Plenary Council 2020 - 2021

28 29 SESSION FOUR OUR THIRD TOPIC WELCOME (3 MINUTES) The group leader welcomes people as needed, especially any new members. Acknowledge any absent members and make a point to follow up if needed. Suggested icebreaker: Who else can you invite to a listening and dialogue session? (One minute per person). Depending on the faith background of members, we either gather in prayer (option A) or solidarity (option B). OPTION A: Let’s turn to the back cover of booklet and share the plenary prayer together. OPTION B: Let us be present to one another during this time. DISCOVERING MORE ABOUT THE PLENARY (5 MINUTES) We begin by reminding ourselves about the Plenary through the words of Fr Ormond Rush. The group leader invites a volunteer to read: Our hope for Plenary 2020 “… When the Plenary Council is over and done, and final decisions have been made for the future of the Australian churches, each and every person who has taken up the opportunity to express their “sense of the faith” should be able to say: “I have had an opportunity to have my say, without reservation, and I must say that I have been listened to with genuine respect by my sisters and brothers of whatever ideological stripe. And I, with genuine respect, have truly tried to listen to the other voices … , open to the possibility that their [sense of faith], coming from the same Spirit as mine, might just be a necessary uncovering of the blind spots in my own perspective. The Plenary Council has