Synod Proclamation
In this third year of the Third Millennium
In the ninth month of September
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ, two thousand
and three,
Thirty-eight years after the decrees of Vatican Council II,
In the 25th year
of the pontificate of John Paul II, Bishop of Rome,
In my 18th year as Archbishop
of Los Angeles,
The Synod of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has been concluded.
With Mary, Our Lady of the Angels, we pray
That through the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit
All clergy, religious, and laity be bold in furthering
the renewed vision
For our Local Church set forth in the Synod Documents.
Let the Synod Decrees direct the Archdiocesan Pastoral agenda
For the next
five years, and be effected
Through the structures and bodies
That I have authorized to implement the
Synod.
Praise and glory be to the Divine Trinity. Amen.
His Eminence Cardinal Roger Mahony
Archbishop of Los Angeles








