VATICAN PRESENTS INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS FOR SYNOD ON YOUNG PEOPLE


Vatican Presents Instrumentum Laboris for Synod on Young People
The Vatican has presented the Instrumentum Laboris for the upcoming Synod on Young People.
The working instrument of the October 3-28, 2018 XVth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, on the theme “Young people, faith and vocational discernment,” was published on, June 19, 2018, in Italian. However, various translated versions have been made available since then. 

The “synodal path” started immediately for the writing of the “preparatory document,” published on January 13, 2017, together with Pope Francis’ “Letter to the young people.”

This document contained a “Questionnaire” intended mainly for episcopal conferences, synods of Eastern Catholic Churches, and other organizations of the Church: 15 questions addressed to all, three specific questions for each continent, and a call to share experienced “good practices.”

There were also initiatives to “involve young people,” beginning with an “Online Questionnaire” in different languages ​​and also translated by episcopal conferences: some 100,000 young people sent their responses.

There was also the “Pre-synodal Meeting” of young people, in Rome, from March 19-24, 2018, where 300 young people from five continents were physically present, while 15,000 other young people participated in the meeting thanks to social networks. It ended on Palm Sunday, World Youth Day 2018, with the final document prepared by the young people being delivered to Pope Francis.
This initiative demonstrates “the expression of the desire of the Church to listen to all young people without exclusion”.

The document concludes with “significant attention” to the theme of “holiness” so that the synod will recognize “the most beautiful face of the Church”, as Pope Francis put it in Gaudete et Exsultate”  and that he knows how to propose it today “to all young people.”

Download the english version of instrumentum laboris via the link below
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZ315M7ZQMpPgBHRa7F3p7f5D9j15yAMn0V7  


(C) Catholic Youth Portal
2018

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