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Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Special Commission set up for the implementation of the Great Continental Mission called by 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean last May in Aparecida, is holding its first meeting, 28 and 29 November, at the CELAM headquarters in Bogota, capital of Colombia. The meeting, attended by 13 mission experts, (7 bishops and 6 pastoral theologians), is coordinated by CELAM secretary Mgr. Víctor Sánchez. The four pastoral areas in which CELAM works on the continent are represented at the meeting.
The meeting began with the presentation of its purpose: to outline a plan to include all the initiatives proposed for the Mission, at the local, diocesan and national level with the Bishops' Conferences. The participants will study the role of CELAM as continental animator of the Great Mission which must be of a permanent nature. They also examined handbooks published for preparatory meetings in view of the Conference in Aparecida, especially those treating missionary activity, as well as proposals made by work groups actually during the CELAM conference. They also discussed suggestions made during the recent Ordinary CELAM assembly of the CELAM Conference, last July in Havana, and a meeting of CELAM departments and centres coordinators held in August. All these elements will be taken into account for the drating of the Continental Mission plan. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 29/11/2007; righe 17, parole 241)
