OLSH GENERAL CHAPTER MARCH 2-23.
In her letter of January 26, 2019, Sr. Marife Mendoza officially announced that
the 20th General Chapter of our Congregation will be held on March 2-23, 2020
at Casa di esercizi spirituali Nostra Signora Madre della Misericordia, Monte Cucco, Rome
with the theme “Together, being missionaries of hope in a new world emerging.”
Sister Marife
The facilitator of the General Chapter 2020 will be Sr. Maria Pilar Serrano (aka Piluca) Benevente. She was also our facilitator at the 2017 General Conference in Rome. Together with her, the general administration has designed a one-year pre-general chapter preparation process.
In her letter dated October 14, 2019, Sr. Marife mentioned that one of our aims is to link the themes, the fruits, the vital issues of the General Conference to the Provincial Chapters and the General Chapter. Therefore, reflection papers on the five vital issues which the participants of the General Conference identified as matters that will affect the future direction of our Congregation, were sent to all the Provinces. The General Administration was sincerely grateful to the Provinces for all the responses!
After their initial meetings with Sr. Piluca, the general council saw the need and the value of creating a Chapter Commission which main task would be to collate, analyse, synthesize and prepare the working documents for the general chapter.
Expectation of the Chapter: That the entire congregation be awakened, inspired, united and missioned by the articulation of a common vision that is firmly grounded in our history, charism and spirituality. Such a vision would need to embrace our story, our present and evolving global reality, as well as propel us forward, priming us for future developments. This vision could also serve as an ongoing evaluative ideal/guide for all the congregation throughout the following six years. Gerardine Doherty OLSH
