2001/12/30 Closing Ceremony Eucharistic Celebration
2001/12/03 Counting and announcing the ballots of the Concrete proposals voting for Priorities in implementation (2nd round)
2001/11/20 Counting and announcing the ballots of the Concrete proposals voting for Priorities in implementation (1st round)
2001/10/25 Tenth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/10/02 Ninth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/09/25 Eleventh Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2001/07/03 Tenth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2001/06/25 Eighth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/05/07 Ninth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2001/05/01 Seventh Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/04/30 Sixth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/04/17 Eighth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2001/04/16 Fifth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/03/03 Fourth Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2001/02/26 Seventh Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2001/02/25 Open Forum (Hong Kong area) to consult the general public regarding the 2nd Draft of synodal topics.
2001/02/25 Open Forum (Hong Kong area) to consult the general public regarding
2001/02/18 Open Forum (New Territories area) to consult the general public regarding the 2nd Draft of synodal topics
2001/02/11 Open Forum (Kowloon area) to consult the general public regarding t he 2nd Draft of synodal topics
2001/01/18 Sixth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2000/11/21 Fifth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2000/09/05 Fourth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
Between September and December 2000 the Topic-groups met regularly to study the comments on the first drafts and to write the second drafts.
2000/09/02 Third Open Forum to consult the general public regarding the first drafts of synodal topics
2000/08/12 Second Open Forum to consult the general public regarding the first drafts of synodal topics
2000/07/23 First Open Forum to consult the general public regarding the first drafts of synodal topics
2000/07/08 Third Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
First Drafts of the 7 synodal topics ready for the members and the general public for consultation
Between 8 April and 8 July the Topic-Groups met weekly to study the topics, to research and to gather materials for writing the first drafts
2000/06/28 Third Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2000/05/16 Second Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Synod
2000/04/18 First Meeting of the Coordinating Committee and the Presidency of the Synod
2000/04/08 Second Plenary Assembly of the Diocesan Synod
2000/03/28 Forming topic-groups
2000/03/27 Receiving answers from synodal members regarding the topic-groups
2000/03/20 Letters sent to members of the Synod asking them to choose from the 7 topics which topic-groups they would like to join in
2000/03/15 According to the preferences of members of the Synod synodal topics were arranged in order of priority and presented to Cardinal Wu
Cardinal Wu decided on the following Topics for the Synod in accordance with the wishes of the synodal members:
1 Faith formation of the laity and lay ministry
2 Youth and young teenage pastoral care
3 Social concerns (servant and prophetic roles)
4 Evangelization (Ad gentes)
5 Marriage and family pastoral care
6 Education and Culture
7.The vocation and continuous formation for Diocesan Priests
2000/03/15 Collecting answers to Questionnaire
2000/03/04 Official Opening of the Diocesan Synod and the First Plenary Assembly
Questionnaire sent to members of the Synod to choose synodal topics