European Synodal
Continental Assembly

200

Participants in the Synodal Stage

156

delegates of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe

44

guest invited directly by the CEE Presidency, as representatives of the most representative ecclesial realities at the European level



		

390

Participants in the Synodal Stage
in hybrid form

10

delegates chosen by each of the 39
Episcopal Conferences of Europe

Schedule

Sunday 5 February

Arrivals

18:30
Depart for Holy Mass from the hotel

19:00
Opening Holy Mass with Vespers in the Premonstratensian Church

Presider: H.E. Msgr. Jan Graubner, Archbishop of Prague

20:30
Dinner at the hotel

Monday 6 February

07:30
Holy Mass with Lauds – Main Hall

Presider: H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich, General Rapporteur of the Synod

08:15
Breakfast

09:00
Opening of the Assembly – Main Hall

Moderator: Rev. Antonio Ammirati, CCEE Vice-Secretary & Spokesperson

Adsummus prayer

Greetings from
H.E. Msgr. Jan Graubner, Archbishop of Prague
H.E. Msgr. Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius and CCEE President
H.Em. Card. Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod

09:30
Working methodology during the Assembly

Dr. Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, Task Force for the General Secretariat of the Synod

10:00
Spiritual introduction to the Assembly

Prof. Msgr. Tomáš Halík, Charles University Prague

10:30
Coffee break

11:00
I Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Rev. Antonio Ammirati

13 addresses by the National delegations: two delegates from each Bishops’ Conference on the questions from the Document for the Continental Stage – DCS (6’ total)
All interventions must be written and delivered to the Secretariat

After every 4 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

12:30
End of working session

12:45
Lunch

15:00
Group work – 1st DCS question

14 groups composed of 12 delegates divided by: language, nation and marital status
Method of spiritual conversation
Groups will be the same for the duration of the Assembly

16:30
Coffee break

17:00
I Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Rev. Antonio Ammirati

Plenary sharing of group work (4’ each), free dialogue (3’) and addresses from the guests (3’)
Summaries of the group work should be handed in to the Secretariat

After every 5 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

19:00
Prayer guided by brothers of the Taizé Community

19:45
Dinner at the hotel

Tuesday 7 February

07:30
Holy Mass – Main Hall

Presider: H.Em. Card. Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

08:15
Breakfast

09:00
II Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Dr. Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, Task Force for the General Secretariat of the Synod

13 addresses by the National delegations: two delegates from each Bishops’ Conference on DCS questions (6’ total)
All interventions must be written and delivered to the Secretariat

After every 4 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

10:30
Coffee break

11:00
Group – 2nd DCS question

14 groups composed of 12 delegates divided by: language, nation and marital status
Method of spiritual conversation
Groups will be the same for the duration of the Assembly

12:30
End of working session

12:45
Lunch

15:00
II Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Dr. Mauricio Lopez Oropeza

Plenary sharing of group work (4’ each), free dialogue (3’) and addresses from the guests (3’)
Summaries of the group work should be handed in to the Secretariat

After every 5 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

16:30
Coffee break

17:00
III Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Dr. Beate Gilles, General Secretary of the German Bishops’ Conference

13 addresses by the National delegations: two delegates from each Bishops’ Conference on DCS questions (6’ total)

All interventions must be written and delivered to the Secretariat Free dialogue (3’) and addresses from the guests (3’)
After every 4 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

19:00
Prayer guided by representatives of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

19:45
Dinner at the hotel

Wednesday 8 February

Breakfast

08:30
Prayer guided by representatives of the Conference of European Churches

09:00
Group work – 3rd DCS Question

14 groups composed of 12 delegates divided by: language, nation and marital status
Method of spiritual conversation
Groups will be the same for the duration of the Assembly

10:30
Coffee break

11:00
III Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Dr. Beate Gilles

Plenary sharing of group work (4’ each), free dialogue (3’) and addresses from the guests (3’)
Summaries of the group work should be handed in to the Secretariat

After every 5 participant addresses a meditative pause/prayer for 3’

12:30
End of working session

12:45
Lunch

15:00
IV Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: Dr. Mauricio Lopez Oropeza

Summary of online group work and free dialogue (4’)
Summaries of the group work should be handed in to the Secretariat

17:00
Coffee break

17:20
Depart for Holy Mass

18:00
Holy Mass in Prague Cathedral

Delegates from the national synodal phase in the Czech Republic will participate

Presider: H.Em. Card. Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod

20:00
Dinner at the hotel

Thursday 9 February
Friday 10 February

MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE BISHOPS’S CONFERENCES

Breakfast

09:00
Lauds in the Main Hall

Presider: H.Em. Card. Juan José Omella Omella, President of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference

09:30
I Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: H.E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet, CCEE Vice-President

Addresses by the Presidents to collectively review the synodal experience starting from the Assembly’s Final Document

11:00
Coffee break

11:30
Working session – Main Hall

Addresses by the Presidents to collectively review the synodal experience starting from the Assembly’s Final Document

12:45
Lunch

15:00
Group work (4)

16:45
End of work

17:15
Depart for Holy Mass

18:00
Holy Mass with Vespers in the Benedictine Abbey Břevnov

Presider: H.E. Msgr. Ladislav Nemet

20:00
Dinner at the hotel

Saturday 11 February

Breakfast

09:00
Lauds in the Main Hall

Presider: H.Em. Card. Matteo Zuppi, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference

09:30
Working session – Main Hall

Moderator: H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich, CCEE Vice-President

Plenary sharing of group work and discussion

11:00
Coffee break

11:30
II Working session – Main Hall

Plenary sharing of group work

12:45
Lunch

15:00
Concluding session – Main Hall

Presentation and approval of the commentary on the Final Document

17:15
Conclusions

H.E. Msgr. Gintaras Grušas, CCEE President

17:30
Depart for Holy Mass

18:00
Holy Mass with Vespers in the Church of All Saints

Presider: H.E. Msgr. Gintaras Grušas

19:30
Reception at the Archbishop’s residence

Sunday 12 February

Breakfast

Possibility of Holy Mass in the various churches of Prague

12:00
Lunch at the hotel

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