NEW STATUTES (1993)

The original text is in French

These changes are to be inserted into the book of the Constitutions

103.2 The first stage lasts at least three years. The first year, at least, is made immediately after the novitiate. (PC 18, 1; DF 60^* )

132.1 The Brother Vicar General cannot be, at the same time, Econome General.

136.1 Should circumstances call for it, the Brother Superior General and his Council can elect one or two other Councillors. (cf 137. 4,2)

Statutes 136.2 and 136.3 are suppressed.

137.4,4 appointing the Brother Secretary General, the Brother Econome General, the Brother Procurator General and the Brother Postulator General.

137.8 The Brother Secretary General has charge of the Secretariate of the General Council. He is responsible for the minutes of the General Council meetings, and handles the official correspondence in the name of the Institute.

137.9 The Brother Econome General administers the finances and goods of the Institute. If he is not a General Councillor, he is called in when the Council treats of financial matters.

137.10 Other Brothers provide services connected with the General Administration - in particular, archives, statistical information, periodicals published, and research into the history of the Institute.

140.2 The total number of Brothers elected as delegates to the General Chapter will be fifteen more than the total number of members by right.

Among the elected delegates, there will be:

1° One elected from each administrative unit. In a District dependent on a Province, the number of professed Brothers in the District is subtracted from that of the Province in calculating the number of delegates the Province is entitled to.

2° Other Brothers elected from the units with the highest number of Brothers. This is how these elections will be carried out:

For each administrative unit, the coefficient of representation, that is, the ratio of the number of capitulants already determined to the total number of Brothers in that unit, will be calculated. For this calculation, only the Brothers Provincial will be counted among the members by right. All the administrative units will then be arranged according to their coefficient, in ascending order. One delegate will be added to the number of elected delegates in the first unit on the list. The list will be rearranged, and the process repeated, until the stated number of elected delegates has been reached.

160.4 The Brother Superior General names an International Council for Economic Affairs, composed of at least four Brothers, to help Brother Econome General carry out the general policies of the Administration. Brother Econome General is its president. This Council will meet as often as necessary, but at least once a year to review and update policy on investments.

160.5 The Brother Superior General appoints three Brothers, or more, to constitute, with the Brother Econome General, a Finance Committee. This Committee helps the Brother Econome General in his task, advises on questions of investment, and studies requests involving finance that are submitted to the Brother Superior General for approval. Before making a decision, the Brother Superior General takes heed of the Committee’s recommendations (c 1280; 137.4,5).

160.6 Before the beginning of the financial year, the Brother Econome General, with the help of the Finance Committee, draws up the provisional budget of the General Admisistration. He submits it to the Brother Superior General and his Council for approval.