7 July 2009
Some new reports and documents have been posted since the last bulletin (click on the item for the link):
Report from the Chapter Committee
on Financing Crosier Religious Life.
Proposed Rules of Order
(parliamentary procedure) for the General Chapter
assemblies.
Day Order for the 2009 General
Chapter.
“Face-book” of Capitulars
Do
you want to know who will be at the 2009 General Chapter? Do you
want to put a name to a face? Well, check out our Capitulars page
for a photo and data about our confreres and others who will be
participating in the 2009 General Chapter. This page can be
found at this link.
We invite capitulars, periti and chapter staff to fill out their
biographies (or even to change their photo) if they
wish.
The latest edition of the Vinculum Crucigerorum highlights the upcoming Jubilee of our Order. A number of articles from confreres throughout the world note the significance of this Crosier Jubilee. For the latest issue of the Vinculum Crucigerorum to this link. One of the articles notes that celebrating a jubilee is “…a favorable time for recalling God’s cumulative impact and reclaiming God’s impression on Crosiers… Jubilee acknowledges, celebrates and rekindles that foundational relationship.”
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.