The E-book “Synodal Ecumenical Workshop” (462 pages, including photographs) contains the complete documentation of both the process and the final product of M.A.D. 3.

     The documentation of the M.A.D. 3 process includes: two theological essays by experts on Synodality and the ancient Synods, the individual reflections of the Catholic faithful invited by the Centro Pro Unione to participate in the M.A.D. 3 project (and affectionately called with the nickname M.A.D.ers) and the individual comments of the Ecumenical Consultants offered as feedback to the M.A.D.ers’ reflections.

     The documentation of the final product of M.A.D. 3 includes the two Syntheses of what emerged from the process, which were submitted to the Secretariat of the Synod as an ecumenical contribution by the Centro Pro Unione. The first Synthesis –a document entitled Identità cristiana: indagine sui temi emergenti della fede e della società (Christian Identity: An Enquiry on Emerging Trends in Faith and in Society)– presents the reflections of the M.A.D.ers grouped according to themes related to the challenges and potentials of Christian identity in the current contemporary context as well as the key characteristics of a synodal church for the future. The second Synthesis –a document entitled Assidui nell’ascolto: un responso ecumenico sinodale (Devoted to Listening: An Ecumenical Synodal Response)– is the fruit of the work of the Ecumenical Consultants (leaders, theologians and pastors from various Christian traditions) invited by the Centro Pro Unione to give their feedback on the reflections of the M.A.D.ers, highlighting some ways of reading the current ecclesial context and offering concrete proposals so that the Catholic Church can best respond to the expectations of the faithful and the ecclesial vision of Pope Francis. The Consultants jointly drafted and signed the document which constitues a concrete “synodal cameo” that has not only used a synodal methodology but also exercised an ecumenical synodality.

     The M.A.D. 3 project has activated a fruitful communional “chain of listening”, in response to Pope Francis’ invitation to a responsible synodal participation with an ecumenical spirit and capacity to listen and act, in order to discern and renew our ecclesial style.