Tuesday met at the offices of the Diocesan Curia members of the pastoral area of the Diocesan Commission for the preparation of Compostela Holy Year 2021. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Auxiliary Bishop Jesús Fernández González.
It was to set the dates for conducting materials and for the program in the fields of call and diffusion of the Holy Year, formation and catechesis, celebration, socio-charitable activities, youth program of pastoral activities for the Diocese, including Another questions.
He also spoke about the pastoral welcoming pilgrims, especially on the reception with disabilities.
In last February was held at the Archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela the second meeting of the Board for the Holy Year 2021, a ceremony presided over by the compostelano archbishop, Monsignor Julián Barrio, and attended by Auxiliary Bishop, members of the Cabildo Cathedral and diocesan delegations representatives of the Confraternity of St. James, religious congregations and laity.
In his speech, Archbishop Barrio asked all attendees them to work for the Holy Year of 2021 was an event of profound “spiritual and pastoral” dimension, inviting pilgrims to experience the religious experience implies and defines the road and Compostela, a city that is inconceivable without the Apostle Santiago.
In the pastoral aspect it was discussed the desirability of catechetical preparation for use in parishes to celebrate the Holy Year, as well as the opportunity to offer a course volunteer del Camino in the Diocesan School for Pastoral. All participants agreed also on the need to care for the liturgical aspects, the sacramental attention to the pilgrim through confession and eucharistic worship, “to encourage genuine personal encounter with Jesus Christ.”
