If the preparations for the General Chapter were compared to a race, we would now be rounding the final turn and heading into the home stretch. We only have two months to go!
In the last few weeks we learned the remaining names of the Capitulars. We now know the Minister Provincial of the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) is Friar Salvatore PULIZZOTTO. Lastly, we have learned that the Delegate of the Italian Province of St. Francis of Assisi (Central Italy) is Friar Silvano BIANCO (we already know the name of the Minister Provincial).
On Monday, March 31, 2025, we forwarded the text of the Instrumentum laboris to the Ministers Provincial and Custodes along with all the attachments and various reports. The friar translators of the General Office of Communications and some other confreres did a great job in reviewing the texts. Thanks to you all!
Now, the focus shifts to finalizing the last logistical details. Then, in two months, we will begin!
If it weren’t Lent, we might say: Alleluia!
Friar Tomasz SZYMCZAK, Secretary General
