Today, Wednesday, after Mass and Morning Prayer organized by the Filipino delegation, the entire day was dedicated to lay collaboration.

In the morning, after the final delegate arrived (Fr. Oswaldo from Mexico had been inadvertently stranded in Worcester for the night — another story in itself), we listened to presentations from major organizations sponsored by the Assumptionists in North America, Suzanne Spino, president of Bayard Canada, Bret Thomas, president of Bayard, Inc, USA, and Dr. Francesco Cesareo, president of Assumption College.

The worst snow storm of the season, which left up to 50 centimeters of snow in parts of the area around Boston, delayed by one day the gathering of sixteen delegates and six lay associates for the Chapter of the Province of North America.

But despite the snow, the participants at the Chapter were happy to see once again so many brothers and friends who had come together from every part of the Province: Mexico, Quebec, the Philippines, the United States. Fr. Richard will be representing the General Council during the Chapter.

An early winter blizzard raging along the east coast of the United States has caused a delay of the opening of the Provincial Chapter of the North American Province which was scheduled to begin Monday evening, December 27, at the Immaculate Conception Retreat House in Putnam, Connecticut (USA).