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In his homily during Chrism Mass held at the Catholic Church of the Beatitudes in Zwavelpoort, Pretoria, Archbishop Dabula Mpako reflected on the ongoing Synod on Synodality which will culminate in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome to be held in two phases, in 2023 and 2024 during the month of October.
The Archbishop further noted that St. Anthony in his commitment to give himself wholeheartedly to God and to the seeking of God’s kingdom he had to resist many temptations that could have destructed him and caused him to deviate from the commitment he had made. “We too have to constantly stave off many temptations that destruct us and entices us away from our calling”,
Widen the preaching circle to women and other laypeople, change the leadership style from autocratic and bureaucratic, move away from clerical...
The SACBC in August 2022 submitted its synthesis report on the synodal process which took place in various dioceses of the conference. The synthesis was presented at the Plenary Meeting of the bishops in August 2022 in Mariannhill, and was formatted according to the template given in the Vade Mecum (guide). It was then sent to Cardinal Mario Grech
“May we completely outgrow the approach of seeing the Church as some kind of spiritual supermarket where we shop for spiritual good, but for which we assume no responsibility, and of which we have no sense of ownership. May we cease to view the Church as some sort of a spiritual bus in which we are passively carried from one destination to another. A spiritual bus in which you are carried from earth to heaven,”