{"id":4584,"date":"2025-03-13T02:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicans.app\/the-synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:52:26","slug":"the-synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/en\/the-synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Synod on synodality: Does it matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor Gilles Routhier is currently the Superior General of Seminary of Quebec. For 30 years he was Professor of Theology at Laval University, where he also served as Dean. Prof Routhier has made significant contributions in the fields of ecclesiology, the reception of Vatican II, and more recently synodality. He has been actively involved in the synodal process initiated by Pope Francis. In 2021, he was appointed to the theological commission in preparation of the Synod on Synodality; to the writing team for the Continental Document for North America from 2022-2023. Routhier was appointed theological expert to the Synod\u2019s 2023 assembly and Pope Francis appointed him Consultor to the General Secretariat of the Synod in 2024. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-gillesrouthier-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-gillesrouthier-1.jpg 671w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-gillesrouthier-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-minlib-gillesrouthier-mike-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-minlib-gillesrouthier-mike-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-minlib-gillesrouthier-mike-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-minlib-gillesrouthier-mike-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-minlib-gillesrouthier-mike.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-2-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-2-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-2-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-2-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicains.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/synod-on-synodality-does-it-matter-2.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Gilles Routhier is currently the Superior General of Seminary of Quebec. For 30 years he was Professor of Theology at Laval University, where he also served as Dean. Prof Routhier has made significant contributions in the fields of ecclesiology, the reception of Vatican II, and more recently synodality. 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