Rome, Friday, May 10, 2013
The Council on the Economy of the Comboni Missionaries concluded the activities of its first annual meeting held at the Generalate in Rome on May 6-9. The Council gathers twice a year (in May and in November) and the tasks assigned to it by the Directory of the Economy consist in an accurate control of the accounting, both in the circumscriptions and in the General Administration, and in pointing out the fundamental decisions of economic planning for the Institute, keeping in mind the global financial context.

The members of the Council on the Economy are the five members of the General Treasury, four continental representatives and two technical advisers, with the specific task of checking the accounting of the General Administration. The Assistant general in charge of this sector, Bro. Daniele Giovanni Giusti, regularly attends such meetings.

The first annual meeting which ended yesterday in Rome had on its agenda the following points: approval of the budget of the General Administration; a checking of the budgets of the circumscriptions; planning of the general assembly of treasurers to be held in 2014; the juridical standing of Comboni activities.

In the picture below, from the left, those who attended the Council on the Economy:
Fr. Manuel Ferreira Horta, Portugal; Fr. Luigi Gabaglio, Uganda; Fr. Luigi Codianni, Italy; Fr. Mario Locatelli, Italy; Bro. João da Silva Ferreira, assistant to the General Treasurer; Fr. Claudio Lurati, General Treasurer; Fr. Timothée Hounake Kouassi, Togo; Bro. Raniero Iacomella, member of the General Treasury; Fr. Vítor Manuel Beco Anciães, Brazil; Bro. Giuseppe Lagattolla and Fr. Torquaqto Paolucci, members of the General Treasury.