This event was held in anticipation of the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment to be held in Rome from October 3 to 28, 2018. The goal of the event was to provide a platform for young adults across Canada to respond to Pope Francis’ invitation to ask questions, to express concerns and identify issues that youth and young adults face today, in society, in their faith and the Church.
We also produced a high-quality magazine explaining the purpose and focus of the synod and showcasing articles by Canadian youth who wrote about their understanding of vocation and their hopes for the Church.
The 2018 Synod of Bishops offers young people around the world an opportunity to share their hopes, desires, dreams and experience with the Universal Church. It is a unique opportunity for the leaders of the Church to listen to the voices of the young and to reflect on the Church’s outreach to young people as they discern their futures.
In March 2018, the Holy Father invited three hundred and fifty young adults from around the world to help the Synod Fathers prepare for their deliberations at the Synod of Bishops in October. This pre-synodal meeting was held over the course of a week, and the delegates took part in large group and small language group discussions to respond to 15 questions. Their answers were synthesized into one final document, which was incorporated into the Instrumentum laboris (working document), the basis for the Synod Fathers’ deliberations beginning October 3, 2018.
Salt and Light TV’s Emilie Callan was selected by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to represent French-speaking Canadians at this pre-Synod meeting and was a key participant in her group and had the privilege of being one of the writers of the final document.
The Holy Father has appointed four young people from the team at Salt+Light Media to participate in the Synod of Bishops on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment. This is a great sign of affirmation from Pope Francis and the Church’s recognition of Salt + Light’s mission of bringing the flavour of the Gospel and the light of Christ to the world.
Here are the members of our Salt and Light team participating in the October 2018 Synod of Bishops:
Auditors
Emilie Callan
Emilie, born in Cornwall, Ontario, is a Producer in our Parish and Community Outreach Program and has worked for Salt and Light TV for the past four years. She has a degree in Theatre and French Literature from the University of Ottawa. Prior to joining the Salt and Light family, Emilie was a lay campus missionary with Catholic Christian Outreach, a national movement focused on evangelization of young adults on university campuses.
Julian Paparella
Julian, from London, Ontario, is a graduate student of theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris and has worked at Salt and Light for the past seven summers as writer, host and editor. Julian is currently a Campus Minister at Montreal’s Newman Centre on the campus of McGill University. Together with Emilie Callan, Julian co-hosted last October’s National Television Forum in preparation for the upcoming Synod of Bishops.
Collaborators at the Synod
Prevain Devendran
Prevain, a native of Toronto, holds a law degree and is the Manager of Operations at Salt and Light. He is also currently a part-time student of theology at Regis College in Toronto.
Allyson Kenny
Allyson, born in Burlington, Ontario, is an Associate Producer at Salt and Light. She has a degree in International Development Studies & Sociology and a Master’s of Business in Public Relations from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She has also studied theology and catechesis with a particular focus on Catholic social teaching and youth evangelization.
Synod Commission for Information
Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
The Vatican has also appointed Father Thomas Rosica, CSB, CEO of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, as a member of the Commission for Information of the Synod of Bishops. He will work closely with the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications in daily communications with world media.
The Salt and Light team will join the Bishops of Canada at the Synod of Bishops:
Elected member of the Synod of the Greek Ukrainian Catholic Church
Most Rev. Brian J. Bayda, Ukrainian Eparchial Bishop of Saskatoon
Elected Members of the Episcopal Conference of Canada
Most Rev. Luc Cyr, Archbishop of Sherbrooke
Most Rev. Thomas Dowd, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal
Most Rev. Lionel Gendron, P.S.S., Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Most Rev. Stephen Arthur Jensen, Bishop of Prince George
Member participating as leader of a Roman dicastery
His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
Member appointed by the Holy Father
His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of Canada
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