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Pre-Assembly Reports (January 2026)

Following the each of the three Pre-Assembly meetings, the following reports were created summarizing participant insights from the table conversations.

Pre-Assembly Preparatory Report (September 2025)

After hosting several Listening Sessions, the Paulist Fathers prepared the following report for distribution at the Pre-Assemblies.

Download the report as a PDF.

 

Listening Session Materials (June 2025)

Please note that the materials below are provided for reference only. The submission period ended in September 2025.

Pre-Assembly Prayers

Prayer for the Paulist Fathers

Almighty and ever faithful God, You spoke your Word to the world in your Son, Jesus Christ,
and commissioned St. Paul to bring your word to all nations and to the ends of the earth.

Your Spirit led Servant of God Isaac Hecker to proclaim your word in North America
using tools of the modern age. We ask you to strengthen and renew all members of the
Paulist charismatic family – Priests, Lay Associates, Deacon Affiliates, and lay collaborators,
to live as missionaries in the line of St. Paul and Father Hecker.

May we burn with passion to give the Gospel a voice so that all may know the mystery of your
love. May we follow the Lord Jesus with the zeal of St. Paul and Father Hecker
as we carry on the mission of the Paulist Community.

In the power of your Holy Spirit, we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

*Adapted from the Paulist Prayer for Vocations

Prayer to the Holy Spirit (Adsumus Sancte Spiritus)

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 and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path
nor partiality influence our actions.

Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.

All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son,
forever and ever. Amen.

“Every session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, ‘We stand before You, Holy Spirit,’ which has been historically used at Councils, Synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years, being attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – 4 April 636)” (Synod Office). This simplified version was adapted by the Vatican Synod Office for the 2021-2023 Synods.