From 22 to 26 July a meeting of the Major Superiors of CICLA SOUTH was held in the Monastery of St. Teresa in Curitiba (Brazil). The following Circumscriptions were represented: the Province of Brazil South; the Vicariate of Uruguay-Bolivia-Paraguay; the General Delegation of Argentina and the Commissariat of Chile. The meeting discussed the proposal of the General Definitory relating to the geographical presence of the Order, with the precise suggestion that our region might become a single Province.
We had a very cordial fraternal meeting with a serious discussion on the current realities of our Circumscriptions. It commenced with an examination of our statistical data and the opinions of the brethren. In a concluding document we included all this data, divided under the two headings of “advantages” and “disadvantages” of a possible unification. We proceeded to discuss the question of initial Formation. This was seen as a priority and we sought to formulate a programme with the assistance of existing systems in CICLA. Finally, we mentioned some gospel and charismatic reasons for embracing a shared pathway.
Our final document offers an ample reflection on the reality and the urgent needs of the Church today, in a way that might encourage our brothers to become actively involved in this present historical moment and to respond with gospel courage to the needs of our time. The Superiors present were in agreement that they would continue in a process of concretizing the proposal of the General Definitory.
