2009 CCCB Plenary Assembly: Documents and News Releases

Friday, November 06 2009

The Bishops of Canada gathered 19-23 October 2009 at the NavCanada Centre in Cornwall for the Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). About 90 Bishops met on this occasion to review pastoral activities of the past year and to discuss important questions and issues. They also elected a new Permanent Council as the two-year terms of its current members have ended, including that of CCCB President Most Reverend V. James Weisgerber, Archbishop of Winnipeg.

Documents and news releases issued before the Plenary

• News release announcing the Plenary Assembly
• 2009 Timetable

Documents issued on 19 October

• News release: Full Week Planned for the Bishops of Canada
• Letter of the CCCB President to Pope Benedict XVI
• Report of the CCCB President

Documents issued on 21 October

• News release: Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada Assures Catholic Bishops of Collaboration

Documents published on 22 October

• News release: Catholic Bishops of Canada reaffirm Anglican-Catholic dialogue

Documents published on 23 October

• News release: The Bishops of Canada discuss their involvement in life issues
• News release: Plenary Assembly of Bishops comes to a close
• Statement by the 2009 Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Canada on the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace