Friday 12 October 2012 - See
Fr XD Selvaraj SJ and Fr Bonnie Mendes
10.30 a.m.: Plenary: Part I: Key Note Address:
“Social Commitment of the Church and Role of the Laity as Perceived in Vatican II:
Overview of decisions and reality in 50 years”
1. Fr. Bonnie Mendes (Pakistan), Former director, Caritas Asia
Read Fr Bonnie's paper here.
2. Fr. X. D. Selvaraj (India), Director, St Joseph’s Charity Institute, Adaikalapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
3. Atty. Aurora Santiago, President, National Council for the Laity, Philippines
Read Attorney Aurora Santiago's paper here.
12.30 p.m.: Lunch
02.00 p.m.: Plenary
Part II: Vatican II and the life of the laity
Presentation of the Findings of the Inquiry
Clarifications on the findings
02.45 p.m.: Plenary- Intro to groups on ’50 years of Vatican II in Specific Target Areas’
03.00 p.m.: Groups on 4 themes to present the reality today
‘Development’
‘Workers’
‘Young People’
‘Religious Freedom’
04.00 – 04.15 p.m.: Tea
04.15 p.m.: Plenary: Group Reports (4 groups) – 10 minutes for each group
05.00 p.m.: Plenary: Brief presentations/interventions/testimonies on experiences encountered/lived – as supplement to the reports
05.30 p.m.: Close for the day