AXIS OF ANIMATION OF THE CHAPTER. “New ways of fraternity”

After work done in the five commissions, the general assembly retained the main line of animation of the Chapter: “New paths of fraternity.” This is not a final title, but it is the major expression.

This axis is part of the framework of education, in a dimension of missionary fraternity, to work primarily at the service of young people.

During this week, the Capitulants will elaborate these new paths of fraternity on specific themes:

Away of deepening the topics from the realities of each.

The life of the Brothers in community,

The formation of the Brothers: initial formation and on-going formation,

The mission: within schools and educational centers, in the peripheries

Young people and vocations

Situations of solidarity …

The commission members simultaneously express convictions, orientations and concrete proposals.

 

Three expressions of Pope Francis were selected to mark this work:

+ Return to the source, with Christ in the center, at the heart of the spiritual life

+ Risk the encounter, in all situations, with young people, adults …

+ Dare the peripheries, towards the most vulnerable, the most fragile …