SYNODAL WORKING CALENDAR
4 October
- Sunday
Solemn
inauguration with Concelebration of the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica
5 October
- Monday
09.00 - 12.30
First General
Congregation
Greeting by the
President Delegate
Report of the
General Secretary
PRESENTATION
BEFORE THE DISCUSSION
Open for
Interventions
16.30 - 19.00
Second
General Congregation
Reports on the
relations of the various continents with Africa
Report on Ecclesia
in Africa
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
6 October-
Tuesday
09.00 - 12.30
Third General
Congregation
Election of the
Commission for the Message (I)
General
Discussion begins
16.30 - 19.00
Fourth
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
7 October
- Wednesday
09.00 - 12.30
Small Groups
(First Session)
Election of the
Moderators and the Relators
Interventions
about the Presentation before the Discussion
16.00
Meeting of
the Moderators and the Relators
16.30 - 19.00
Fifth General
Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
8 October
- Thursday
09.00 - 12.30
Sixth General Congregation
Election of the
Commission for the Message (II)
Continuation of
the General Discussion
16.30 - 19.00
Seventh
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
9 October
- Friday
09.00 - 12.30
Eighth
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
16.30 - 19.00
Ninth General
Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
10 October
- Saturday
09.00 - 12.30
Tenth General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
18.00
Recitation of
the Rosary with the students of the Universities of Rome in the Paul VI Hall
11 October
- Sunday
10.00
Holy Mass
with Canonization of the Blessed Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Francisco Coll
y Guitart,
Jozef Damiaan de Veuster, Rafael Arnáiz Barón and Marie de la Croix
(Jeanne) Jugan in the Basilica of Saint Peter
12 October
- Monday
09.00 -12.30
Eleventh
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
Listening
Session of the Auditors (I)
16.30 - 19.00
Twelfth
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
Listening
Session of the Auditors (II)
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
13 October
- Tuesday
09.00 - 12.30
Thirteenth
General Congregation
Continuation of
the General Discussion
Listening
Session of the Fraternal Delegates
16.30 - 19.00
Fourteenth General Congregation
PRESENTATION
AFTER THE DISCUSSION
18.00 - 19.00
Open for
Interventions
14 October
- Wednesday
09.00 - 12.30
Small Groups
(Second Session)
Interventions
about the Presentation after the Discussion
l6.30 -19.00
Small Groups (Third Session)
Interventions
about the Presentation after the Discussion
15 October
- Thursday
09.00 - 12.30
Fifteenth General Congregation
Presentation of
the Reports by the Small Groups in the Synod Hall
Open for
Interventions
16.30 - 19.00
Small Groups
(Fourth Session)
Formulation of
the Propositions
16 October
- Friday
09.00 - 12.30
Small Groups
(Fifth Session)
Formulation of
the Propositions
16.30 - 19.00
Small Groups
(Sixth Session)
Formulation of
the Propositions
19.00
Handing over
the Propositions to the General Secretariate
17 October
- Saturday
09.00 - 12.30
Sixteenth
General Congregation
Election of the
Council (I)
Presentation of
the Draft of the Message
Discussion of
the Message
18 October -
Sunday
No
Congregation
Unification
of the Propositions by the General Relator, the Special Secretaries and
Relators of the Small Groups
19 October
- Monday
09.00 - 12.30
No
Congregation
Unification
of the Propositions by the General Relator, the Special Secretaries and
Relators of the Small Groups
16.30 - 19.00
No
Congregation
Unification
of the Propositions by the General Relator, the Special Secretaries and
Relators of the Small Groups
20 October
- Tuesday
09.00 - 11.30
Seventieth
General Congregation
Presentation of
the UNIFIED LIST OF PROPOSITIONS
Election of the
Council(II)
11.30 - 12.30
Small Groups (Seventh Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions
16.30 - 19.00
Small Groups (Eighth Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions
21 October - Wednesday
09.00 - 12.30
Small Groups (Ninth Session)
Preparation of Collective Amendments to the Propositions
13.00
Handing over the Collective Amendments to the General Secretariat
16.30 - 19.00
No Congregation
Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the
General Relator with the Special Secretaries and Relators of the Small Groups
22 October - Thursday
09.00 - 12.30
No Congregation
Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the
General Relator with the Special Secretaries and Relators of the Small Groups
16.30 - 19.00
No Congregation
Examination of the Collective Amendments to the Propositions by the
General Relator with the Special Secretaries and Relators of the Small Groups
23 October - Friday
09.00 - 12.30
Eighteenth General Congregation
Presentation and voting on the Message
17.30 - 19.00
Nineteenth General Congregation
Presentation of the FINAL LIST OF PROPOSITIONS
24 October - Saturday
09.00 - 12.30
Twentieth General Congregation
Voting on the Propositions: Placet - Non Placet
13.00
Fraternal meal
with the Holy Father
Salutations
25 October
- Sunday
Solemn
Concelebration of the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s
Basilica concluding the Synod
Vatican City, 8 September 2009
+ Nikola
Eterović
Titular
Archbishop of Sisak
Secretary
General
