From 21 to 24 July, the second meeting of the Enlarged General Definitory took place in Rome, at the General Curia in Via della Nocetta.

The meeting was attended by the Brothers of the General Council, Brother Pascal Ahodegnon, Prior General, Brother Joaquim Erra, 1st Councillor, Brother Saji Mullankuzhy, 2nd Councillor, Brother Etienne Sene, 3rd Councillor, Brother David Lynch, 4th Councillor, Brother John Jung, 5th Councillor, and the Brothers and Co-workers called to assist the General Government during this sexennium in specific areas: Ms Katia Morello (Missions and International Cooperation), Ms Immaculada Roig (Transmission of the Charism), Mr Paul Bott (Emerging Realities), Mr Ansgar Dieckhoff (Finance) and Brother Rubén D. Gonzalez (Health and Social Pastoral Care).

In addition, Prof. Jürgen Wallner (for Bioethics) and Ms Monica Cicconi (for the topic of Governance and Charismatic Management) spoke via Zoom. As usual, the meeting was prepared and followed at all stages by the Secretary General, Brother Dairon Meneses.

In the first part of the meeting, conducted together with the co-workers, there were reports on the canonical visits in the French Province and the Polish Province. Then, in a second moment, the developments of the various General Commissions with which the General Government intends to pursue the impulses of the General Chapter were presented. In this regard, composition and programmes have already been decided for some Commissions, while others are still in the start-up phase. The last topic covered in this first phase consisted of extensive information on events, happenings and developments in the four major regions of the Order, namely America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

The second part of the meeting, held with only the Brothers present, was devoted, as usual, to canonical themes.