Synodality – August 17-23

The International Centre hosted its first synodality program with Sr. Dolores Palencia of Lyon/Mexico as presenter. Sr. Dolores has decades of experience in leadership as a provincial, as a congregational leader, and currently as Coordinator of Albergue Guadalupano, which receives thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. The group consisted of 14 sisters from Africa (Congo and Burkina Faso), the USA, France, and India. Several congregational leaders also attended. They explored ways to integrate synodality into all we are and do by drawing on the Resurrection narratives, our Primitive Texts, our shared history and spirituality, and our lived experiences. Sr. Dolores Palencia served as a Presidential Delegate to the 2022-2024 Synod on Synodalilty.