SYNOD TOPICS

The Parish Community:

Eucharist and Sacraments
Collaborative Ministry and Shared Decision Making

 
Domestic Church - "Households of Faith":

Role of Parents/Guardian
Discovering the Vision of Family as "Domestic Church

 
Handing on the Faith:
Evangelization
Catechesis

SYNOD SCHEDULE
October 11-13, 2004
St. Isidore Parish, Yuba City

MONDAY    
9:00 - 11:00 Registration and Hospitality Parish Hall
11:00 - 11:30 Box Lunch  
Noon Celebration of the Eucharist (Mass) St. Isidore Church
1:30 - 5:00 Overview of Day - Synod Sessions Parish Hall
5:15 Evening Prayer - Liturgy of the Hours  
6:00 Dinner  
     
TUESDAY    
7:30 Celebration of the Eucharist (Mass) St. Isidore Church
  Continental Breakfast Parish Hall
8:45 Morning Prayer - Liturgy of the Hours  
9:30 Overview of the Day - Synod Sessions  
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch  
1:30 Synod Sessions  
6:00 Dinner Parish Hall
7:30 p.m.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

St. Isidore Church
     
WEDNESDAY    
7:30 Continental Breakfast Parish Hall
9:00 Morning Prayer - Liturgy of the Hours  
9:30 Overview of the Day - Synod Sessions  
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch  
1:30 Synod Sessions  
5:15 Celebration of the Eucharist (Mass) St. Isidore Church

 

Synod Historical Statistics
  • 1886 - Founding of the Diocese of Sacramento
  • 1887 - First Diocesan Synod
    • 41 Priests for 25,000 Catholics for a ratio of 1 to 610
  • 1929 - Second Diocesan Synod
    • 87 Priests for 50,000 Catholics for a ratio of 1 to 575
  • 2004 - Third Diocesan Synod
    • 179 Priests for 510,000 Catholics for a ratio of 1 to 2,850

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