Dear Parishioners;
Phase I of our Synod Journey – Listening Sessions- is ending this week. However, we still feel it is very important that every parishioner get an opportunity to participate in the Listening Sessions. Resultantly, if you would like to provide input into some of the key questions asked in the Listening Sessions, or perhaps you attended a session and would like to add a few more comments, please feel free to do so by writing your responses to the questions below and delivering them to COTHF or completing an online form on our parish website (click button below). You can also mail your responses to the Parish office. On behalf of the entire Synod Leadership team, thank you for your engagement, participation, as well as your willingness to dream about the Church we are called to be. Thank you, thank you!

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Synod Questions

1. How would you characterize your Church community-the people who are journeying together? What persons or groups are left on the margins? How is your parish inviting those on the margins into relationship? (Consider different demographics, levels of involvement and levels of satisfaction. Also consider methods of outreach and evangelization and the effectiveness of those methods.)

2. Who does our Church currently listen to? Who is not being listened to? Which groups are less likely to be listened to? Who is being left out of the conversation? (Consider age, social status, race/ethnicity, gender, etc. in your discussion.)

3. Do our liturgies promote the active participation of all the faithful in the liturgy and encourage them to live lives of faith? Does the homily draw from the Word of God and inspire the faithful? (Who are the people attending and actively participating in Mass? Is the music calling the faithful to deeper prayer in the Mass?)

Sending Blessings Always,
COTHF Synod Leadership Team