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The Synod, Canon Law and the Future of the Church

April 9, 2024

11:30 AM

Emmaus Chapel & Dining Room

A Conversation with Dr. Myriam Wijlens

Tuesday, April 9 in Emmaus Chapel & Dining Room

11:30 – Mass with Bishop Neary
12:15 – Luncheon Interview with Dr. Wijlens

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Myriam Wijlens, PhD, official consultor to the Synod on Synodality, is a professor of Canon Law in the faculty of Catholic theology at the University of Erfurt and co-moderator of the Peter and Paul Seminar. On behalf of the Dicastery for Christian Unity she is a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and a consultant to Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). She is the sole female member of the coordinating committee of the Synod on Synodality and participates as expert in the October 2023 Assembly. She also served on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors from 2018 to 2022.