Pope Francis announced that the Synod of Bishops postponed due to the pandemic will be preceded by a synodal process that includes "listening to all of the baptized."
In 1776, future president Thomas Jefferson composed a few simple words that changed the world: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
In the fall of 2019, Bishop Earl Boyea established a new 14-member committee to review how the resources of the Diocese of Lansing can be best used to better evangelize the 1.8 million people who live within the boundaries of the diocese.
On May 21, 2021, Pope Francis surprised the Church by announcing that the Synod of Bishops postponed due to the pandemic will be preceded by a synodal process that includes "listening to all of the baptized" in every local diocese.
My goodness, it seems like it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … but back in the fall of 2019, Bishop Boyea gave our newly established Realign Resources for Mission Committee a seven-fold verbal instruction.