Vatican City, Oct 16, 2005 / 22:00 pm
As 233 Synod Bishops, currently gathered in Rome, continued to meet in smaller working groups Friday, issues of liturgy and Eucharistic awareness dominated discussions.
Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo P.S.S., of Medellin, Colombia, who represented many of the Spanish speaking bishops said that his working group drew up a number of proposals which would encourage greater awareness of Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
First, he said, “all bishops should give great importance to the formation of seminarians, accompanying them and their teachers. Special care and attention has to be given to the selection and formation of candidates to live the charism of celibacy.”
The group added that “well-structured vocational pastoral care should be organized in the diocese, based on prayer for vocations and with the support of families, priests and seminarians.”