Assembly of the Union of Superiors General (USG)

From 21 to 23 November 2012 there took place in Rome the Assembly of the Union of Superiors General (USG). This is an organization of representation, co-ordination and support in the name of the approximately 55,000 male religious in the Church.

The Superior General dedicated a day and a half to the study of two current themes: the recently held Synod on the New Evangelization, and the economic crisis and its implications for consecrated life. In the time remaining, the Assembly elected a new governing body as well as delegates for some organizations for dialogue with the Holy See.

Elected as President of the USG for the period 2012-2015 was Fr José Rodríguez Carballo, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor and as Vice-president the General of the Jesuits, Fr Adolfo Nicolás. The other elected members of the Executive Council of the USG are: Fr Bruno Cadoré (Order of Preachers – Dominicans); Fr Mario Aldegani (Josephites of Murialdo); Fr Flavio Peloso (Opera di Don Orione – Orionians);  Fr Josep María Abella Batlle (Claretian Missionaries); Fr Eamon Fitzgerald (Trappists); Br Emili Turú (Marist Brothers); Fr Thomas Handgraetiner (Premonstratension Canons); Fr Richard Baawobr (Society of the Missionaries of Africa); Fr Javier Álvarez-Ossorio (Congregation of the Sacred Hearts – Picpus); Fr Pedro Aguado Cuesta (Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God – Scoloppians).