Family Solidarity will host a webinar with Sr Nathalie Becquart, under-secretary of the Synod of the Bishop in Rome, and Dr Vincenzo Bassi, president of the European Federation of Catholic Families Organisations (FAFCE).
In October, Pope Francis called the Catholic Church to embark on the synodal journey, asking for a broad participation, particularly at the local level. Sr Nathalie will talk about the role of the family, and of family organisations, in this process of spiritual discernment.
“Synodality is a call for mutual listening between all the members of the Church, and inspired by the Holy Spirit. Encouraged by the opening of the Synod, family associations wish to become protagonists of the synodal movement initiated by Pope Francis. In the same way that family members care for each other and move forward in a common understanding of unity, family associations wish today to work within the Church to create a true path of unity and communion for the common good.”, said Vincenzo Bassi of FAFCE.
He added: “This webinar is a way that FAFCE and Family Solidarity have to raise awareness about the responsibility that Christians and, specifically, our organisations have in this goal in the first instance, by working to create a network of encounters between families and by developing Family Associations. In fact, as Pope Francis said at the opening of the synodal path, “As we initiate this process, we too are called to become experts in the art of encounter. Not so much by organizing events or theorizing about problems, as in taking time to encounter the Lord and one another“.”
The webinar will take place on Thursday 9th December at 7.00 pm (Irish time) and it will be moderated by journalist Jason Osborne (Irish Catholic). Dr Angelo Bottone, chairman of Family Solidarity, will make the closing remarks.
The event will be livestreamed on the FAFCE Youtube and Facebook pages.
For ZOOM registration and more details, see https://familysolidarity.org/synodality/
