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Synod readers describe value of young adult voices in Synod Small Groups

by | Oct 8, 2021 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Melina Arguello Sotro and her husband rearranged their schedules in order to attend their parish’s archdiocesan Synod Small Groups, but she said the stories shared with four others at their table at a recent session “were so profound.” The two-hour, six-part Small Group series offers a unique opportunity to hear the larger voice of the Church, find encouragement in one’s own faith journey and are a testament to the Church’s healing power, she said.

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Synod team member: In Small Groups, each person’s unique perspective needed

by | Sep 3, 2021 | , , , , , , | 0 |

The faithful’s attendance at upcoming Synod Small Groups at their parish is kind of like a family Thanksgiving, said Jean Stolpestad, director of Marriage, Family and Life for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. “When somebody doesn’t show up, the table seems empty,” she said.

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Synod small groups: focused on our future

by | Aug 26, 2021 | , , , , , | 0 |

My niece recently headed back to college. The State Fairgrounds gates open the day this paper arrives in homes. These are among the signs that the long-awaited fall 2021 is coming quickly. I say long-awaited because life in our parishes and schools, we pray, will be back to a new normal after Labor Day. Soon thereafter the Synod Parish Consultation Process with Small Groups will begin at each parish. Archbishop Hebda has repeatedly shared how he views it as providential that we will emerge from the strange past 18 months journeying together as an archdiocese, focused on our shared future, through the Synod Small Groups.

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12 things to know about Synod small groups

by | Aug 25, 2021 | , , , , | 0 |

What can participants expect when they arrive at their parishes for the Synod small groups? A carefully crafted process, for starters. That’s because this part of the Synod process is critical, said Jean Stolpestad, the archdiocese’s director of Marriage, Family and Life and a member of the Synod Executive Committee who has been co-leading small group trainings since February.

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Graces of small group fellowship

by | Aug 24, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Christian fellowship is personal, prayerful and active — which is why engaging regularly in fellowship with others in small groups is so powerful. By encouraging each other with a common end in mind — eternal life in friendship with Christ — we work to better imitate Jesus the Good Shepherd in spreading the good news of the Gospels.

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