Synod in Rome
4 to 29 October 2023
'The aim of this synodal process is not to provide a temporary or one-time experience of synodality, but rather to provide an opportunity for the entire People of God to discern together how to move forward on the path towards being a more synodal Church in the long-term.'
"We recall that the purpose of the Synod is not to produce documents, but to plant dreams, draw forth prophecies and visions, allow hope to flourish, inspire trust, bind up wounds, weave together relationships, awaken a dawn of hope, learn from one another and create a bright resourcefulness that will enlighten minds, warm hearts, give strength to our hands"
Pope Francis, October 2018
During the Synod, the following persons will be at your disposal for interviews and further information in Rome:
Colm Holmes, Chair We are Church International (in Rome: October 12-16)
Email:
Dr Martha Heizer, Vice-Chair We are Church International (in Rome: October 12-16)
Email:
Christian Weisner, We Are Church Germany (in Rome: October 3-5, 12-17, 29)
Email:
For several decades many in the We Are Church movement have met regularly to celebrate the Eucharist together in our homes and at other gatherings. The arrival of the Covid pandemic led to a switch early in 2020 to holding these Eucharists online using ZOOM.
Celebrating ZOOM Eucharists has brought We Are Church closer together as a movement.
We have gathered some of the texts we have used for these Eucharists which we hope may encourage others to organise a house Eucharist or ZOOM Eucharist with a group of friends.
We celebrate monthly Eucharists
with international participants
on Saturdays at 16.30 hrs
Central European Time
If you would like to join us,
please contact
Agreed in Rome on
25 November 1996
by We Are Church representatives
from 10 countries
Agreed in Rome on
12 October 1997
Colm Holmes
Ireland
Chairperson
Martha Heizer
Austria
Vice-Chair
Valerie Stroud
England
Communications
Mary Morrissey
Ireland
Treasurer
Jean-Pierre Schmitz
France
Ashik Naz Khokhar
Pakistan
Ed Schreurs
The Netherlands
Christiane Bascou
France
Henk Baars
The Netherlands
Jamie Manson
USA
Hans Bürgstein
Germany
We are committed to the renewal of the Roman Catholic Church based on the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the theological spirit developed from it.
historyWe Are Church International is a network of independent and autonomous groups, each representing a different culture where Catholic Christians are endeavouring to live out the message of Jesus Christ.
learn moreWe Are Church International does not have individual members.
Membership is open to local groups that base their work on all the goals stated in the preamble and regard the objectives in the Roman manifesto as well as these working guidelines and the membership fee as binding.
Representatives from eight countries were present for five days in Rome to celebrate and hold their biennial council. They were joined at the Council meeting by companions from six other countries by Zoom
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Vittorio Bellavite RIP
8 September 1938
to
12 April 2023
“I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Tim 4,7
"When people start expressing their thoughts, there is no more fear, no more dread but new energies are deployed everywhere."
Farewell homily:
Evreux Cathedral, 22nd of January 1995
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