Canadian bishops to focus on prioritizing national activities

Published: 2007-09-28

OTTAWA (CNS) -- Canada's bishops will focus on prioritizing their national activities during their upcoming plenary meeting in October. During the Oct. 15-19 gathering in Cornwall, Ontario, the bishops will debate reducing the number of their national commissions from six to three and the possible creation of standing committees that would include lay experts, said Msgr. Mario Paquette, general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops must find a way to accomplish their mission with fewer resources, he said. "Now they will discuss how they do things together: their activities, what are the fields to be covered ... as a national conference," Msgr. Paquette said. "Do they have to do everything on the national level?" Issues such as ecumenism and concern for refugees and migrants will remain national concerns, he said.

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