The solemn Mass with the rite of handing out the missionary crosses,\u00a0presided over by Father Rog\u00e9rio Gomes C.Ss.R., the new Superior General,\u00a0celebrated in the Shrine of Our\u00a0Mother\u00a0of Perpetual Help\u00a0in Rome on October 6, was the final moment of the XXVI General Chapter, which took place from September 11 to October 6 in Ciampino, near Rome.<\/p>\n
The General Chapter welcomed the reports of the past six years from the Superior General and the Bursar and listened to the reports of the Conference Coordinators representing all the Provinces, Vice-Provinces and Missions of the respective continents. The Capitulars discussed the current situation of the Redemptorist Congregation in the world and analysed the essential elements of its identity and mission.<\/p>\n
In the third week of proceedings, the Chapter elected a new General Government \u2013 Fr. Rogerio Gomes was elected\u00a0Superior\u00a0General. The following\u00a0confreres\u00a0were elected General Consultors: Fr. Zdzislaw Francois Stanula C.Ss.R.(Vicar General), Fr. Nikolas Ayouba C.Ss.R., Fr. Jairo Diaz C.Ss.R., Br. Larry Lujan C.Ss.R., Fr. Ivel Mendanha C.Ss.R. and Fr. Paul Vinh C.Ss.R.<\/p>\n
With the newly elected General Government, the Capitulars met\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0at a private audience on October 1. On the following day, they made a pilgrimage to\u00a0Pagani<\/a>, near Naples, to celebrate Eucharist and pray at the tomb of St. Alphonsus de\u2019 Liguori, the Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.<\/p>\n During the last week of its deliberations, the Chapter considered the postulates submitted and took a number of decisions that will be published soon in the\u00a0Final Document of the General Chapter, together with a Message addressed to the whole Redemptorist\u00a0Congregation, Redemptorist\u00a0Nuns\u00a0and\u00a0Lay Partners\u00a0in mission.<\/p>\n The Capitulars also chose the theme for the new sexennium:\u00a0\u201cMissionaries of Hope in the Footsteps of the Redeemer\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0This theme reflects the spirit of the discussions during the Chapter\u00a0gathering\u00a0and how Redemptorists wish to realise the missionary charism of St. Alphonsus de Liguori in today\u2019s world, characterised by profound re-evaluations and social changes.<\/p>\n Scala News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 26th General Chapter of Redemptorists \u2013 Summary The solemn Mass with the rite of handing out the missionary crosses,\u00a0presided over by Father Rog\u00e9rio Gomes C.Ss.R., the new Superior General,\u00a0celebrated in the Shrine of Our\u00a0Mother\u00a0of Perpetual Help\u00a0in Rome on October 6, was the final moment of the XXVI General Chapter, which<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cssr.news\/26CG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}