Launch of international survey of Catholic women for Synod 2022

Tina Beattie - Photo by Wolfgang Schmidt

Professor Tina Beattie, founder of the international Catholic Women Speak (CWS) network and executive member of the global Catholic Women's Council (CWC), has announced the launch of an international survey of Catholic women for Synod on Synodality

The online survey being released in six languages today, International Women's Day, will gather feedback from Catholic women around the world. It will provide data for a submission for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission."

The survey is being conducted by Dr Kathleen McPhillips and Dr Tracy McEwan from the University of Newcastle, Australia, in collaboration with Dr Clare Watkins and Emeritus Professor Tina Beattie from the University of Roehampton, London. It invites responses from women aged 18 or over who have at any time self-identified as Catholic.

Tina Beattie said: "This is a unique opportunity for Catholic women to contribute to the Synod and to ensure that their voices are heard in ways which represent the diversity of women's lives, practices and beliefs in the worldwide Church."

To find out more and to access the link to the survey, please read the research flyer at https://catholicwomenspeak.com/ or www.catholicwomenscouncil.org/.