Appointment of the Precapitular Commission for the XIX General Chapter

Appointment of the Pre-Chapter Commission: During the brief consultation in April, discernment was made regarding the choice of the confreres who will be part of the Pre-Chapter Commission and the Capitular who will act as coordinator of the Commission. The GC extends its thanks to them on behalf of all the confreres for accepting this complex and burdensome service. The GC assures them of their support and accompaniment in the run-up to the Chapter. The confreres are here listed in alphabetical order:

• Fr. Andrés Miguel Pedro (coordinator)
• Fr. Baldan Fabio Carlo
• Fr. David Costa Domingues
• Fr. Katsan Fidèle
• Fr. Kiwanuka Achilles Kasozi
• Fr. Ndjadi Ndjate Léonard
• Fr. Raimundo Nonato Rocha dos Santo
• Bro. Soffientini Antonio
• Fr. Villasenor Galvez José de Jesus

Timetable of the online in person meetings in preparation for the Chapter. The General Council will organise a series of online meetings and, where possible, face to face in-person meetings to interact with:

• The Precapitular Commission: on 13 May around mid-day, online, to help those involved to get to know each other better, to evaluate, to better focus upon and detail the terms of reference of the Commission and for discernment on the timetable of the process towards the Chapter
• The members of the General Administration: on 17 May, in person, at 9.00 in the Chapter Hall with the following Order of the Day: information concerning the journey towards the Chapter and directions concerning the report of the General Administration, Secretariats and Offices
• All Capitulars, online, in June; during this meeting there will be dialogue in view of the final decision regarding the date of the Chapter.

The June Consulta

The June Consulta will have as its purpose, besides the usual points of the agenda, to deal with the questions associated with the General Chapter, i.e.:

• The decision on the date of the Chapter

• Defining the timetable for the presentation of the reports from the circumscriptions, continents, secretariats and offices and the following journey towards the Chapter;
• The competence of the Precapitular Commission and what the Capitulars expect from it.

The General Council