A North Shore journey of listening together, sharing local insight, and discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the Church to respond.
The North Shore pastoral discernment journey invited parishioners, clergy, and community leaders to reflect on where the local Church is being called, and how it can respond with renewed missionary purpose.
This page brings together the key North Shore materials in one place: the consultation questions, social profile summary, facilitator tools, reflection guides, and the video resources that supported the process.
"Being Synodal is the way of being Church today according to the will of God, in a dynamic of discerning and listening together to the voice of the Holy Spirit."
Use the sections below to access the North Shore consultation resources directly and watch the explanatory videos that supported the discernment process.
These are the core North Shore materials that supported the consultation process and local conversations.
Download the questions used to prompt parish and community listening sessions.
A regional snapshot at a glance, including local background information for discernment.
A presentation template for facilitators leading local North Shore sessions.
A guide for hosting listening sessions and supporting shared discernment.
Practical tools to help facilitators structure consultation gatherings.
A simple reflection aid for parishioners preparing to share their thoughts.
A summary resource for recording and sharing group discernment conversations.
Two video resources were part of the North Shore process: one introducing synodality and one showing conversation in the Spirit.
Fr Rush reflects on becoming a more synodal Church in the mind of Pope Francis.
A practical reflection on listening together for what the Spirit is calling forth.
For questions about the North Shore pastoral discernment process or the resources on this page, contact Mission Broken Bay.