Authentic Church Renewal, the Augustinian Way, and Sensus Fidelium: Jayd Hendricks on To Make All Things New Part 1

 

How can Catholics distinguish between true ecclesial renewal and mere accommodation to secular culture in the age of synodality? On Driving Home the Faith, host Dr. Ken Craycraft welcomes Jayd Hendricks—founder of Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal, publisher of the Substack What We Need Now, former USCCB executive director of government relations, and author of the new Ignatius Press release, To Make All Things New. Drawing on St. John Henry Newman’s distinction between doctrinal development and corruption, the early Christian witness of the Epistle to Diognetus, and Dominican theologian Yves Congar’s insights on the "Augustinian spirit," Hendricks unpacks how authentic reform unites truth, charity, and community. They also examine the true theological meaning of the sensus fidelium (sense of the faithful), clarifying why authentic synodal listening requires communion with the Magisterium and the witness of the saints rather than mere majority-rule opinion polling. Stream now!