Online Course

This Five-Session Online Course focused on Becoming a Thriving Parish in Today's World addresses the following topics in video replays and accompanying resources below:

• February 12: Session 1. A Theological Vision to Guide Today’s Parish [ JUMP TO VIDEO ]
  Presenters: Dr. Jodi Hunt and Dr. Tracey Lamont

•  February 19: Session 2. Skills for Leading a Thriving Parish
  Presenters: Jim Merhaut and Edwin Ferrera

•  February 26: Session 3. Pathways for Creating a Thriving Parish Community
  Presenters: John Roberto and the Pathways Project Facilitators

•  March 5: Session 4. Cultivating the Dispositions & Habits for Parish Transformation, Becoming a Listening Church
  Presenter: Sr. Nathalie Becquart, xmcj, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican

•  March 12: Session 5. Developing Your Parish’s Pathways toward a Thriving Parish – An Invitation
  Presenters: Dr Tracey Lamont and John Roberto with the Pathways Project Facilitators

This online course is Part 1 of the 2026 Program. [CLICK HERE to see the full Project Overview]

SESSION 1

A Theological Vision to Guide Today’s Parish

Presenters: Dr. Jodi Hunt and Dr. Tracey Lamont
Air Date: February 12, 2026

COURSE DOCUMENTS

Web Links:

Francis XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission Final Document,” November 2024.
[READ THE FINAL DOCUMENT] (synod.va)
[VIEW RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION] (synod.va)

International Theological Commission. “Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church,” 2018. [READ THE DOCUMENT] (vatican.va)

Pope Leo XIV. “Address of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to the Participants in the Jubilee of the Synod Teams and Participation Bodies,” 2025. [READ THE DOCUMENT] (vatican.va)