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A Dicastery for the Laity:Past and Future…

28th Plenary Assembly
Rome, 16-18 June 2016

  • The charming beauty of being a Christian

    We are at the final moments of the XXVII Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, a historical moment marking the end of the Dicastery’s current configuration.1 It is not easy to conclude such a significant event of this magnitude. However, I think the remarks of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Father of the Church, can help us to conclude. In his letter to the Christians of Magnesia he wrote: “It is fitting, then, not only to be called Christians, but to be so in reality.”2 As he journeyed to Rome, where he eventually suffered martyrdom, the saint Bishop wrote to the faithful of the city, “Only request in my behalf both inward and outward strength, that I may not only speak, but [truly] will; and that I may not merely be called a Christian, but really be found to be one.”3 We must note what the Bishop writes and prays that Christians not only bear the name of a Christian, but be one truthfully. St. Ignatius does not ask this in order to be a good Bishop, but to invite the faithful to fulfill their Christian vocations. He highlights the great Christian duty and importance of remaining faithful to the Christian identity which derives from the sacrament of Baptism. Today, we live in a ‘liquid world’ where people create ‘liquid identities,’ with a ‘do it yourself’ attitude; which are inconsistent, selective, which result from arbitrary choices made out of convenience. At the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the term Christian identity has been the base of... Read more
  • A Dicastery for the laity: between history and future

    A Dicastery for the laity: between history and future 28th Plenary Assembly Rome, 16-18 June 2016 Press Release From 16 to 18 of June 2016, the Pontifical Council for the Laity will hold its twenty-eighth Plenary Assembly with the theme, ‘A Dicastery for the laity: between history and future,’ at the International Pontifical College Maria Mater Ecclesiae in Rome. A few days ago on June 4, the Holy Father Francis, following up on his announcement from the Synod of Bishops in October 2015, approved ‘ad experimentum,’ the Statute of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, according to which a new Dicastery is established: “competent in matters that pertain to the Apostolic See regarding the promotion of life, the apostolate of the lay faithful, the pastoral care of the family and its mission according to God’s plan and for the safeguard and support of human life.” (Article 1). With the implementation of those statutes from 1 of September, the respective function of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family will cease (Article 13). In light of this impending change, the next Plenary will be a very significant moment for the Pontifical Council for the Laity, as it closes a long and productive journey of Dicastery, which has been at the service of vocation and mission of the Catholic laity around the world for the last fifty years since its creation after the Second Vatican Council. In this Assembly we will try, starting from the prized... Read more

Thursday 16 June

PHOTOS OF THE FIRST DAY

8.00 Holy Mass ENG

9.15 WORDS OF GREETING AND INTRODUCTION

50 years journeying with the laity …
Card. Stanisław Ryłko ITA

11.00 LECTURE

The vocation and mission of the laity in the light of the Second Vatican Council

S.E. Mons. Dominique Rey FRA

11.45 Open discussion

16.00 LECTURE

The Catholic laity fifty years after the Second Vatican Council
Prof.ssa Pilar Río ESP

16.45 Open discussion

18.15 Evening prayer

Friday 17 June

PHOTOS OF THE SECOND DAY

8.00 Morning prayer

8.30 LECTURE
To be light of the world and salt of the earth: the laity and the challenges of our times
Prof. Fabrice Hadjadj FRA

9.15 Open discussion

12.00 Papal audience
Address by card. Rylko ENG
Speech of the Holy Father 
ITA

PHOTOS OF THE AUDIENCE WITH THE HOLY FATHER

16.00 LECTURE

Preparing the lay faithful: from Christian initiation to Christian maturity
Card. Robert Sarah FRA

16.45 Open discussion

17.45 End of the session

18.30 Holy Mass

Saturday 18 June

PHOTOS OF THE THIRD DAY

8.30 Morning prayer

9.00 LECTURE

The Pontifical Council for the Laity on the threshold of a new period in its history
Bishop Marcello Semeraro ITA

9.45 Open discussion

11.00 Testimonies from participants:

 

What it has meant to me to be a member/consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

16.00 Testimonies from participants:
To be light of the world and salt of the earth ...

18.30 Holy Mass
Mgr. Josef Clemens ENG

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