How have groups and communities in the Church created methods and practices of listening, and what can we learn from this?
The Listening Practices project exists to take a wider look at relevant case studies in ecclesial and social listening in the context of global Catholicism.
The project is gathering a range of multi-scalar studies and reflections on examples of interesting practice and is building a community of conversation around these case studies in order to engage further ecclesial reflection on the theme of synodal listening.
Executive Summary Report
Our participants gathered in Rome in March 2024 to reflect together over three days. These participants included lay academics and practitioners, priest theologians and pastoral practitioners, members of religious congregations, and members of the Curia. Each participant prepared a paper, and we used an amended conversation in the Spirit approach (while also exploring some of this method’s strengths and limitations).
This report has been compiled based on these conversations and their convergences and on the broader pool of reflections and interviews undertaken by project members over the last year.
Below, we set out the key themes we explored and the critical questions that emerged from our conversations.
Audimus Podcast
In conversation with theologians, philosophers, social scientists, and pastoral practitioners from across the world, the Audimus podcast aims to interrogate and enrich our understanding of spiritual listening and synodality at all levels of the global Catholic Church. The podcast is a production of the "Listening Practices Project", which exists to collect and study relevant case studies in ecclesial listening in order to engage further ecclesial reflection on synodality within the Church.
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