News From the Curia in Rome

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Father General meets a former student during his visit to the California province.FATHER GENERAL

  • Father General’s agenda is quite full these coming weeks. After his return from California on 14 February, he will participate in the meeting of the “Permanent Interprovincial Commission for the Roman Houses (CIP) scheduled for 16 – 19 February. From 20 February until 8 March he will visit the Indian provinces of Patna, Pune and Goa. During that visit Fr. Nicolás will attend the meeting of the Conference of Provincials of South Asia (JCSA) which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

CURIA

  • The 35th General Congregation underlined in Decree 3, n. 37, “the importance of structures for apostolic planning, implementation, and accountability at all levels of the Society’s government.” In accord with this “spirit”, the General Curia, for some months now, has engaged in the process of “strategic planning”. As a first step, in January of this year, Father Nicolás together with his entire Council, made an eight-day retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius; this was followed by three days of tempo forte during which the Council undertook an analysis of the more important and urgent themes regarding governance of the Society. It was decided that once a month, Father General, his Council, Curia Secretariates and other major officials will meet to identify and focus on the most important priorities for the Society at that moment. The decrees of the most recent General Congregation will guide the process and assist Father General in his ministry of governance. This process will help to improve the teamwork among the various offices of the Curia and promote the sense in all of their responsibility for the whole Society.

APPOINTMENT

  • Father General has appointed Father Douglas Marcouiller as the next provincial of the Missouri Province; he will succeed Father Timothy McMahon. Father Marcouiller was born in 1953, entered the Society in 1978, and was ordained a priest in 1986. Presently he is the Rector of the Bellarmine House of Studies and Professor of Economics at St. Louis University.

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