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…

(from Adsumus Sancte Spiritus prayer)

 

We are thrilled to have four pilot parishes trialling the Adsumus Initiative.  They are Holy Family Como, St Benedict’s Applecross, Our Lady of Good Counsel Innaloo/Karrinyup and St Vincent’s Kwinana.

 

All the parishes have embraced the initiative wholeheartedly.  This initiative was developed to encourage all parishioners to realise their contribution to the life of the parish. Adsumus is an approach to parish life that the whole parish community is called to embrace.

 

There are four steps in the process:

 

Step 1.  A time to prepare parishioners for the launch of Adsumus.

 

Step 2.  A time of changing the hearts and minds of parishioners to seek the Holy Spirit, to personally discover what it means to be a parishioner.

 

Step 3.a.  A time to put synodality into action. Encouraging parishioners to prayerfully discover if there are other ways they can serve in their parish.

 

Step 3.b. The parish pastoral council and parish ministry leaders, review their pastoral plan in light of what the archdiocesan agencies can offer in assistance.

 

The Parish Renewal Team is very grateful to our four pilot parishes.  The parish priests and their teams have put so much effort into ensuring that Adsumus was embraced in their parishes.

 

Once Step 3 in completed, we will begin the process of consultation to review what worked well in these four parishes and what areas can be developed further.