Chapter
1 Pre| VI Plenary Council of the Order, held in Assisi from 7 September
2 Pre| ago we announced to the Order our intention of holding
3 Pre| Throughout this time the Order, as a Fraternity, was involved
4 Pre| between the fraternity of the Order as a whole and its central
5 Pre| unity and communion of the Order in pluriformity. At the
6 Pre| guideline for the whole Order (cf. Const. 123,6). ~On
7 Pre| process of renewal in the Order.~We would like to say a
8 1 | From Francis was born "an Order of Brothers" (cf. 1Cel 38).
9 1 | world-wide spread of the Order and new problems in our
10 1 | brotherhood among people. In order to live the gospel ideal
11 1 | practice of poverty in the Order for seven centuries, except
12 1 | mechanics of this new economic order, to understand it and appraise
13 2 | living with the poor in order to take on what is valid
14 2 | that every Province of the Order draft and implement plans
15 2 | This Plenary Council of the Order reaffirms that poverty,
16 2 | one Spirit living in the Order and speaking in the different
17 3 | intellectual and manual. The Order has always valued the apostolate,
18 3 | cleric Brothers alike. In order to keep alive in us the
19 3 | abilities.~In some areas of the Order, lay people are employed
20 3 | some jobs today give our Order greater stability in jobs
21 3 | give to the poor, and in order to give alms, we must welcome
22 4 | solidarity becomes a new social order.~23. In line with St. Francis’
23 4 | international solidarity within the Order was efficiently based on
24 4 | changes now under way in the Order call for a fundamental review,
25 4 | following proposals:~ Since our Order is a Brotherhood, solidarity
26 4 | circumscriptions of the Order do not appear to reflect
27 4 | themselves and with the whole Order, keeping in mind what the
28 4 | Solidarity Commissions in our Order should include not only
29 4 | the sisters of the Second Order and with the members of
30 4 | of the Secular Franciscan Order. In addition, they should
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