Clockwise from left: Australia’s Kelly Paget poses with her husband, Chris, and their three boys, Dennie (13), Samson (10) and Oscar (5), at Samson’s recent First Communion; José Manuel De Urquidi, a Mexican citizen who lives in Dallas, walks into the synod hall with his wife and eldest child, Inés, on her birthday; Ukraine’s Maria Sabov stands with her children Veronika (15), Viktor (13) and Pavlo (9), and her husband, Father Viktor, a Greek Catholic priest.
Parents juggle time-zone differences, missed birthdays and unexpected homework calls as they help chart a future course for the Church.
