(ANS - Rome) - The Team Visit for the North Europe Region, East sector begins on September 3, in Krakow. The eastern part of the Region comprises ten provinces. The meeting, to conclude on September 7, will tackle Project Europe and the assimilation and application of the 26th General Chapter in particular.

The provinces represented at the Team Visit are as follows: Poland-Warsaw (PLE), Poland-Piła (PLN), Poland-Wroclaw (PLO), Poland-Krakow (PLS), Czech Republic (CEP), Croatia (CRO), Slovakia (SLK) Slovenia (SLO), Hungary (UNG), and the East Special Circumscription (EST). The meeting involves the Rector Major, Fr Pascual Chávez, his Vicar, Fr Adrian Bregolin, the Councillors for Youth Ministry and Formation, Frs Fabio Attard and Francis Cereda respectively, the Councillor for the Missions, Fr Vaclav Klement, the Economer General, Brother Jean-Paul Muller, and the Regional for North Europe Region, Fr Marek Charzan.

The visit will also evaluate processes for communicating, assimilating and applying the 26th General Chapter. 26. Consideration will also be given to future prospects for Provinces and the Region as a whole. It will focus on the development of Project Europe, providing direction for new evangelisation in secular contexts, and topics regarding fidelity and religious discipline.

The number of confreres in the 10 provinces of this eastern sector of North Europe Region, according to December 2010 statistics:1694.
CEP 158, CRO 86, UNG 39, SLO 102, 271 PLE, PLN 289, PLO 205, PLS 216, EST 110, SLK 218.

Published 02/09/2011