A Jesuit inspired group from Belgium (ESDAC) ran a training course on Discernment in Common for Apostolic Planning at Manresa Spirituality Centre in Dublin over seven days from the 7th to the 15 of May this year. Thirty six participants from Europe and the Lebanon attended. About a quarter were Irish, either Jesuits or lay members of diocesan or parish pastoral councils or synod animation teams. This group has been running these courses in French for over thirty years. They try to run one in English every year…