One With the Toledo Diocese

Participation in the Toledo Diocese Synodal process was of prime importance to Community members in the late 1980’s. Sisters and Associates studied the Synodal documents by working in discussion groups. October 23, 1988, was a special Community day for this purpose with liturgy and an afternoon of sharing hopes and dreams for the diocese of Toledo.

Our heritage, said Sister Justine Hill, has been that of service to the needs of the local Church as it grows in wisdom and reaches out to God’s people. Also a part of our heritage is fidelity and flexibility. Our diocese has changed and become stronger ion that process. And we have been a part of this growth in the Spirit!

The consensus of responses to participation in the program that day was that all benefited from the experience of those who had already gone through the process of sharing insights in parish communities.

The Community members joined enthusiastically in another diocesan project: the study of and response to the United States Bishops’ Peace Pastoral: THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE: GOD’S PROMISE AND OUR RESPONSE.