Meeting on Anglican and Catholic synodalities

On 16 February, the Central Committee bureau was delighted to welcome Deacon Koen Jacobs, parish deacon of the Catholic parish of Sint-Katelijne-Waver near Mechelen - where the Filipino Anglican community linked to St Boniface Antwerpen also worships - and the Archdiocese of Mechelen and Brussels' officer for ecumenism, for a discussion to follow up Mgr Terlinden's request made during the Malines Conversations Centenary Conference last year for the Chaplain-President to assist the Catholic archdiocese in thinking through how synodality can benefit the Churches. Our picture shows the ecumenical evensong on 21 September 2025 at the end of the centenary conference, in which (among many eminent Church dignitaries) Mgr Terlinden, Deacon Jacobs, the Chaplain-President, Vice-President and Secretary-General are all processing to the choir of Mechelen cathedral.