NEWS ...from and about Synod 2015
The schedule for the remainder of Synod-2015 has been changed by the Synod general secretariat. On Tuesday evening, October 20, the reporters from the various language-based discussion groups met to review the modi, the proposed amendments/ deletions/alterations, to Part III of the Synod’s working document, a task to be completed by noon on Wednesday. Wednesday remains a free day for most of the Synod fathers, as the drafting commission for the Synod final report continues its work – presumably on Wednesday afternoon, after the modi are submitted to it. Thursday morning is free, while the drafting commission completes it work. On Thursday afternoon, the general assembly will hear the presentation of the draft final report, which will then be given to the Synod members. On Friday morning, October 23, there will be a general assembly to hear interventions on the draft final report, and written observations on the draft will be handed in. The Saturday schedule and procedure remains, at this juncture, the same: a general assembly to hear the re-revised final report in the morning, and then from 1630–1900, voting on the final report, paragraph by paragraph, with two thirds constituting a confirming majority.
