Latin America regional meeting in Santiago del Cile

 

Our Brothersmet in Santiago on 8-14 April 2019 to analyse and reflect on progress with theamalgamation of the Latin American Provinces and entities into one singleProvince, scheduled for 2020.

It wasattended by 78 Brothers including the Prior General, Brother Jesús Etayo, andGeneral Councillor Brother José Augusto Gaspar L.

The agendawas quite full and demanding and in the course of the debate and presentations,the Brothers were able to clarify their doubts. The following items weredebated:

“The massmedia in the contemporary cultural environment”

“The socialnetworks and how to manage them”

“Providingpastoral accompaniment for young people ".

“Preventing abuseand maltreatment".

“Thefinancial state of the Provinces” (by Dr. Xavier Pomés).

The meetingended at lunch time on 12 April, and the Brothers returned to their home Provinces.The merger Commission and the Provinces continued to meet to discuss theissues, following the model for animating the life of the Brothers and thecentres, the organisational structure and legal procedures for establishing thenew Province.

On themorning of 9 April, we were given the opportunity to visit the Order’s centreat Vińa del Mar.



 

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