Towards the Chapter

June – July 2023 – Elections of the Delegates at the General Chapter in Provinces and Districts

PROVINCES AND DISTRICTS BROTHERS[1] DELEGATES[2] BY
RIGHT
TO ELECT
Saint Michael The Archangel 41 2 0 2
Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus 184 9 1 8
Saint-Jean-Paul II 56 3 1 2
Saint-Paul 40 2 1 1
Divina Providencia 23 2 1 1
Jean de la Mennais 81 4 1 3
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague 53 3 1 2
Saint Francis Xavier 23 2 1 1
Nuestra Señora del Pilar 54 3 1 2
Saint-Jean-Baptiste – San Pietro 130 7 0 7
Saint-Pierre-Chanel 9 1 1 0
TOTAL 694 38 9 29

[1] Number of professed Brothers

[2] Number of delegates


28 May 2023 : Celebration of the Offical Opening of the Year of Preparation for the General Chapter. Launching of the Theme of the General Chapter.

Each of the 115 communities of the Congregation was invited to enter the process of preparation for the next General Chapter, by a celebration around the gospel text “the Wedding of Cana”, which will be the main theme of these 9 months that separate us from the Chapter.

Community of the Generalate, preparing for the celebration, by a procession from the General Council Hall to the Chapel

“The date of May 28, 2023, when the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost, is chosen as the official opening of the year of preparation for the General Chapter. As in the past for the early Church, Mary prays with us and intercedes for us. She asks the Holy Spirit to pour out his light, his peace and all the riches of his grace upon us. May she help us to leave everything to go to Jesus: it is He who baptizes in the Spirit! (Brother Hervé Zamor)