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Lay Ministries

Instituted ministries (lector, acolyte, catechist) and lay ecclesial ministry.

Also called lector, acolyte, catechist ministry, lay ecclesial ministers.

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1970s

  1. Ministeria Quaedam15 August 1972On First Tonsure, Minor Orders and the SubdiaconatePope
  2. Immensae caritatis29 January 1973Instruction on facilitating sacramental Eucharistic communionRoman Curia

1980s

  1. Called and Gifted: The American Catholic Laity13 November 1980Called and GiftedBishops' Conferences
  2. Christi Ecclesia2 June 1988Directory for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a PriestRoman Curia

1990s

  1. Ecclesiae de mysterio15 August 1997Instruction on collaboration of the non-ordained faithful in the ministry of priestsRoman Curia
  2. Guide for Catechists3 December 1993Guide for CatechistsRoman Curia
  3. Called and Gifted for the Third MillenniumNovember 1995Called and Gifted for the Third MillenniumBishops' Conferences

2000s

  1. Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the LordNovember 2005Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the LordBishops' Conferences
  2. As I Have Done for You†2000As I Have Done for You (on ministry in the parish)Diocesan Bishops
  3. The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community4 August 2002The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish CommunityRoman Curia
  4. Redemptionis Sacramentum25 March 2004Instruction on matters to be observed or avoided regarding the Most Holy EucharistRoman Curia

2010s

  1. Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology26 October 2019Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region (2019): Final Document [→ Querida Amazonia]Synod of Bishops

2020s

  1. Spiritus Domini10 January 2021Amending canon 230 §1: women admitted to lector and acolyte ministriesPope
  2. Antiquum ministerium10 May 2021Instituting the lay ministry of catechistPope
  3. De institutione catechistarum3 December 2021Rite of Institution of Catechists (editio typica)Roman Curia
  4. Querida Amazonia2 February 2020On the Amazon region (post-synodal)Pope
  5. The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelising Mission of the Church29 June 2020Instruction on the Pastoral Conversion of the ParishRoman Curia