In his 60-page letter, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of Saint Paul and Minneapolis said that the three priorities of the archdiocesan synod were “forming parishes that are in the service of evangelization,” “forming missionary disciples who know Jesus’s love and respond to his call,” and “forming youth and young adults in and for a Church that is always young.”

As a result of the synod, the archbishop is appointing Vicars for Evangelization and a Vicar for Charisms, along with a “Blue Ribbon Commission to present recommendations on the formation of parents as primary educators.”