Theologian Serena Noceti will speak on instituted ministries at the Vigilianum in Trento

Theologian Serena Noceti will lead a public meeting titled "At the service of a synodal and missionary Church: instituted ministries" on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The event begins at 20.30 at the Vigilianum cultural center in Trento.

Noceti, a professor of systematic theology at the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose in Florence, will discuss how the Church can recognize and use the gifts and skills of laypeople. The meeting will examine the role of instituted ministries, which are stable forms of service entrusted to both men and women, within a synodal and missionary Church.

The discussion aims to explore how these ministries can promote shared responsibility among the baptized to serve the liturgy, the Gospel, and ecclesial life.