to AI

I’ve written often on this website about the difference between “lay apostolate” as understood by Cardijn and Vatican II, and the concept of “lay ministry” that has largely developed since Vatican II, mostly in the Anglosphere.

Yet, at the...

a year ago
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Synod Final Document: Initial reactions

Synod participants (Credit: Synod.va)

Congratulations to the 350-odd participants in the Synod on Synodality for completing two long and intense sessions of work in 2023 and 2024.

The outcome of their work - the Synod Final Document - is...

2 years ago
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Lay movements challenge Synod to prioritise lay apostolate

At a special Mass celebrated in the Domitilla Catacombs in Rome, fifty lay leaders from thirty countries working with international lay apostolate movements adopted a declaration addressed to participants at the Second Session of the Synod...

2 years ago
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What of the 99%

Last month the Australian Cardijn Institute published its submission to the Second Assembly of the Synod on Synodality focusing on the mission and vocation of lay people.

As a participant in the process of drafting that document, I'm takin...

2 years ago
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    I'm an Australian researcher and writer with a special focus on the life and work of Joseph Cardijn, founder of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) or Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC).

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