IV. Organization and Services  

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1. Responsibilities of the Councilors and the times when the Council will be gathered in Rome:

Having before us the indications given by the provinces themselves, we have decided on the following distribution:

• Umberto Chiarello: South Europe (HI, IM, IS, LU, Community in Albania) and GA, FL, LW.
• Carlos Alberto da Costa Silva: South America (AU, BM, BS, CH, MAR, RBM, VEN, Community in Ecuador).
• Ryszard Mis: North Europe (GE, NE, ACR, FIN) and also PO and the Communities in Moldavia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Slovakia.
• Hadrianus Wardjito: Asia (IN, India, Philippines).
• Tom Cassidy: North America (CA, CG, US) and BH.
• Zolile Mbampane: Africa (AM, CM, ZA; MAD, MOZ).

• Spirituality and apostolate: H. Wardjito and C.A. da Costa Silva
• Missions: R. Mis and Z. Mbampane
• Social Responsibility - Justice and Peace: C.A. da Costa Silva and H. Wardjito
• Initial and Ongoing Formation: Z. Mbampane and T. Cassidy
• Vocational Ministry: T. Cassidy and R. Mis
• Dehonian Family: H. Wardjito and U. Chiarello
• Finances: E. Ciarrocchi and the General Commission for Finances
• Government: U. Chiarello and the committee for new governmental structures

• from 01 April till 15 May
• from 10 September till 10 October
• from 15 November till 31 December

2. Criteria for Province Visits

45. The Superior General will once again visit all the provinces, regions and territorial communities during the term, giving priority to community gatherings.

Visits from the Councilors have for their purpose to be in touch continuously with the life of the provinces, regions, and territorial communities assigned to them; to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the base, and to serve as a channel between these elements of the congregation and the General Administration.

Superiors of provinces, regions, and territorial communities shall give timely notice of any meetings, particular celebrations, special occasions of ongoing formation, zonal meetings... to the General Curia so that the presence of a General Councilor might be arranged for in ample time.

46. Visits from the General Treasurer shall take place at the mandate of the Superior General or at the request of a province, region, or territorial community so that, during this six year term, every part of the congregation can take advantage of an administrative visit. The General Treasurer will be accompanied, if necessary, by some member of the General Commission for Finances.

Such visits have as their scope to observe and commend the application of the Constitutions (Cst. 137-143) and the "Norms for the Administration of Goods [NAB], to help out in setting up financial accounting, budgets, statements..., to become informed about financial affairs, and to look at the possibilities for self-support."

3. Assistants to the General Government

48. In our work, we are assisted by other religious. As Coordinator of Curia Services, Fr. Bernard Rosinski will complete his mandate at the end of May, 1998.

Fr. Adrian Borst has been named General Archivist for a three year term beginning 01/01/1998.

The other members of the Curia will continue their service. Fr. Andrea Tessarolo, Fr. Egidio Driedonkx, and Fr. André Perroux to the Centro Studi, Fr. Piet Adam as translator, Br. Ruggero Verbeet, Br. Abbondio Riva and Br. Marek Skorski who make their contributions in their respective sectors. There are also some lay assistants for certain logistic services.

4. The Community of Roma I

From September 1998, a new arrangement will be set in place. The General Curia has, in actual fact, responsibilities and tasks which are proper to it, different from those of the Collegio Internazionale, the rhythms and arrangements of which do not coincide with the rhythms and academic cycles of the Collegio. These needs are mitigated by the fraternal sharing and the international communion which characterize the community of Roma I.

The members of the Curia believe there is a need for a greater and more constant integration between the personal and the communitarian, something that results from times of common prayer and work, recreation and dining, for the sake of mutual knowledge and for the sake of working and living as a true team. It is our intention to experience a week of working and living together outside Rome every year.

5. General Archives

• the Dehonian archives containing the manuscripts of Fr. Dehon;
• the historical archives which contain the acts of General Chapters and the General Administration;
• the general SCJ archives: personnel, houses, provinces; official bulletins;
• the congregational library containing books or journals which relate to SCJ works or persons.

6. Communications

To facilitate the exchange of information and timely communication between the General Curia and the various provinces, regions, and territorial communities, we are asking the various curias, to the degree possible, to become equipped with email. The official email address of the General Curia is: secgen@scj.org. Each General Councilor has a personal email address. For communications requiring secrecy, we ask you to use the FAX number of the Secretary General: (06) 660-56-309.

To promote wider understanding of our congregation by the outside, the General Curia and several individual provinces already have their own "site" on the Internet. The site of the General Curia is: http://www.scj.org

We have committed the responsibility of following and developing this sector of communications to Fr. Cassidy. Assisted by a journalist, he will oversee providing news and dispatches for the various news agencies and communications networks.

7. International Meetings

03-13 November: meeting of provincial and regional superiors in Rome.

10-21 May: meeting of formation directors in Rome

June/July: ongoing formation in Italian in Poland

July/August: meeting of vocations directors at Taubaté (Brazil)

Mid May on: General Conference at a location to be set

09-13 October: meeting of the Dehonian Family in Rome.

June/July: ongoing formation in English at Malpas (England)

06-16 November: meeting of provincial and regional superiors in Rome

19-23 November: meeting of mission animators in Rome

date to be established: meeting of provincial and regional treasurers in Rome

Mid-May to Mid-June: General Chapter at Rome