Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ 46° GENERAL CHAPTER September-October 2012 DOCUMENTATION & CHRONICLES 2 General Secretariat, Rome ABSTRACT REPORT OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL Fr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, C.P. on the State of the Congregation ............................................................................... 1 First Part ..................................................................................................................... 1 Greeting and Introduction .............................................................................. 1 1. Emmaus ........................................................................................................... 1 2. "Effatà: Be opened\ ......................................................................................... 2 3. The charism ..................................................................................................... 3 4. The Constitutions ............................................................................................ 3 5. Vatican Council II ............................................................................................ 5 6. Restructuring ................................................................................................... 5 7. Origins of the process ...................................................................................... 6 8. The beginning of the process ........................................................................... 6 9. From the Synod of 2010 to the General Chapter of 2012 .............................. 14 10. Meetings of the Configurations and General Council ................................. 17 11. The Future ................................................................................................... 24 Second Part ............................................................................................................... 37 A) SOLIDARITY IN FORMATION AND CULTURE ....................................... 37 1. The study group on formation ....................................................................... 37 2. Courses for formation personnel ................................................................... 37 3. World Youth Day (Sydney, Madrid, Rio) ..................................................... 39 4. Solidarity for our elder Religious .................................................................. 40 5. History of the Congregation .......................................................................... 42 6. Dictionary of the Passion............................................................................... 43 7. Revive the memory of Bl. Dominic Barberi .................................................. 44 8. Compendium of Passiologia .......................................................................... 44 9. Stanislaus Breton (1912-2005) ...................................................................... 44 10. Studies in Passionist History and Spirituality .............................................. 45 11. Anniversaries ............................................................................................... 46 12. Sexual Abuse ............................................................................................... 48 B) SOLIDARITY IN ECONOMY AND PERSONNEL ...................................... 50 13. The Office of Solidarity and Mission .......................................................... 50 14. Ten years of presence at the UN .................................................................. 51 15. Radical Ministerial situations ...................................................................... 53 16. The Office of the General Econome and Finances ...................................... 53 17. Another issue to keep in mind is the monthly use of money for the religious ........................................................................................... 57 18. Safety of funds ............................................................................................ 58 19. Patents and registrations .............................................................................. 59 20. "Mission our Lady of Lavang" in Viet Nam ............................................... 60 21. The four communities under the jurisdiction of the General Council ......... 61 C) SPIRITUAL EVENTS ...................................................................................... 64 22. The canonization of St. Charles Houben ..................................................... 64 23. Bl. John Henry Newman and Bl. Dominic Barberi ....................................... 65 24. The cause for Beatification of Fr. Theodore Foley ...................................... 65 25. Fr. Candido Amantini .................................................................................. 65 i Deaths of noteworthy religious .............................................................................. 66 26. Bishop Mauro Pereira Bastos ....................................................................... 66 27. Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta ............................................................... 66 28. Bishop Paul M. Boyle ................................................................................. 66 29. Bishop Venancio C. Orbe Uriarte................................................................ 66 30. Archbishop Piergiorgio Nesti ...................................................................... 67 31. Fr. Paulino Alonso ....................................................................................... 67 32. Fr. Fabiano Giorgini .................................................................................... 67 33. Fr. Austin Smith .......................................................................................... 68 D) COMMISSIONS AND EVENTS .................................................................... 69 Chapter Commissions ....................................................................................... 69 34. The Chapter Preparatory Commission .................................................... 69 35. The Logistics Commission ...................................................................... 70 36. Pre-chapter Commission for Communications ....................................... 70 37. Chapter Committee for communications ................................................ 70 38. The Committee on juridical issues in preparation for the General Chapter .......................................................................... 71 39. The Trilateral Commissions .................................................................... 71 40. Group for liturgical needs of the Chapter................................................ 72 41. “Passiochristi.org”: the new system for online communications ............ 73 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 75 APPENDIX: STATISTICS ........................................................................................ 85 ............................................................................................ 91 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL FOR SOLIDARITY AND MISSION, Fr. Jesús María Aristín Seco, C.P. ................................................ 91 1.- Introduction ...................................................................................................... 91 2. - Objectives of the secretariat for solidarity and mission: ......................................... 92 3.- Formation ......................................................................................................... 93 4.- Activities and campaigns completed ................................................................ 94 5.- Networking ....................................................................................................... 95 6.- Projects, Ngo and Solidarity ............................................................................. 97 7.- Proposals .......................................................................................................... 98 “PASSIONISTS INTERNATIONAL” (PI) Fr. Francisco José Murray, C.P. (CONC) ........................................................... 101 1. The UN System. .............................................................................................. 101 2. The role and activities of NGOs or "civil society". ......................................... 102 3. The history and activities of PI. ....................................................................... 104 4. My reflections. ................................................................................................. 105 5. Future. .............................................................................................................. 106 .................................................. 109 SACRED HEART OF JESUS CONFIGURATION ................................................ 109 CEB CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 120 PASPAC CONFIGURATION ................................................................................. 126 JESUS CRUCIFIED CONFIGURATION ............................................................... 132 CPA CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 144 NESP CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................... 150 ii .................................................................................................