In October 2014, there will be a meeting of the Synod of Bishops in Rome to examine “Pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation”.
To assist them prepare for the Synod the Bishops of New Zealand have asked Catholics across New Zealand to respond to a marriage questionnaire.
The New Zealand Catholic reports that round 700 hundred people have already done so.
However, some people have found questions “complex and wordy”, making it difficult them to engage with it. This is something that the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference has acknowledged.
A simplified version of the questionnaire is available.
However it is not possible to use the simplified questions when making a submission; the official form or online survey the New Zealand Bishops have provided must be used.
The simplified form could be used as a preliminary exercise to gain a better understanding of the questions in the official survey.
The questions are based of the Consultation Document issued by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference, November 2013. The were originally adapted by Newman University, Birmingham and are used with permission.
- New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference online survey
- New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference Survey form
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