In 2021, the Archdiocese of Agana joined the Universal Church in answering a call to embark on a two-year journey toward the 16th Synod of Bishops, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission”.  The pope had announced a process of reflection on the local diocesan level leading up to a meeting of the 16th Synod of Bishops to take place in Rome in 2023. Our “Diocesan Phase of a Synod on Communion, Participation and Mission” commenced on Dec. 7, 2021 with Mass celebrated by then Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.

From Sept. 30 to Oct. 29, 2023 representatives from all regions of the Catholic Church worldwide gathered in Rome for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

The links below at  https://archagana.org/synod-info encompass documents, letters and information from both the regional process in our Chuch on Guam as well as the major General Assembly of Synod of Bishops in Rome including the very important document, A SYNODAL CHURCH IN MISSION Synthesis Report. Further updates are forthcoming.