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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Listening Practices in a Synodal Church: Interim Reflections from a Symposium in Rome Anna Rowlands ORIGINAL ARTICLES Listening across the Americas: Base Ecclesial Communities and Relational Organizing as Listening Practices for a Synodal Church Richard L. Wood Beyond Synodal Listening: Theological Action Research and Cultures of Conversation Clare Watkins French Catholics and Synodality: Spiritual Sensibilities and the Will to Participate or Abstain Yann Raison de Cleuziou Doing Theology by Listening to Marginalized Voices? Methodological Elements from Encountering Indigenous Families in a Northern Canadian Community Julian Paparella Listening a Synodal Church into Being: Learning Points from the Methodology of the Synod 2021-2024 and the Asian Experience Christina Kheng More Than Listening is Needed for Synodality: Observations Based on the Australian Plenary Council and the Church in the New Testament Peter J. McGregor Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula and the ""Listening Bishop"" An Institution to (Re)Discover Ignace Ndongala Maduku Academic Listening Practices and Synodality: Reflections from a Study of World Youth Days Charles Mercier ROUNDTABLE Two ""Fires"" of Leadership: Is it Possible to Listen and Lead Parish Cultural Change? Hannah Vaughan-Spruce Sabbath, Contemplative Time, and Liturgical Listening Clare E. Wolfteich Listening in Stereo and Communicating in Semaphore: Child Sexual Abuse Survivor-Led Strategies for Culture Change in the Catholic Church Alana Harris Asking to Listen: Engaging Social Scientific Methods as a Listening Practice in Global Catholicism Tricia C. Bruce Research-Backed Practices to Engage Youth in a Vibrant Catholic Church: The Case for Implementing Sacred Listening Practices Josh Packard and Megan Bissell EPILOGUE Listening and the Moral Life Alexis Artaud de la Ferriere
