Welcome to the Archdiocese of Winnipeg's online survey! The information you provide will become part of our Archdiocesan submission to the 'General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops' that will take place in October 2023. If you reside in a different diocese, please check to see if a survey is available in your area. Thanks in advance for your participation!
This on-line survey is designed to obtain important information from the People of God in the Archdiocese of Winnipeg regarding the question of Synodality. In order to do this with the best spiritual approach possible, we would suggest that you take a few quiet moments to place yourself in God’s presence and seek to open your heart to our Lord. In approaching the questions in the survey you are embarking upon an action of the Church itself. You are invited to look upon each question as an opportunity to listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying through you to the whole Archdiocese, indeed the whole Church. We all have opinions about things but in an exercise such as this one, we want to know what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church. Each of us has the mark of the Holy Spirit within us because of our Baptism and Confirmation. This is a very privileged moment dear Brothers and Sisters. After you have quietly composed yourself, the Ad Sumas Prayer is to be said. This is the same prayer that the Bishops prayed before each session of the Second Vatican Council. Then reflect and answer our on-line questionnaire.
Prayer for the Synod
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name. With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right. All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever.
Amen.