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Convocation
 

“On October 4, 2002, I announced to you the decision to hold a plenary council of the Order on the theme of minority. In that announcement I referred to Circular Letter 20, and to the expressed desire of General Chapter 2000 to complement the Sixth Plenary Council, “Living Poverty in Brotherhood” with an added reflection on minority. I stated: “In keeping with the consensus of General Chapter 2000, the general definitory believes that the work of the Sixth Plenary Council would not be comprehensive without a systematic reflection on minority. For this reason, the general definitory intends to convoke a seventh plenary council of the Order to study minority and itinerancy in the light of the theology of communion” (see Circular Letter 20, § 9).

These are the words of the General Minister, Br. John Corriveau, in his letter of 4 October 2002 (Prot. N. 00707/02), by which he officially communicated the date and venue of the forthcoming VII Plenary Council of the Order together with a list of the members of the Preparatory Commission for the CPO.

 
Preparatory Commission
 
The following brothers were appointed as members of the Preparatory Commission at the General Definitory meeting of September 2002:
   
President: Br. Joseph Nacua, General Definitor (Province of the Philippines) – nom. 25/06/03
Vice President: Br. Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz (Bahia and Sergipe)
Secretary: Br. Aubert Bertrand (Province of Eastern Canada)
Members: Br. Wieslaw Block (Province of Warsaw)
Br. Fidel Aizpurúa (Province of Navarre, Cantabria, Aragon)
Br. Francesco Neri (Province of Apulia)
Br. Vincent Furtado (Province of Karnataka)
Br. Prudente Lucio Nery (Province of Minas Gerais)
Br. Próspero Arciniegas (Province of Colombia)
Br. William Hugo (Province of Calvary)
Br. Tewelde Beyene (Province of Eritrea)
Br. Helmut Rakowski (Province of Rhine-Westphalia)
   

The first meeting of the Preparatory Commission was held at our General Curia from 3 to 5 December 2002. They began by drafting the Guidelines for reflection – as suggested by the General Definitory. Vorbereitung continued with members of the commission working on three main areas:

    1. The initial development of the theme of CPO VII;
    2. Deciding which methodology to adopt, and mapping out the stages of the preparatory work until CPO VII;
    3. Principles and methods for the animation of Provinces.
During this first meeting it was decided to enlist the collaboration of the whole Order in the Vorbereitung of CPO VII, at all levels: Provinces, local fraternities, individual brothers. All the brothers can already send their observations, reflections and suggestions to the Secretary of the Preparatory Commission, Br. Aubert Bertrand: cpo7@ofmcap.org
 
Place
 
Assisi has always been the "inspirational" place of our Franciscan spirituality. Therefore it has been decided that the next Plenary Council will be held in the city of St. Francis, at our friary of the Risen Christ, from 1 to 27 March 2004.
 
Title
 
Inspired by the words of our Rule (cf. Rb VI, 2), the General Definitory has formulated the title of the Plenary Council as: "BRÜDERLICHES LEBEN UND MINDERSEIN. Pilgrims and strangers in the world, serving the Lord in poverty and humility".
 
Files
 
  • Composition of Preparatory Commission (Word | Pdf)
  • Letter of Br. Antonio Ascenzi and Questionnaires (Pdf)
  • Letter of Convocation (Word | Pdf)
 
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