Reading the Final Synod Document
Part 5: Forming a People for Missionary Discipleship
Part 5: Forming a People for Missionary Discipleship:
We need everyone in the boat
Avril Baigent was joined by guest speakers from the Discerning Leadership Programme to talk about part 5 of the Final Synod Document, about how to bring people together and understand the mission of Synodality.
Fr David McCallum S.J. Ed.D is a Jesuit priest from the USA East province. He serves as the founding Executive Director of the Program for Discerning Leadership, a formation experience that integrates Catholic spirituality, adult learning and development, and leadership best practices. Since 2021, Fr. McCallum has worked with the Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops on the Commission on Methodology, as a member of the international group that developed the synthesis of the National and Regional Bishop’s Conferences reports at Frascati, and as an expert facilitator at the Synods in October 2023 and 2024.
Sandra Chaoul is the lead facilitator on the English Program and serves as the Director of the Discerning Leadership International Accompaniment Network. She is an an experienced learning programs designer and facilitator, and an ICF Certified Leadership Coach. She holds a Masters in Financial Economics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Sandra served as an expert facilitator in the Synod on Synodality in Rome for both 2023 and 2024 sessions.
This event is the Fifth in a series of conversations hosted by the School for Synodality and synod experts to reflect on the Final Synod Document in more depth. For 6 weeks, the School for Synodality’s Director Dr Avril Baigent unpacks with guest speakers a different section, reflecting on its theological and practical implications, with time for questions afterwards.