Proposal for Position Statement for an Archdiocesan Synod

Proposal to the Council of the Baptized

Date:  March, 2017

Form:  Position Statement

From:  Jim Moudry, Joe Reid, Jim Jordan,  Paula Ruddy

Project Managers: Paula Ruddy, Joe Reid

Concern:  The Archbishop is proposing to convene a Synod in the Archdiocese.  We want to advocate for a Synod with broad representation of points of view and an agenda that recognizes needs for policy change and/or programming at the Archdiocesan level called for by laity for the last ten years.

Drafting Committee: Jim Moudry, Joe Reid, Mary Ellen Jordan, Jim Jordan, Michael Anderson, Paula Ruddy

Position Statement to Council for approval:  August, 2017

Status:  Approved unanimously; published on the website: August, 2017

Distributed by mail:  September 2017