24 June 2009

1. Appendix I - Trends in Religious Institutes [of Men] after the Council
2. Appendix II - Religious Life after the II Vatican Council
3. Appendix III - Profile of the Configuration of Communities in Provinces
4. Appendix IV - Deceased Confreres since the 2003 General Chapter (through 5 August 2008 - this will be updated in the coming days)
5. Appendix V - Age Cohorts of Crosiers
6. Appendix VI - Formation Data 2003-2007
7. Appendix VII - Projection of Membership Trends to the Year 2020
8. Appendix VIII - Report of the Procurator General, James Hentges, O.S.C.
9. Appendix IX - Report to the 2009 General Chapter by the General Econome, Steven Henrich, O.S.C.
10. Appendix X - Summary of the Work of General Commissions: Spirituality, Liturgical, Canonical and Historical
11. Appendix Xa - Summary of the Work of the General Finance Commission.

01 Proposal - enabling legislation regarding the publications of written materials. Proposal submitted by the Chapter of the Province of St. Odilia.

Submitting Proposals for the General Chapter
In the convocation, the Master General said: “Communities have already submitted agenda to the planning committee at the time the lineamenta was distributed for consultation. In accord with the norms of the above-mentioned general statute (35.1), I invite superiors and community chapters of the Order who wish to submit topics to be discussed and deliberated at the general chapter to send them to me by 30 November 2008.” The planning committee incorporated the suggestions for topics into the agenda of the chapter (see schema above). Of course, given the agenda, as well as the State of the Order Report and the Instrumentum Laboris which were received and discussed subsequent to November 2008, confreres and specifically capitulars may have specific proposals that might be considered in the course of the general chapter. So, that these proposals can receive adequate consideration in the course of the general chapter agenda, you are asked to submit these proposals to the chairmen of the planning committee as soon as possible. While proposals may be submitted at anytime, submitting your proposal by 10 July 2009 will insure adequate consideration in chapter preparation and planning.
To assist you in submitting proposals, a form has been developed.
This form can be found at this link.

Bulletin contributions and suggestions are welcome.