Autumn Formation Day

Walking Together: Group Discernment, Conversations in the Spirit and Synodality

Speaker: Catriona Fletcher, Director of Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow

Saturday 19th September, 10am—3.30pm on Zoom

Cost: £20/£25/£30*

‘Synodality’ has become a buzzword in the Roman Catholic Church in recent years. Pope Francis (a Jesuit) was offering the Church a way of discerning in common, a way of helping a group or community to listen to the Spirit and to one another. This is the wisdom modelled by the community in Acts who concluded their discernment saying “it seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us”. 

This day offers an opportunity to learn about applying Ignatian principles to working with groups, whether to take up the Church’s invitation to explore synodality or to support the communities we are part of. We are delighted to welcome back as facilitator Catriona Fletcher, director of ISC, who is helping to take synodality forward in Scotland.

The day will include some background to synodal processes and communal discernment, an experience of Conversation in the Spirit and some time to reflect on how this way of proceeding could be useful to our work and mission.

To book your place, you need to do two things:

1. Email Susan on susanm.epiphany@gmail.com

2. Make your payment using the details below

Please pay by BACS transfer to the new Epiphany Group account. Please note, if you have BACS transfer details saved on your account, these will need to be updated.

Name:

Epiphany Group Scotland SCIO
Sort Code: 08-92-99
Account Number:  67513912

Please put the following code in the reference line: YOURNAMESEP19 e.g. SMITHSEP19

If you are not able to attend on the day, you can register in order to receive recordings of the talks and written material. Please indicate when you book whether you will attend in person or not. For confidentiality reasons, group discussions and Q&As are not recorded.

*We use a sliding scale for payment for events and you are welcome to pay at any level:

Donation Fee: £30 (includes a donation to help us keep doing what we do, and to offer our events to more people)

Standard Fee: £25

Concession: £20