Project Aims
Identifying multi-scalar case-studies (parochial, diocesan, national, regional, universal) from across the world on practices of listening and consultation in context in the Catholic tradition and with a particular emphasis on listening to social peripheries;
Developing a trans-disciplinary approach to ecclesial listening, drawing on disciplines from across the theological and social sciences.
Disseminate this research to a range of audiences in the Church.
Conference
Our conference on Listening Practices in Global Catholicism was held at the Angelicum University in Rome on the 25-27th March 2024.
The event was inter-disciplinary in scope, with involvement from practitioners and scholars across disciplinary fields.
An executive summary report from the event can be found here, and articles developed from presentations at the conference can be accessed here.
Project Team
Lead Project Co-ordinator and Principal Investigator: Professor Anna Rowlands, Durham University.
Project Co-Investigator and lead for social sciences: Dr Alexis Artaud de la Ferriere, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Project Co-Investigator and lead for communications: Chris Knowles, School for Synodality.
Oral Histories Researcher: Maike Sieben
Project Administrator: Yvonne Williams, Durham University.
The project was a collaboration of the Centre for Catholic Studies (CCS), The Pontifical University of St Thomas (Angelicum), and Royal Holloway College University of London, in partnership with the Synod on Synodality Listening Project Steering Committee.
