The Synod on Synodality is a three-year process of listening and dialogue beginning with a solemn opening in Rome on October 9, 2021 and concluding in 2024. The first assembly of the Synod took place October 4-28, 2023; the second will be in October 2024.

Pope Francis invites the entire Church to reflect on a theme that is decisive for its life and mission: “It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” This journey, which follows in the wake of the Church’s “renewal” proposed by the Second Vatican Council, is both a gift and a task: by journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has been made, the Church will be able to learn through Her experience which processes can help Her to live communion, to achieve participation, to open Herself to mission."
Source: usccb.org/synod 

The Sisters' Response

The Sisters accepted Pope Francis's invitation. In the months before the October 2023 Synod they read the Synod documents, prayed about them, gathered for discussions, and identified their hopes for the future of the Church in the context of the Synod. Their results can be read here. This document was sent to the Synod through Cardinal McElroy of San Diego.

"We recall that the purpose of the Synod is not to produce documents, but to plant dreams, draw forth prophecies and visions, allow hope to flourish, inspire trust, bind up wounds, weave together relationships, awaken a dawn of hope, learn from one another and create a bright resourcefulness that will enlighten minds, warm hearts, give strength to our hands."
Source: synod.va/en