MARIAN APPROACHES TO SYNODALITY, BY DR. JOSEPHINE LOMBARDI
With so much discussion about the role of women in the Church, especially in today’s synodal considerations, how could Mary be missing? Mary listened to the Holy Spirit and pondered the meaning of her incredibly significant role in that crucial moment of salvation history.
Marian Approaches to Synodality is a welcome guide for the process of discernment which is essential for the Church’s witness to God’s salvific work in our time, too. This book aims to show how women in leadership roles are an extension of Mary’s presence in meeting the needs of people within and outside the Church. It shows how a Marian style of synodality includes walking with women and other vulnerable persons, listening to their stories, and addressing their needs for pastoral care.
The call to synodality is a call for the Church to listen, understand, and act in a way that embraces people in the spirit and style of Mary, eagerly following her example. Marian Approaches to Synodality is an inspiration and support to walk this path forward with confidence.
In this short video, Dr. Lombardi shares a brief summary of the book:
Join us on September 24 at 10am EST as she presents a one-hour webinar on how synodality calls the Church to listen, understand and act in a way that embraces people in the spirit and style of Mary, an exemplar for the process of walking together and women’s leadership. Register here.
Dr. Josephine Lombardi is an award-winning author and educator and a documentary filmmaker who has worked as a parish minister, university campus minister, high school chaplaincy leader, teacher educator, professor of religious education, retreat facilitator and faith formation consultant. Presently, she is assistant dean of academic affairs and an associate professor of pastoral and systematic theology for St. Augustine’s Seminary in Scarborough, Ontario. Her recent books include On Earth as it is in Heaven (Jubilee edition), Disciples of All Nations and Experts in Humanity.
