General Administration

During this week’s plenary session, the General Council dedicated a morning to the Secretariat of the Laity and later to the preparatory commission for the General Chapter. The statutory annual meeting of FMSI was also held. Other topics were the conference on the protection of children, financial issues and of the general house, the calendar of the GC, major approvals and several decisions.

Feb. 22 – 26: the preparatory commission for the XXII General Chapter is meeting for the third time, coordinated by vicar general Brother Joe McKee.

February 18: the session for animators of English speaking communities began in Manziana and of Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities in El Escorial, Spain. Brothers Tony Leon and Hipólito Pérez, of the Brothers Today secretariat, will accompany the groups in both locations.

Feb. 22 – 23: Brothers João Carlos do Prado and Miguel Ángel Espinosa, of the Secretariat of mission took part in a meeting of the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) at the general house.

Feb. 23 – 26: Br Javier Espinosa visited the community of Our Lady of Hermitage to follow up on the programme of community accompaniment.