As we celebrate the most central facet of our faith, let us join with Jeus in rising to a new level of practicing our faith. Let us be unafraid to speak out for the issues that we are guided by the Spirit to believe are essential for the very survival of our Church! Reflect on the issues of reform that must occur for the well-being of our Christian Community and let’s begin to live them. What are the issues that for you are most needed to be addressed today?
Diocesan and Parish Councils established with the people having a deliberative voice?
Making our liturgies more meaningful thereby building a loving and supportive community?
Expanding our tent to include everyone in our community with no group demeaned or left out?
All marginalized groups welcomed as equal members of our community?
The Synod in Rome be truly synodal including a balanced representation of all the People of God
as full participating members?
Recognizing that silence is a form of complicity that supports accepting things as they are now, let us reflect together on what we are being called to do and what action we are being called to take to have the courage to speak up, to “rise from the dead” of our passivity, and find the courage to act on our beliefs.
Join CCRI for our online gathering on April 22
Our coming Global Ecclesial Synod Council meeting will be Saturday, April 22. Thanks for the referral from Dr. Rafael Luciani, our next guest speaker will be Birgit Weiler. She is a German Medical Missionary Sister living in Peru, who is a theological advisor on issues of environmental justice, helping to generate criteria to guide the position and action of the Church in socio-economic conflicts. She has been outspoken about women religious superiors being treated with equality to men religious superiors. She will be speaking with us on Saturday, April 22. Please put this date on your calendars.
To join this gathering, click here: https://zoom.us/j/2429500175: Password is spirit.
Here are the corresponding times for this gathering:
San Francisco (USA – California) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 4:00:00 am PDT UTC-7 hours
Chicago (Illinois)/Mexico City (Mexico) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 6:00:00 am CDT UTC-5 hours
New York (New York)/Louisville (KY) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00:00 am EDT UTC-4 hours
San Paolo (Brazil)/New Brunswick (Canada) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 8:00:00 am BRT UTC-3 hrs
Tokyo (Japan)/Seoul (Korea) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 8:00:00 pm JST UTC+9 hours
Sydney (Australia – New South Wales) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 9:00:00 pm AEDT UTC+11 hrs
Auckland (New Zealand) Sunday, April 22, 2023 at 11:00:00 pm NZDT UTC+13 hours
Mumbai (India) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 4:30:00 pm IST UTC+5:30 hours
London (UK)/Dublin (Ireland) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 12:00:00 noon BST UTC+1 hour
Paris (France)/ Rome (Italy)/ Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:00:00 pm CEST UTC+2 hours
Madrid (Spain)/Frankfurt (Germany)
Nairobi (Kenya) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:00:00 pm EAT UTC+3 hours
Manila (Philippines) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00:00 pm PHST UTC+8 hours
Karachi (Pakistan) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 4:00:00 pm PKT UTC+5 hours
Adelaide (South Australia) Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 8:30:00 pm
INVITATION to join SpiritUnbounded.org as a Companion on the Road and/or to submit individual Stories for the website
Companion on the Road
Root and Branch ‘soft’ launched SpiritUnbounded on the 30th January. Any group wishing to be a Companion simply needs to complete the online Companion submission form.
It will go on a page looking like this with the heading COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD. It will not go on the About Us page as it currently does but will have its own page – we are evolving all the time. On the About Us page we will have the growing Implementation Team.
Our Stories
We are also seeking Stories from individuals to go on the page headed Our Stories – soon also to be used on social media to generate discussion and support for others experiencing the complexity of being Catholics today.
Here is the story form for individuals wishing to upload their story and photo. Should people choose to remain anonymous we will use the Spirit Unbounded logo instead of a headshot.