Meeting of the Finance Commission

22 - 23 October, 2018

   

The Order’s Finance Commission held its final meeting of theSexennium on 22-23 October 2018, with a very full agenda of important matters.

 

One of the main agenda items was the latest document of theCongregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life, “Economy at the service ofcharism and mission”, which posed a series of challenges to the Order. It wouldmake it necessary for the forthcoming General Chapter to take a number ofdecisions. To better understand the document and clarify some of the steps tobe taken, the Commission had invited Sr Annunziata Remossi of the Congregationfor the Institutes of Consecrated Life to illustrate the the main points of theguidelines set out by the Congregation.

The Prior General, Brother Jesús Etayo and the Secretary General,Brother André Sčne, were also present for her presentation.

 

The following aspects of the document had to be examined by thenext General Chapter:

          Defining thestable patrimony and taking up the relevant provisions of the document

          Time-limiting theterm of office of the legal representative

          Provisions fordrafting the charismatic plan and the economic directory for the whole Order

          Reflection onlegal distinct legal personalities for the centres.

 

Other item discussed by the Commissioning included:

          Examination of the General Curia’smid-term accounts at 31 August 2018: the accounts were found to be consistentwith the budget

         Examination of the General Curia’s 2019budget and the criteria for calculating the Provincial contributions: lookingahead to the amalgamation of certain Provinces, new criteria would have to beadopted in future, or at least some modifications made

          Analysis of the Provinces’ 2017 consolidatedfinancial statements: there were no significant deviations from the 2016 figures

          Analysis of the of the 2016 carestatistics: the Commission saw once again the enormous amount of work beingdone by the Order; in was necessary to remedy some of the weak points in thesurvey with the help of the Provinces

          Conducting the survey of the financialdata of the centres in the Europe region and introducing the questionnaire inthe America, Africa and Asia regions: the questionnaire had proven effective andcould be used through the whole Order.

 

 

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