Relationships, identity top synod topics

From The Superior Catholic Herald...

In the presence of Bishop James P. Powers and other diocesan leaders, Chris Hurtubise opened the first of two regional Synod on Synodality sessions at St. Joseph Church in Shell Lake on March 13.

Hurtubise, director of the newest diocesan office, the Office of Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship, shared how the context of the department’s creation – fruit of “very deep soul-searching conversations” during the initial stages of the pandemic – was merely part of a bigger picture the Holy Spirit was working on.

This local momentum, Hurtubise explained, providentially fit in and was animated by the worldwide Synod on Synodality that Pope Francis has called for and the Vatican has mobilized dioceses to join. While the bishops of the world won’t meet until October 2023, the local processes started in 2021 to allow for input from all Catholics.

“Evangelization is not an academic thing,” Hurtubise said. “All good ministry is relational ministry.”

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