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In this interview, Bishop Daniel Flores of the Diocese of Brownsville shares his personal experiences from the October 2023 Synod on Synodality in Rome. He discusses the significance of the Synod's themes of 'communion, participation, and mission' and how they resonate with the local church. Bishop Flores offers valuable insights into how pastors and parish leaders in the Diocese can integrate the learnings from the Synod into their ministries. This video is for those looking to deepen their understanding of the Synod on Synodality and its impact on the Catholic Church at both the diocesan and parish levels.

Synod on Synodality calls everyone to discern and live out God’s call

"The mission is clearly given to us by Jesus, but we must live it in our time, and we have to be creative, and our people have a lot to tell us. ”

The working document for the Synod of Bishops in October was released by the Vatican June 20. While written primarily to guide the 370 members of the synod, Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, who has been shepherding the synodal process in the United States, said it gives everyone "a remarkable opportunity to reflect on what we have learned thus far about the nature of a synodal church and how we might embrace that more fully."

The Vatican has released its first list of participants Pope Francis has appointed to attend the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in October. More than a quarter of voting members are not bishops and a total of 54 voting members are women.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) welcomed the news from the Holy See’s General Secretariat of the Synod of the delegates appointed for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held this October.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued the National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America. The synthesis marks the completion of the Diocesan Phase of the 2021-2023 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission

SAN JUAN — The first phase of the Synod in the Diocese of Brownsville came to an end as summer began: After consultations with more than 8,000 local Catholics at all levels, delegates met June 25 at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine to hear summations from each deanery, followed by a Mass of celebration with Bishop Daniel E. Flores.

Column by Bishop Daniel E. Flores Summer 2022 Edition of The Valley Catholic

Column by Bishop Daniel E. Flores Summer 2022 Edition of The Valley Catholic