(ANS – Rome) – In these days the General Councillors, who as the work of the plenary session has concluded have left the Generalate and have either begun or are about to begin programmes full of meetings and Visitations. They will be back in Rome for the intermediate plenary session scheduled for 26 March to 4 April.
In the work of the government and animation of the Congregation entrusted to the Rector Major, he is supported by the cooperation of the General Council. The months between plenary sessions of the Council are used by the Councillors responsible for Departments or Regions to make visits, meet Salesians and lay people working in their area and so act as mediators between the centre of the Congregation and these other presences.
An important means that is employed is the Extraordinary Visitations prescribed by the Salesian rule and entrusted during the six-year period of his mandate to the Superior General who may delegate it to a Councillor. It is an opportunity to assess the charismatic identity, the progress being made and the work being undertaken in each Province or Circumscription.
In these days the following Extraordinary Visitations have already begun or are about to begin:
A number of sector and formation meetings are planned at national or regional level. Consultations for the future appointment of Provincials will also be taking place, together with other visits in the context of the Planning and Programming for the Six-year period.
Before the usual plenary summer session in June and July, the General Council has two other appointments: the intermediate session with the main item on the agenda the decision regarding the theme of the 27 General Chapter in 2014, and a joint Retreat with the General Council of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at Loreto, Italy at the end of May.
Published 03/02/2012