ASIA/CHINA - The shared spiritual retreat of 15 Chinese bishops, an experience of communion and synodality

Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Immersed in the Mystery of the Word of God, to perceive the infinite Love and salvation of the Lord: this is the experience shared by 15 Chinese Catholic bishops who lived together the annual spiritual retreat with the theme ‘Synodality and Encounter with the Lord’.
The retreat was held from 15 to 18 October at the National Seminary in Beijing.
The retreat was led by priest John Baptist Zhang - founder of the digital and print communication platform Xinde.org, and also responsible for Jinde Charities, the main Catholic charitable work in China.
The bishops listened to meditations on the obedience of the Virgin Mary, and how beg that the mercy and healing given by Jesus can animate the pastoral work associated with episcopal ministry.

During the evening ‘Spiritual Conversations’, the bishops also openly discussed how to face and overcome the sense of loneliness that sometimes marks their condition, and also how to make an appropriate discernment in the face of the different and sometimes conflicting opinions and requests of the members of the Church community.
The annual retreat of the Chinese bishops was strongly supported by the leaders of the body called the College of Chinese Bishops, led by the Bishop of Shanghai Joseph Shen Bin.

The initiative manifested concern for the formation of bishops and their spiritual condition. Bishop Shen Bin also took part in the final day of the retreat and presided over the evening Eucharistic Concelebration.
During the retreat, the Bishops present were able to put aside hesitations and indecisions, re-embracing with enthusiasm the mission of proclaiming the Gospel in the condition in which they find themselves. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides, 31/10/2024)

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