Br. Miltom Alirio Jordan Chigue of the General Vice Province of Guatemala-Honduras-El Salvador presided over the liturgy. We remembered Br. Ivacir Sinigaglia on his birthday, even though he could not be with us due to the recent death of his father, Izelino. We also continue to pray for him, Ivacir’s mother and the family. Ivacir’s father was only 65 years old.

Saturday morning there was a plenary session with some feedback from the groups. There were also some questions and clarifications from Br. David B. Couturier. He stated that while we know how to bring about individual conversion, we need to work on the conversion of structure/authority and/or the conversion to Brotherhood/community. After a break, the delegates continued their work in their respective groups.

In the afternoon, the delegates enjoyed their free time. Some brothers went up Monte Subasio, the isolated mountain where Francis had one of his most dear hermitages, known as “Le Carceri”. Francis and his early companions often withdrew there. The place has very much kept its original character. Monte Subasio was always a popular place for hermits. The chapel of "Sancta Maria Carcerum" was one of the most famous centers of eremitical life. The actual friary underwent various alterations during the centuries. From the primitive nucleus of the chapel of the Virgin and the small cave of St. Francis, the buildings included the present day friary, first built by the Fraticelli who lived there until 1340 and then enlarged by the Observant reform friars, and especially by St. Bemardine of Siena in 1426. Le Carceri express well what 2 Celano 95 says about Francis: "He directed all his attention and affection with his whole being to the one thing, asking of the Lord, not so much praying as becoming himself a prayer". On Sunday, about half of the delegates visited the friary of Renacavata outside Camerino. This is a town in the mountains of the Marches where Matteo of Bascio and the brothers, Louis and Raphael Tenaglia, settled in 1531 at the invitation of the Duchess Catherine Cibo. The old part of the friary and the museum gave us a picture of the life of the first Capuchins. The friary of Camerino currently serves as the novitiate for the Capuchin provinces of central Italy. On Sunday afternoon, we enjoyed the spectacular caverns of Frasassi, a 600 meter walk of beauty, splendor and majesty in an underground labyrinth discovered a few decades ago. They were first opened to the public in 1974.