Parish Discussion on Marriage and Family Life

Following last October's Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Rome, and ahead of the next Synod meeting in October, Pope Francis has asked the Church to reflect with 'true spiritual discernment' on marriage and family life.

The Pope, and the Bishops of England and Wales, have invited us to participate by discussing these important issues in our Parishes.

PARISH RESPONSE

St Laurence's Parish Forum agreed to respond with a series of discussion groups and a questionnaire during March and April. You can read the details here.

READ A SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTATION >

VIEW THE QUESTIONS (PDF FILE) >

DETAILED RESULTS (PDF FILE) >

REFLECTION

Giving our consultation some context, Fr Bob's homily on the 6th Sunday of Easter discussed mercy and asked "what did the questioners and the question-answerers have in mind, when they speak of 'the Church'?"

READ THE HOMILY >

FURTHER INFORMATION

You may also be interested to submit your opinions directly to the Bishops of England and Wales via their survey here.

Below is the supporting information from the Bishops for discussions among the laity and the clergy. Note, whereas the Bishops' survey offers a more limited set of questions based on the first of these documents, the parish discussions and questionnaire are drawing topics from both the laity and the clergy consultation documents.

Family Consultation Document (includes suggestions for reading and prayer).

Clergy Consultation Document.