WASHINGTON – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2024 Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, November 11-14. Throughout the meeting, the bishops will have opportunities for prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another. Public sessions of the assembly on November 12 and 13 will be livestreamed.
The plenary will begin with an address by the Papal Nuncio to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre. The bishops will hear from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, president of the USCCB.
The agenda for the plenary is not final, and therefore subject to change, but the bishops are anticipating a full schedule that includes: an update on the resources being developed in a collaborative effort among several USCCB committees for Dignitas Infinita; an update on the interim implementation of Antiquum Ministerium (on the ministry of the catechist); a discussion on the pastoral implementation of integral ecology and Laudato si’; the drafting of a document guiding lay ecclesial ministry as a follow-up to the bishops’ 2005 document; the USCCB’s 2025-2028 Mission Directive; the USCCB’s 2025 budget; and three action items pertaining to liturgical texts from the divine worship committee.
Also expected at the meeting: an update on migration; a report on the 2021-2024 Synod of Bishops; a report on the U.S. bishops’ Eucharistic revival initiative and National Eucharistic Congress; a consultation of the bishops on causes of beatification and canonization forSister Annella Zervas, a professed religious of the Order of Saint Benedict, and of the Servant of God Gertrude Agnes Barber, a lay woman.
During the assembly, the bishops will vote for the new Conference treasurer, as well as chairmen-elect of five Conference committees. The terms for the bishops elected as chairmen will serve for one year as chairman-elect before beginning a three-year term at the conclusion of the 2025 Fall Plenary Assembly.
Public sessions of the assembly on November 12 and 13 will be livestreamed at: www.usccb.org/meetings — news updates, vote totals, texts of addresses and presentations, and other materials will be posted to this page. Those wishing to follow the meeting on social media may use the hashtag #USCCB24 follow on Facebook (www.facebook.com/usccb), as well as Instagram (https://instagram.com/usccb), Threads (www.threads.net/@usccb), and X, formerly known as Twitter (@USCCB).
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