Calendar of the General Council and directors of Secretariats
Feb. 22 – March 1: Visit to Tabatinga, Brazil: Br Jeff Crowe and Br Ángel Medina, formators of the Lavalla200> members.
Feb. 28 – March 4: Meeting in Arco Norte with the six provincials of the region, in Mexico City: vicar general Brother Luis Carlos Gutiérrez.
Feb. 28 – March 2: FMSI board meeting in Rome: Marzia Ventimiglia, FMSI director, and members of the general council.
March 1: Meeting of the Council of the Fratelli Project at the general house: Br Óscar Martín Vicario, general councillor, Cmi director Br Chris Wills, Br Valdícer Fachi (director of Cmi from July onwards), Br Jorge Gallardo de Alba FSC, vicar general, and Br Rafael Matas FSC, general councillor.
March 1 – April 30: Spanish language course in Santiago de Compostela, Spain: Br Ken McDonald, general councillor.
March 3: Meeting of Manziana and El Escorial’s ongoing formation teams at El Escorial, Spain: Br Óscar Martín Vicario, general councillor, and Br Tony León, director of the Brothers Today secretariat.
March 4 – 6: Meeting of Laity in Vietnam: Agnes Reyes, co-director of the Secretariat for the Laity.
March 7 – 14: Visit to Lavalla200> community in Moinesti, Romania: Br Jeff Crowe and Br Ángel Medina, formators of the Lavalla200> members.
March 7 – 10: Visit of FMSI to Villa San José in Argentina and FMSI CONO SUR’s annual meeting: Marzia Ventimiglia, FMSI director.
March 11 – 14: Visit to Curitiba, Brazil, regarding FMSI’s communications strategy: Marzia Ventimiglia, FMSI director.
March 11 – May 5: French language course in Paris, France: Brother Luis Carlos Gutiérrez.
March 12 – 14: Workshop at the Thresholds formation programme at El Escorial, Spain: Br Ernesto Sánchez, superior general.
March 12 – 14: meeting of the provincial bursars of the Arco Norte region in Guadalajara, Mexico: Brother Libardo Garzón, econome general.
March 12 – 25: Visit to Geneva, Switzerland, for a meeting on the adoption of Universal Periodic Review recommendations by Argentina and Peru; preparation for the UN’s general debate day and Mexico’s UPR; meeting with the board of the International Catholic Center of Geneva: Br Álvaro Sepúlveda, FMSI.
March 12 – May 12: Spanish language course in Salamanca, Spain: Brother Ben Consigli, general councillor.
March 20 – 27: Visit to Lavalla200> members in the Marist District of Asia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Br Jeff Crowe and Br Ángel Medina, Lavalla200> formators, as well as Cmi director Br Chris Wills and Br Valdícer Fachi, director of Cmi from July onwards.
March 22 – 25: Participation in the provincial Chapter of the United States of America province in Wappinger Falls, New York: Br Ernesto Sánchez and Br João Carlos do Prado, general councillor.
March 26 – 29: Visit to the district of Asia headquarters in Bangkok, Thaliand: Br Valdícer Fachi, Cmi.
April 2 – May 30: English language course in Dublin, Ireland: Br Valdícer Fachi, Cmi.
April 6 – 9: presence in the first professions of the Novices of Tudella, Sri Lanka: Br Óscar Martín Vicario, general councillor, and Br Tony León, director of the Brothers Today secretariat.
April 9 – 13: Meeting of the Asia Lay Commission in Singapore: Agnes Reyes, co-director of the Secretariat for the Laity.
April 9 – 17: Assembly of superiors and encounter with the Council of the Marist Asia District in Thailand: Br Josep Maria Soteras, general councillor.
April 10 – 18: Visit to Atlantis Lavalla200> community in Capetown, South Africa: Br Jeff Crowe and Br Ángel Medina, Lavalla200> formators.
April 11 – 17: Meeting of the International Commission of Brothers Today – MAPAC, Manila, The Philippines – Br Óscar Martin and Br Tony Leon.
April 16 – 19: International Council of Economic Affairs (CIAE) meeting in Rome, Italy: Br Libardo Garzón, econome general.
April 17 – 21: Buenos Aires: Formation workshop with BICE Argentina in Buenos Aires and encounter with Latin America’s BICE networks: Br Álvaro Sepúlveda, FMSI.
April 18 – 22: International Commission of Brothers Today visiting the formation houses of the province of East Asia and the Marist District of Asia – Mindanao – The Philippines – Br Óscar Martin and Br Tony Leon
April 23 – 27: Encounter of the European Marist Conference (CEM) in Freising, Germany: Br João Carlos do Prado, general councillor.
April 24 – 27: Bedford Fund in Rome, Italy: Br Libardo Garzón, econome general.
April 25 – 27: Visit to Hermitage community in France: Br Jeff Crowe and Br Ángel Medina.