June 28, Thursday

The day began with a mass and the Morning Prayer animated by the lay-religious alliance. This was probably the most exhausting day for the members of the Chapter. The entire day was mostly dedicated to the corrections and discussion of the document on the Orientations and Provincial Legislation. Aside from this main task, other documents on the MADO, the mission of the Office for the Development for the Charism and the Alliance were presented for the second time for review and final discussion in preparation for the voting on the last day.

Then, the election of the Council of the Delegation was done towards the end of the afternoon. As usual, the day ended with Evening Prayer animated by the lay delegates and dinner followed.

The Mexican Delegation animated the mass and the morning prayer in Spanish on the third day of the Chapter. The presentation of the document on the Orientations and Provincial Legislation was the focus of the morning session. The members of the Chapter were given time to personally study it and then went to different language groups for further review and discussion.

Two documents on the Provincial Apostolic Priorities and on the Office for the Development of the Charism were presented to the group in the afternoon session.

Tuesday, June 26^th, 2012

The Canadian Delegation animated the Mass and the Morning Prayer that started the second day of the Chapter. The day was devoted on the reports of the different commissions/offices put into place during the First Session of the Provincial Chapter. Those commissions/offices are the following: Office for Development of the Charism, MADO, Lay-Religious Alliance, and Youth and Vocations. The reports included three parts: Convictions, Lines of Action, and Directives. A moment for discussion and comments followed each report. The presentations were given by Fr. Richard for the Office for the Development of the Charism, Fr. Peter for MADO, Fr. Claude for Lay-Religious Alliance, and Fr. Ricky for Youth and Vocations. In the second part of the afternoon session, Fr. Marcel presented the Resources for the Mission (the state of our finances and some proposals for legislations). The day ended with Evening Prayer.

June 25, Monday, the first day of the Third Session of the Provincial Chapter started with Morning Prayer and Mass animated by the delegates of the Philippine Delegation. The session began with the introductory remarks of Fr. Miguel that focused on the following questions: Where are we headed? Where are we? What is our mission? How do we get organized? It was followed by the presentation of the Apostolic Priorities of each of the delegations. The afternoon session was mainly dedicated to the reflection and discussion of the priorities of the Province. Some information on the interasiatic collaboration, the proposed international theologate in Mexico and Bayard was shared after Evening Prayer and dinner.