Synodal Commission for the Laity
The Synodal Commission for the Laity promotes and coordinates the apostolate of the laity and their Christian life. The purpose of the commission is to urge lay people to participate in the life and mission of the Malankara Catholic Church in their own way, as individuals, and in associations, especially in their special responsibility of filling the realm of temporal things with the spirit of the Gospel.
It fosters joint action among lay people in catechetical instruction, in liturgical and sacramental life as well as in works of mercy, charity, and social development. Lay associations of the Christian faithful have to be protected.
The institutes for conducting training programmes for the laity can be erected.
The commission is authorized to assist the Major Archbishop-Catholicos in the approval and erection of the associations of the Christian faithful with the study of their statutes, for recognition.
