Welcome to SCHEAP
Synodality in Catholic Higher Education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is a faith formation collaboration among students, ministers, and educators in Catholic colleges, universities, and Newman Centers.
About Us
We engage in synodal ministry with young adults in order to create pathways for their protagonist in building and leading a synodal Church.
- 10 participating campuses
- 5 participating parishes
- Over 700 students engages
- 20 synodal fellows trained
- 24 ministers and educators
- 3 retreat center partners
- $1.25 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Our Vision
We engage in synodal ministry with young adults in order to create pathways for their protagonist in building and leading a synodal Church.
BUILDING
communities of synodal practice
DESIGNING
& facilitating synodal gatherings for a variety of populations
PRIORITIZING
encounters that build relationships across difference
Synodal News
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“Synodality taught me of a Holy Spirit who is fully alive in our relationships with one another, who is most animated in our world when we come together to dream.”
-Elise Stankus
Synodal Fellow Cohort Leader
