The President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious, Ghana (CMSR-Gh), Sr. Dr. Lucy Hometowu, SMMC, has urged Consecrated Persons to embrace synodality as a way of being Church by listening, discerning and sharing responsibility for the mission of Christ.
“The Church is inviting us to embrace synodality not simply as a programme or an event, but as a way of being Church: listening to one another, discerning together and sharing responsibility for the mission entrusted to us by Christ,” she said.
Sr. Dr. Hometowu was speaking at the opening of the CMSR-Gh Biannual Plenary Assembly in the Diocese of Wa on October 6, 2026. The biannual assembly is being held under the theme, “Synodal paths to mission sustainability: Walking together in hope.”
She said the call to synodality was particularly important for Consecrated Persons who come from different Congregations with different charisms, traditions and apostolates but remain united by one Lord and one mission.
“The time has come for us to move beyond simply working alongside one another to genuinely walking together,” she said.
Sr. Dr. Hometowu called for greater collaboration among Congregations in areas including formation, vocation promotion, youth empowerment, safeguarding, healthcare, education, pastoral ministry and social transformation.
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