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The Summer School in Liturgical Studies (SSLS) operated from 1991 to 2008. Due to decreased enrollment it was cancelled at did not continue in the summer of 2009.
The SSLS enabled people throughout Western Canada to respond to the challenge of Vatican II “that all the faithful should be led to full, conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations.” These studies were designed to develop leadership and to promote a degree of liturgical competence.
The SSLS consisted of 24 credit program which lead towards a certificate in Liturgical Studies. In addition students had the option of transferring 12 of the credits towards a Newman Theological College undergraduate program if they wished. Courses were open to adults and drew the attention of lay people, those involved in pastoral ministers or on parish pastoral teams, members of parish clergy committees and pastoral councils, musicians, liturgical ministers, sacramental preparation team members, RCIA and CIC team members, teachers and religious educators, catechists, seminarians, and others.

Inspired by Pope Paul VI's call for every Bishop to establish a Diocesan Synod Archbishop MacNeil organized the first meeting of the Archdiocesan Synod Committee. On December 16, 1992 Tom Drinkwater, Dorothy Rudowski, Darlene Cavanaugh, Frank Bischoff, Msrg. Hamilton, and Rev. Will White formed the first Archdiocesan Synod Committee.

The first goal of the new committee was to conduct a survey to determine what topic would be most important for the first synod. The survey was based on a 1987 survey conducted by the Steering and Consultative Committees (of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council) to identify issues which parishioners of the Archdiocese believed to be of concern to the Catholic population as a whole. Evangelization, Amalgamation, Religious Education of Children, Youth and Adults, Communications, Lay participation, and Youth were identified as major issues. In addition topics of concern were social justice, abortion, vocations and parish pastoral council guidelines.

First know as the Archdiocesan Synod Implementation Committee when the topic of "family" was chosen the committee was re-named the "Synod on the Family Committee."