Dr Christina Kheng is a renowned lay theologian based in Singapore and was a key member of the 2021 Synod on Synodality. She was a guest of the Archdiocese of Adelaide at Dialogue Week, which ran here in late February, and was an exercise in getting as many Catholics as possible to listen to what others had to say about their view of the future of their Church.
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The whole Archdiocese is invited to be involved with our Synod this year. The key stages of the process are Dialogue Week, beginning on February 22; the members’ retreat on March 14; the opening Synod Mass at the Cathedral on May 29; the First Session on May 30 and then Second Session on June 27.
While mountains of work have been going on in the background to prepare for the Synod to be held in Adelaide in May and June this year, February offers the first real chance for the public to perhaps get an idea of its scope and to play a direct part themselves.
Thousands of Catholics across South Australia are gearing up to take part in a groundbreaking event that will help shape the outlook and agenda of the Archdiocese of Adelaide for generations to come.
When Pope Francis died earlier this year, the American television network CNN ran an interview with Dr Christina Kheng to talk about the pontiff’s legacy and hopes for the incoming Pope Leo XIV.
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