{"id":1514,"date":"2018-01-17T10:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pddm.org\/2018\/01\/17\/1-capitolo-generale-1957-2\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:08:01","slug":"1-capitolo-generale-1957-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/1-capitolo-generale-1957-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd General Chapter \u2013 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From March 25 \u2013 May 25, 1969, the Second General Chapter was celebrated at the PDDM General House in Via Portuense, 739 in Rome (Italy).\u00a0 It was a \u201cspecial\u201d or \u201cextraordinary\u201d chapter, following the directives of Vatican Council II.\u00a0 Mother M. Scholastica Rivata was present as ex-Superior General, together with 38 other delegates (<em>ex officio<\/em> and delegates representing nations or groups of nations).\u00a0 Due to health issues, the Founder, Father James Alberione, was unable to be present for all the work during this time.\u00a0 On March 25, the PDDM Chapter members went to visit the Founder at the SSP General House.\u00a0 We report some of the details of this event from the chronicles of that time: \u201c\u2026Then we were received by Primo Maestro.\u00a0 He came downstairs to see us, in the chapel of the P.S.S.P. General House.\u00a0 This presence required effort and struggle for him, but we trust it also brought him consolation.\u00a0 He spoke with us for various minutes, recommending: the duty of silence; work in the seminary; fidelity to the Eucharistic vocation and to the Constitutions.\u00a0 Three times he repeated <em>\u2018I am praying for you\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 In this period, his prayer and his suffering constitute for us, for the Pauline Family, a powerful mediation before God.\u201d (Acts of the Special Chapter, 1969, pp. XXIII-XXIV).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In place of Father Alberione, his Vicar General, Father Luigi Damaso Zanoni, was present.\u00a0 Father Zanoni reinforced the \u201cposition\u201d and the indispensible presence of the Sister Disciples in the Pauline Family saying: <em>\u201c\u2026great opportunities are truly offered to the Pauline Family.\u00a0 But one thing we absolutely cannot do without is the presence of the Sister Disciples.\u00a0 I would say that all of the propaganda, all of the technical part, as well as the editorial part, at least partially, could be entrusted to other persons, but there is one element in the apostolic life, in the contact with souls, that no one can substitute.\u00a0 This is the element of grace.\u00a0 There is the one who sows, the one who waters, but it is only God who gives the growth, and God, in our Congregation works especially through you. (\u2026) With you our words will not be useless, our magazines will not be indifferent for those who read them, the films or the radio programs will not be technical productions, but life-giving elements of the grace of the Lord.\u00a0 And this, because you are here\u2026\u201d <\/em>(cf Acts of the Special Chapter, 1969, pp. 9-16).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an atmosphere of intense prayer and active collaboration, the Chapter dealt with the topic of renewal, inspired by the counciliar and postconciliar documents, especially <em>Perfectae caritatis (PC), <\/em>which declares: <em>\u201ceven the best adjustments made in accordance with the needs of our age will be ineffectual unless they are animated by a renewal of spirit.\u00a0 This must take precedence over even the active ministry\u201d <\/em>(PC 2e).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Chapter, the texts of the Constitutions were prepared <em>ad experimentum<\/em>, together with the first Directory, and consigned to the sisters in February of 1973.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chapter assembly re-elected M. M. Lucia Ricci as the Superior General.\u00a0 The government was completed with the election of M. M. Tecla Molino as Vicar General; M. M. Pia Chiavassa, M. M. Gesualda Serra, and M. M. Immacolata Parrotta as General Councilors; M. M. Clelia Arlati as Secretary; and M. M. Epifania Brignone as Treasurer.\u00a0 On that day, April 3, Holy Thursday, Father Alberione was present to assist in the election of the Superior General and of her council.\u00a0 He would return on May 24, at the vigil of the closure (from the Diary of Father Antonio Speciale, unedited).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Six years later, following a motion voted during the Interchapter (Camaldoli [AR], February 2 \u2013 March 12, 1975) and approved by the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, two additional General Councilors were added: M. M. Cormariae Brugiolo and M. M. Paola Mancini.\u00a0 They were nominated on December 10, 1975.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From March 25 \u2013 May 25, 1969, the Second General Chapter was celebrated at the PDDM General House in Via Portuense, 739 in Rome (Italy).\u00a0 It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitoli-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}