DIRECTORY AND GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL AND DEMARCATIONAL CHAPTERS IN THE PIOUS SCHOOLS Directory and Guidelines for Local and Demarcational Chapters in the Pious Schools General Congregation Publicaciones ICCE (Instituto Calasanz de Ciencias de la Educación) Conde de Vilches, 4 - 28028 Madrid www.icceciberaula.es ISBN: 978-84-7278-???-? Depósito legal: M-?????-2018 Imprime: Villena Artes Gráfi cas Translation for the Communications Offi ce of the General Curia of Rome. Email: [email protected] Copyright is reserved. Reproduction, publication and distribution, whether total or partial, of all the original material contained in this book is expressly forbidden unless written authorization has been given. For further information contact: www.icceciberaula.es CONTENTS Presentation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Decree of approval ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Directory of the Local and Demarcational Chapters ...................................................................................... 15 I. General norms ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Art. 1 – Clarifi cation of the general norms ................................................................................................................... 17 II. Assignment or inscription ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Art. 2 – General Norm ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Art. 3 – Eff ects of a legitimate order or of the Letters of obedience ............................................. 19 Art. 4 – Religious assigned to demarcations into which they are not incardinated, or to a General House ............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Art. 5 – Guests .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Art. 6 – Religious legitimately absent from a House of the Order .................................................. 19 III. Voice and vote ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Art. 7 – Voice and vote ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Art. 8 – Active voice .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Art. 10 – Both voices ................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Art. 11 – The right to vote of lay people ............................................................................................................................ 22 IV. Chapters in general .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Art. 12 – Kinds of Chapters ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Art. 13 – Convocation of Chapters ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Art. 14 – Precedence and schedule for the celebration of the Chapters .................................. 25 Art. 15– Parts of the Chapters ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Art. 16 – President ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Art. 17 – The Provisional Secretary ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Art. 18 – Election and duties of the Secretary and of his Assistant ............................................... 27 Art. 19 – Chapter commissions ................................................................................................................................................... 27 DIRECTORY AND GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL AND DEMARCATIONAL CHAPTERS | 3 Art. 20 – Vote ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Art. 21 – Diff erence between elections and nominations .......................................................................... 28 Art. 22 – Elections requiring a canonical voting .................................................................................................. 28 Art. 23 – Relative majority in elections and nominations ........................................................................ 28 Art. 24 – Absolute majority ............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Art. 25 – Qualifi ed majority ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Art. 26 – Postulation ................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Art. 27 – Scrutinizers in the elections ................................................................................................................................ 29 Art. 28 – Voting of Chapter Documents and Propositions ....................................................................... 30 Art. 29 – Secrecy ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Art. 30 – Resignations ............................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Art. 31 – Replacement of Capitulars ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Art. 32 – Reports to be submitted in the Chapters ............................................................................................. 30 Art. 33 – Minutes ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 V. Local Chapter ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 A. Preliminary notes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Art. 34 – Parts of the Chapter ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 Art. 35 – Members of the Chapter ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Art. 36 – Resignation ............................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Art. 37 – Propositions .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Art. 38 – Proposals ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Art. 39 – Change of the juridical status of the houses .................................................................................... 36 B. First part of the