ASIA/KUWAIT - Workshops and Seminars in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia: "Women Pilgrims of Hope in a Synodal Church"

Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) – The AVONA Women's Program (AWP) in the Vicariate of Northern Arabia continues its mission in Kuwait with a conference and workshop held in four parishes: Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi, St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Salmiya, St. Daniel Comboni in Abbasiya, and Holy Family Co-Cathedral in Kuwait City.

The event, with the theme “Women Pilgrims of Hope in a Synodal Church,” took place on February 14-15, 2025 under the patronage of the Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., reflects the role, participation and mission of women in the Church, bringing into reality the fruits of the Synod in giving significance to women in the life and mission of the Church, as highlighted in the “Synthesis Report” and “Instrumentum Laboris” synod documents.

The AVONA Women program is an initiative dedicated to empowering women by providing opportunities for personal growth, spiritual development, and community engagement. The two-day event brought together women from diverse backgrounds to reflect on their spiritual journeys and their role in a synodal church, emphasizing collaboration, empowerment, and faith.

The event featured a series of interactive sessions, discussions, and reflections focused on the theme of women’s role in the church as active participants in fostering dialogue, hope, and unity. The theme, inspired by the Synod on Synodality, sought to empower women to recognize their vital contribution to the Church and society. The theme, inspired by the Synod on synodality, focused on the recognition of the female contribution that is vital to the Church and society.

At the end of the two-day event, it emerged that in the coming months in this Jubilee Year and through the Spirit of Synod, the local church in Kuwait will play an important role in developing women’s reflections and convergences starting from the most urgent proposals.

A first meeting of AVONA Women took place at the end of November 2024, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in Awali and in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Manama, Bahrain, with a two-day event on 'Discipleship and female participation in a synodal church in mission' (see Fides, 6/12/2024). (AP) (Agenzia Fides, 4/3/2025)

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