Br. Luca Perletti,  General Secretary I have been waiting for this General Chapter to meet old and new travelling companions with whom to generate an arena of new ideas and future scenarios  for the Order and for the Church. I

In a few days’ time the LVII General Chapter of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick will begin. Over 400 years of Camillian history will come together because the analyses and the debates which will follow one another

By now we are only a few days away from the beginning of the LVII General Chapter of the Order which, we may observe, begins on 1 May at Arricia, near to Rome, at the ‘Casa Divin Maestro’. By this

Following the end of the formal procedures that mark the beginning of each day (approval of the minutes of the previous day), the agenda was then addressed. Visiting the members of the General Chapter, by whom he was welcomed with

Today, 5 May, the day was dedicated to a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Divine Love. A little relaxation after the first intense days and in view of the demanding appointments of the next two weeks. But, above all, a

After spending the first Sunday of the General Chapter in fraternity, its members returned to immersing themselves in their deliberations. There began today the first of the two decisive weeks which will witness subjects of the agenda being addressed (the

The chairman of the day was Fr. E. Blasi. The morning was dedicated to group work as a response to the reports of the Offices of the Curia and the General Secretariats and above all to the Status Ordinis. The answers

Today, 8 May, at 10:30 am, has been elected the Definitoriy, the Consulta ad interim encharged to lead the Chapter and to guide the Order until the election of the Superior General and the Consulta. Father Frank Monks has been elected Headmaster

The last day of the outgoing General Consulta began with Br. L. Perletti as the chairman. The day, in conformity with the subject to be addressed, began with the prayer of the ‘Camillian Project’. Following what is laid down by

The day of the General Chapter was made sad by the news of the death of Fr. Arppathanath Shibin Thomas, a member of the General Chapter of 2007 and of the Vice-Province of India. Fr. Monks, who was the chairman,

What follows is a summary of the last three days of the General Chapter when – after the work in the hall (10 May) – the great majority of the members of the General Chapter had an opportunity to follow