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Pastoral Discernment - North Shore

A North Shore journey of listening together, sharing local insight, and discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the Church to respond.

 
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Listening, discerning, and responding

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."

Pope Francis, February 2022

Use the sections below to access the North Shore consultation resources directly and watch the explanatory videos that supported the discernment process.

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Pastoral Letter

A Guiding Word for the North Shore Journey

The Pastoral Letter provides a key spiritual and pastoral reference point for the North Shore discernment process. It helps communities reflect prayerfully, listen deeply, and move forward together in mission.

Read this letter as a shared invitation to discern where the Holy Spirit is leading the Church in the North Shore.

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Project Summary Report

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Access the full North Shore Pastoral Discernment Summary Report.

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Contact

Contact for Pastoral Discernment and Accompaniment enquiries and resource support.

Patti Beattie

Head of Pastoral Discernment and Accompaniment

PDA@bbcatholic.org.au