Synodal Working Calendar

2008 Synodal Working Calendar

The Synod consists generally of two daily "congregations" which meet in the morning from 9 to 12:30 and in the afternoon from 4:30 to 7 pm, with opportunities for general discussions and individuals interventions by bishops and other participants.

Sunday 5 October

Solemn Inauguration with Concelebration of the Holy Mass Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

Monday 6 October

First General Congregation.
Greeting by the President.
Delegate Report of the General Secretary.
Presentation before the Discussion
Open for Interventions

Second General Congregation
Report on the Continents
Open for Interventions

Tuesday 7 October

Third General Congregation
Election of the Commission for the Message - I
General Discussion begins

Fourth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Open for Interventions

Wednesday 8 October

Small Groups (First Session)
Election of the Moderators and the Relators
Intervention about the Presentation before the Discussion

Meeting of the Moderators and the Relators

Fifth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Open for Interventions

Thursday 9 October

Sixth General Congregation
Election of the Commission for the Message - II
Continuation of the General Discussion

Holy Mass for the Supreme Pontiff Pius XII

Seventh General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Open for Interventions

Friday 10 October

Eighth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

Ninth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Report on the accomplishment of “Sacramentum Caritatis” Open for Interventions

Saturday 11 October

Tenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

Eleventh General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Open for Interventions

Sunday 12 October

Holy Mass with Canonizations of Certain Blesseds
Basilica of Saint Peter

Monday 13 October 

Twelfth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

Thirteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Open for Interventions

Tuesday 14 October

Fourteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Listening Session of the Auditors (I)

Fifteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Listening Session of the Fraternal Delegates
Open for Interventions

Wednesday 15 October 

Sixteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion
Listening Session of the Auditors (II)

Seventeenth General Congregation
Presentation after the Discussion
Open for Interventions

Thursday 16 October

Small Groups (Second Session)
Formulation of the Propositions

Small Groups (Third Session)
Formulation of the Propositions

Friday 17 October 

Eighteenth General Congregation
Presentation of the Reports by the Small Groups
Open for Interventions

Small Groups (Fourth Session)
Formulation of the Propositions
Handing over the Propositions to the General Secretariate

Saturday 18 October 

Nineteenth General Congregation
Election of the Council (I)
Presentation of the Draft of the Message
Discussion of the Message

Celebration of the Word

Sunday 19 October

Unification of the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Monday 20 October

Unification of the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Unification of the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Tuesday 21 October

Twentieth General Congregation
Presentation of the Unified List of Propositions
Election of the Council (II)

Small Groups (Fifth Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions

Small Groups (Sixth Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions

Wednesday 22 October

Small Groups (Seventh Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions

Small Groups (Eighth Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions

Handing over the Collective Amendments to the General Secretariat

Thursday 23 October 

Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Friday 24 October

Twenty-first General Congregation
Presentation and voting on the Message

Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the General Relator with the Special Secretary and the Small Group Relators

Twenty-second General Congregation
Presentation of the Amended Propositions

Saturday 25 October 

Twenty-third General Congregation
Voting on the Propositions: Placet - Non Placet

Fraternal meal with the Holy Father
Salutations

Twenty-fourth General Congregation
Final Voting on the Propositions Conclusion

Sunday 26 October

Solemn Concelebration of Holy Mass concluding the Synod
St. Peter’s Basilica