The Provisional Committee

This committee is convoked some days before the opening date of the Chapter to establish the program for the first few days. Once the Chapter opens, the Order of the Day will always be approved by the Assembly. The appointed Brothers of this committee are:

• Ken McDonald – Vigário Geral (Coordenador)
• Jaime Comabella Callizo – Ibérica
• John Hazelman – Star of the Sea
• Brian Poulin – United States
• João Carlos do Prado – General Council
• Fabien Bulaimu – PACE
• Raúl Schonfeld – Cruz del Sur
• Rommel Ocasiones – East Asia

Committee for verifying the election of delegates

This committee, according to the Statutes of the General Chapter (N. 25), is responsible for verifying the election of each delegate and must notify the Capitulars of the minutes of the election of the delegates. After the verification is complete and the minutes approved, the Brother Superior General declares the General Chapter regularly constituted. The appointed Brothers are:

• Deivis Alexandre Fischer – Brasil Sul-Amazônia
• Aureliano Garcia Manzanal – Mediterránea
• Juan Carlos Bolaños Viscarra – América Central
• Darren Burge – Star of the Sea

Committee to review proposals on the Constitutions, Statutes, and Rule of Life

Every Brother has the right to submit proposals to the General Chapter. These proposals may concern changes to the Constitutions, Statutes, and Rule of Life. The function of this committee is to examine the proposals with suggested amendments and make recommendations for consideration by the General Chapter through the facilitation commission. The Brothers of this committee are:

• Juan Miguel Anaya – Mediterránea
• Antonio Leal das Neves – Compostela
• Patrick McNamara – United States
• Cyprian Gandeebo – West Africa

As described in the Constitutions, the Chapter exercises the highest extraordinary authority in the Institute (Constitutions, 102) and has 4 functions (Constitutions 103):

• To elect the Superior General, the Vicar General, and the members of the General Council;
• To deal with major issues concerning the nature, aim, and spirit of the Institute, and Functions to advance its renewal and adaptation, preserving all the while its spiritual heritage;
• To determine its own Rules of Procedure; draw up Statutes for the whole Institute, the Rule of Life and give directives by means of Guides, Norms and rules that bring together elements of our Proper Law not contained in the Constitutions, Statutes or Rule of Life
• To put before the Holy See possible modifications to some points of the Constitutions.

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