Synod Webinar Series... instalments 3, 4 & 5

As we approach the end of the submission period for ideas and proposals to Bishops' Conference, we have a further 3 webinars to assist us as we think about how to best engage young people in the Synod journey.

​Wednesday May 5th @ 2-3pm
"Navigating the Dialogue Journey" with Paul Jarzembowski

Paul is the lead staff for youth and young adult ministries at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington DC, where he has served since 2013. Paul serves on the leadership or advisory boards for the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM), the National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana (LaRED), the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS), the National Advisory Team on Young Adult Ministry (NATYAM), the National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM), and the National Dialogue on Catholic Pastoral Ministry with Youth and Young Adults. He was the USCCB key staff to the XV Ordinary Synod of Bishops (on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment) in Rome in 2018, and has been a well-travelled consultant and speaker on the implementation of Pope Francis’ Christus Vivit across the United States.

Incorporating the experiences of the United States’ National Dialogue on Catholic Pastoral Ministry with Youth and Young Adults (2017-2021), this session will share some of the key lessons of engaging in synodal dialogue and the process of building towards unity across cultural, ecclesial, political, geographical, and generational boundaries in the Church. These insights are helpful for church leaders, especially in engaging with young people in the twenty-first century who naturally possess a global, intercultural, expansive, and keenly synodal understanding of our world and our faith communities.

Register for Webinar with Paul Jarzembowski

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Wednesday May 12th @ 10-11am
The Australian Experience with Malcom Hart, Australian Bishop's Conference

Malcolm is the newly appointed Director of the National Centre for Evangelisation of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. From 2009 - 2019 Malcolm was the Director of the Australian Bishops Office for Youth, which was established immediately after WYD2008 in Sydney.  He has over 25 years of experience in evangelisation and ministry in Australia with local movements, diocesan and national roles. He is the Director of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival which in 2017 hosted over 21,000 participants and has also accompanied thousands of Australian pilgrims to nine international World Youth Days over 20 years. In 2019 Malcolm was appointed a Consultor to the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, with a special advisory role to the Vatican’s Youth and Young Adult Office. 

The Catholic Church in Australia is currently preparing for a Plenary Council (A Synod-like event, read more here) and have completed their "Listening and Dialogue" stage. Malcolm will offer an insight to the experience of the Australian Church in reaching young people during this process.

Register for Webinar with Malcolm Hart

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​Wednesday May 19th @ 2-3pm
Workshop Session on Synod Submissions to IEC

As the deadline (23rd May) for submissions to the Bishops' Conference on what methods/models to adopt in these coming two years of conversations approaches, we will come together to distill what we heard in our previous webinars on the experience of listening to the young church in similar situations across the world.
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Taking some time as a community of youth ministers to look at our situation using a 'wide angle lens', thinking about the vast array of settings that the Church encounters, accompanies and ministers to young people. Also, that consideration must be given to engaging young people who are not involved in, or see themselves as part of the Church, in this process.

This time of sharing and collaboration will allow our submissions to reflect the broad spectrum of youth ministry activities and engagement that we undertake in our parishes, dioceses and organisations. To realise that each of these areas of our ministry may need to employ distinctly different approaches and resources, to effectively listen to, and hear the voice of the young church, and those young people in our communities who currently do not engage with us as Church.

In coming together and collaborating, we hope that our submissions to Bishop's Conference will reflect the need for a broad set of resources specifically designed for young people taking into consideration where we encounter them and where they are on their journey of faith and relationship with Jesus.

Register for IEC submission workshop

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