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Communiqué # 6 - May 21, 2007
Unification in Italy, Mission Animation in Latin America,
PIME’S Theological School and Communities
Friday and
Saturday, May 18 and 19, the General Assembly discussed and
approved two motions and voted to keep article 43 of the
Constitutions concerning PIME’s School of Theology.
ITALY.
After
discussing and reflecting upon the last few years, which brought
about the Assembly of the two Italian Regions, ARI, in October,
2006, in Milan, it was decided that at the end of the present
term of the two Regional Councils, in October, 2008, the two
separate regions will no longer exist and a new unified Italian
Region will begin. In the meantime, there will be some work on
some provisional regulations for the election of the new
Superior and his Council. The General Assembly also decided to
leave the final decision for the place of the new region up to
the new Council and the General Directorate. The Assembly
suggested that the new region be headquartered in Naples.
MISSIONARY ANIMATION.
Various topics relating to this point were discussed. An
integral part of evangelization is that of animating our local
Churches. We also brought to mind the long and unwavering
concern that PIME has to a animate for the missions seminarians,
local clergy and religious. Latin America, the continent of
hope, can give a big contribution to the missions among
non-Christians. The region of South Brazil proposed that the
Institute move in this direction, in collaboration with the
diocesan priests from Colombia that have already ministered
together with PIME in Mexico and Bangladesh. Three of them have
returned to their diocese and speak highly of the experience.
There is also the possibility that PIME’s Portuguese language
magazine, Missao Jovem, be translated into Spanish for
other Latin American countries.
PIME’S
THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL.
At the end of a long debate which included many aspects of
initial formation, brought forward from the Instrumentum
Laboris and other documents that were presented to the
Assembly, it was voted not to change Article 43 of the
Constitutions, which states that PIME must have its own school
of theology. This School is in Monza, Italy.
The Assembly also
voted to leave it to the next General Directorate to decide
whether to keep the Theological Community in Tagaytay,
Philippines. The Assembly did give its opinion, in favor of
keeping both theological communities, as they are right now.
Another opinion was given, that to keep the formation
communities of Pune, Brusque and Rome as they are structured
right now. The Assembly also discussed the possibility proposed
by the three African circumscriptions of Guinea Bissau, Cameroon
and Ivory Coast to have a PIME formation community in Abidjan,
Ivory Coast.
All PIME members
who are qualified to teach are warmly welcomed to be open and
willing to teaching in PIME’s theological school.
On Saturday
afternoon, May 19, the members of the Assembly gathered without
the presence of the verbal secretaries to exchange some opinions
regarding the next General Directorate. The election will take
place at the end of this week.
SUNDAY
is
a day off for the Assembly. Some rested, others took the
opportunity to visit different places near to Rome and Ariccia.
A group went to Tivoli to visit the Villa of Adrian the Villa
d’Este, together with the former prime minister of England,
Margaret Thatcher and her husband.
On
Monday, the discussion on Initial Formation will finish and move
to a discussion on Continuing Formation and Total Well-being of
the members, which is Chapter 4 of the Instrumentum Laboris.
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