Project developing as scheduled

On January 29 and 30, the General Council met with the Project Team and the Secretariat Directors to discuss the New Models of Animation, Governance and Management project, which is at a turning point, since the diagnosis stage has concluded and the new stage of envisioning the future is now beginning.

With the participation of brother Emili and the General Council, the group worked on consolidating the data, ideas and contributions from the regional meetings and visits. They also reviewed the different evaluations, and discussed the results of the benchmarking undertaken with other institutions and agreed upon by the Project Team on January 27 and 28.

Besides reviewing and studying the process followed in 2014, the central issues during the meeting were precisely those indicated by the project’s title: the animation, governance and management of Marist life and mission in the world.

The New Models of Animation, Governance and Management project was launched by the General Government, and entrusted to the New Models International Commission, which is inviting the entire Institute to participate in the project, and to dream about and shed light on the new century that is beginning for the Marist charism. So far, 203 brothers and 85 lay people from around the world have participated in the process.