Video Resources - Pathways Event
The School for Synodality held an online event - 'Pathways for Implementation: Next steps on our Synod Journey' - held on Saturday, 18th October at 11am (UK time). As ever, when the School for Synodality community gathered, there was plenty to challenge and inspire us. Come Holy Spirit!
This event was inspired by the guiding document for synodality released by the Vatican in June 2025, called ‘Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod’. The Final Document has been brought into church teaching, and as we seek to embed synodality in our everyday Catholic life and culture, we explore the next steps at grass-roots level.
Led by the School for Synodality Directors Dr Avril Baigent and Fr Matthew Nunes, we had author and commentator Austen Ivereigh give us an insightful overview of the Implementation Document, Bishop Brendan Leahy of the Limerick Diocese in Ireland as keynote speaker, and heard testimonies of how synodality is being successfully implemented in the Blessed Sacrament Parish of Exeter, England.
The School for Synodality Directors Dr Avril Baigent and Fr Matthew Nunes were also joined by Austen Ivereigh at the end of the session, for a panel discussion and to answer questions that arose.
Pathways for Implementation: Next steps on our Synod Journey'
The full video of School for Synodality’s online event held on Saturday, 18th October at 11am (UK time).
Austen Ivereigh
Author and commentator Austen Ivereigh gives us a brief background and guides us through what this means for parishes, dioceses, and the global Church.
Bishop Brendan Leahy
Join Bishop Brendan Leahy and Dr Avril Baigent as they explore the aspects of implementing the Final Document drawing on local and global experiences they discuss how listening, hope, and collaboration can shape a more participatory and missionary Church for the future.
Synodality testimony
Fr Jonathan Stewart and Angela Folden share their journey of implementing synodal practices in their parish of Blessed Sacrament in Exeter, England, with exciting and moving results.