Our coming Global Ecclesial Synod Council online gathering will be this coming Saturday, June 24.
Paul Lakeland, author of A Council That Will Never End: Lumen Gentium and the Church Today, will be reflecting on Lumen Gentium and both the genuine advances the document made, and what is missing that needs to be addressed in the coming Synod in Rome.
To join this gathering, click here:
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Here are the corresponding times for this gathering:
- San Francisco (USA – California) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:00:00 am PDT UTC-7 hours
- Mexico City (Mexico) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 5:00:00 am CST UTC-6 hours
- Chicago (Illinois) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 6:00:00 am CDT UTC-5 hours
- New York (New York)/Louisville (KY) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 7:00:00 am EDT UTC-4 hours
- San Paolo (Brazil)/New Brunswick (Canada) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 8:00:00 am BRT UTC-3 hrs
- Tokyo (Japan)/Seoul (Korea) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 8:00:00 pm JST UTC+9 hours
- Sydney (Australia – New South Wales) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 10:00:00 pm AEDT UTC+11 hrs
- Auckland (New Zealand) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 11:00:00 NZS UTC+12 hours
- Mumbai (India) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:30:00 pm IST UTC+5:30 hours
- London (UK)/Dublin (Ireland) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 12:00:00 noon BST UTC+1 hour
- Paris (France)/ Rome (Italy)/ Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 1:00:00 pm CEST UTC+2 hours
- Madrid (Spain)/Frankfurt (Germany) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 1:00:00 pm CEST UTC+2 hours
- Nairobi (Kenya) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 2:00:00 pm EAT UTC+3 hours
- Manila (Philippines) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 7:00:00 pm PHST UTC+8 hours
- Karachi (Pakistan) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:00:00 pm PKT UTC+5 hours
- Adelaide (South Australia) Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 9:30:00 pm
Press release from the General Secretariat of the Synod re: the working documents for the Synod
This will be tomorrow, Tuesday, June 20 at 14″30 Rome time. This important text that will animate all the work of the October assembly will be presented at a press conference on Tuesday 20 June at 14.30 (Rome time). I invite you to follow this presentation, which will be broadcast live on Vatican media channels with simultaneous translation into Italian, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Hereby is all the information you need to follow the Press Conference.
Immediately following the Press Conference, the Instrumentum Laboris will be available in various languages and formats on the official website of the General Secretariat of the Synod (www.synod.va) along with other material. While the IL is primarily a document for the participants of the October assembly, it is also a valuable tool for individual groups at the diocesan and national levels to continue their journey of reflection and discernment on how we walk together as a Church; and to carry out ecclesial initiatives. To join, click on https://www.youtube.com/c/Vatican.
The speakers will be:
- His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod;
- His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., archbishop of Luxembourg; general rapporteur of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops;
- Father Giacomo Costa, S.J., Consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
Brief testimonies on the preparation of members for the October Assembly and the possible use of the Instrumentum Laboris by local groups will be presented by
- Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler, Lenten Fund (Switzerland) member of the Swiss delegation to the Continental Assembly in Prague;
- Sr. Nadia Coppa, A.S.C., President of the UISG.