The process outlined in this synthesis and the emerging themes identified is but the start of a conversation of discernment that will need to develop at a local, national and international level over the coming years. The challenge from here will be to find ways to develop occasions and structures that favour and promote this type of conversation and discernment within our local faith communities. Conversations and discernment that will eventually lead to the genuine renewal in faith and practice that the majority of participants in this process so evidently desire.
With thanks to all who contributed in any way to the diocesan phase of the Universal Synod in the Diocese of Clonfert.