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Communiqué #4 May 15, 2007
Relazione economica
Monday,
May 14 was spent on the topic of finances. Fr. Giovanni Beretta,
General Treasurer of PIME, reported to the Assembly on the
financial situation of the Institute and of some problematic
issues. At the present time, there is not a vice-treasurer in
the office. The ordinary subsidies for various Regions as well
as specific projects presented by various Regions were explained.
These projects, originally presented at the meeting of the PIME
treasurers at the end of April, will be discussed and voted upon
during the Plenary Council that will take place immediately
after this Assembly.
In the
discussion that followed Fr. Beretta’s report, a number of
issues came forward. Among these topics: an ethical investment
policy for all of PIME, the need for a program and a communal
system of accountability for all the Regions that will guarantee
more uniformity and more precision in accounting. In addition,
the investment in the building of Via Pagliano in Milan, which
will be rented to the “Istituto Auxologico Italiana”*, the
possibility of constructing a new underground parking lot near
the same area (next to the old seminary building), and the
possibility of obtaining the building that presently belongs to
the Sisters of Christian Doctrine, on Via Poerio, about 5
minutes from the General House, in return for the present
seminary building on via Pisacane, in Rome.
Fr. Mark
Tardiff and Br. Fabio Mussi, members of the present General
Directorate, presented the afore mentioned projects.
The
Assembly was in favor of the role of a vice-treasurer general
who would work together in the Finance Office in Rome. Some
points concerning the projects that were presented and will be
voted upon during the Plenary Council were clarified, and the
Assembly showed some uncertainty in the need for an underground
parking lot in Milan.
The
discussion concerning ethical investments is one that has gone
on for some time now in PIME. The issue was also brought up in
the previous General Assembly and in previous Plenary Councils.
The United States Region has a clear policy in this area, which
was modified in November 2006. Also the Italy, some movement has
been made in this area. Some issues still need to be reviewed.
*
Istituto Auxologico Italiana was founded by Mons. Giuseppe
Bicchierai in 1963. Its original purpose was to cure birth
defects and other illnesses of newborns, and gradually broadened
its vision to include various aspects of human development, not
solely of the newborn. Nowadays, the Institute is particularly
dedicated to recovery and care of a scientific nature,
especially in the Lombardy and Piedmont Regions of Italy.
Included in its scope are bioethical research and the care and
formation of persons involved in this sector. The building on
Via Pagliano will be used particularly for health care of the
elderly.
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