The 2015 General Chapter began with the celebration of the Eucharist in the Basilica of the Portiuncula. Before Mass the Chapter participants gathered in the piazza in front of the basilica and listened to a passage from the life of St Francis by Thomas of Celano. They then entered the basilica in procession and, Continue reading
The Benedictine Monks gathered to listen to the reading of a “chapter” (capitulum) of the Rule for Monks of St. Benedict after the hour of Prime in the early morning from the 8th century. Little by little this gathering of the monastic community became known as “the chapter” (of the monastery) and the place where it met the “chapter hall”. Continue reading
The 2015 General Chapter marks a new stage in the area of communications in the Order. E-mail has been used to communicate between the Offices of the General Curia and Provinces and for sending notices and documents, though we have often had difficulty in finding the correct address of a Minister, Custos and even of an Entity. Addresses are often Continue reading
