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4. Extraordinary  Contributions  approved
• Don  Guanella  Karunalaya  in  Vatluru:  Construction  of  first  floor  and
alterations in the ground floor. Budget of 32.000 Euro.
• Don Guanella Rehabilitation Center of Poonamallee: construction of the
new day center for about fifty disabled persons. Estimate of 170.000 Euro.
• Purchase of land for the Seminary in Vatluru or in another part of Andhra
Pradesh. 80.000 Euro already put aside.
• Collaboration for the construction of the parish church at Kumbakonam.
20.000 Euro allocated for the year 2007.
5. Some  problems
• The parish of TG. Anna Nagar in Chennai: It is agreed by all to give it
back to the diocese, because the Diocese is deaf to our request to have more land
for the church and the parish activities.
• The  Matriculation  School  in  Cuddalore:  we  think  of  ending  the
experience, if possible immediately or next year, for the various reasons reported
by the provincial council.
B) Meeting  of  the  General  Council  and  the  Provincial  Councils  of
Cruz  del  Sur and  Santa  Cruz  (Tapiales  9-16  November  2007) -
Conclusions
1. Government  at  the  Service
1.The  two  Provincial  Councils  are  invited  to  prepare  for  the  local
communities an aid on which to model their to planning.
2.It seems necessary that every Province or every Nation (for the Cruz del
Sur  Prov.)  may  appoint  a  specific  confrere  in  charge  of  the  laity  and  their
formation. His job should be to take care of them.
3.Applying  well  the  principle  of  subsidiarity  between  the  Center  and
Provinces, and among Provinces and Communities.
4.Promoting  seriously  new  ways  for  financial  resources,  even  at
interprovincial level (ex. Nortia for the Province S.Cruz).
5.Exchange of Confreres between the two Provinces.
6.Strengthen the collaboration between CLEG and CEBEG.
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2. The  initial  formation,  Seminaries,  formators,  the  on-going  formation
1.The  years  of  temporary  vows  should  be  increased.
  Greater  importance
should  be  given  to  the  preparation  of  the  candidates  rather  than  to  the  stages
themselves.
2.Academics should not prevail over the preparation to religious life.
3.The year of postulancy has to be free from academics.
4.Formators have to give great importance also to the human aspect of the
candidate.
5.Greater  collaboration  is  required  among  the  various  formators.
  In  the
admission  to  the  following  stage  there  has  to  be  always  a  dialogue  with  the
formators  of  the  previous  stage.  The  formation  team  of  the  international
seminary  in  Rome  has  the  responsibility  to  send  two  reports  a  year:  the  first
rather informative at the end of the first semester, the second, more specific and
particular at the end of the year.
6.Both  Provinces  have  to  go  through  a  revision  of  the  whole  formative
itinerary. Both Provinces are called to place philosophy after the novitiate.
7.Encouraging youth ministry and vocation promotion.
3. Confreres  and  life  of  fraternal  communion
1.The local superior has to show much greater responsibility with regard
to his community. Before taking any other action, it is his duty to know and try
to solve the problems present within his community.
2.The Provincial Superior is required to visit more often his communities,
unofficially and for an extended period of time.
3.Helping  the  communities  also  with  psychological  and  educational
supports.
4.Aiming at a change of mentality in the Confreres; helping them through
dialogue and the affective closeness.
5.Utilizing  more  and  more  the  BDGM  (PEG)  as  foremost  instrument  to
help community life.
4. GLM,  the  Cooperators,  the  relationship  with  the  Sisters
1.It  should  be  taken  to  heart,  in  both  Provinces  the  knowledge  and
spreading of the GLM, aiming at creating a group in every community.
2.Keeping  in  agenda  during  the  meeting  of  the  Provincial  Superiors  of
SdC  and  DSMP in  February,  in  Brazil,  to  deal  with  the  laity  issue  in  the  three
organisms  of  governance  in  a  way  to  arrange  a  good  program  of  initiatives
before the international meeting of year 2009.
3.Sensitizing  the  confreres  about  the  laity  by  planning  some  meetings
about them.
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With  regard  to  the  Sisters
1.Intensifying  the  respect  and  dialogue  already  began  in  view  of  a  more
intense communion.
2.Deepening  the  reciprocal  relationship  above  all  in  the  areas  of
charismatic spirituality, formation and mission.
5. Integrated  Center  for  Communication
1.It is agreed to translate the new website into the principle languages of
the Congregation.
2.Every Province needs to have someone in charge (Confreres or not) for
the insertion of news and other matters regarding the Provinces.
3.The existing websites of each Province will have a link to the website of
the Congregation.
6. Economy  and Administration  of  goods
1.It  is  not  possible  to  continue  to  depend  financially  on  the  General
Council:  It  is  necessary  to  find  alternative  sources  of  income,  through
benefactors, friends, government etc...
2.Aiming seriously at financially autonomy.
3.Every  Province  needs  to  help  the  communities  to  prepare  the  audit
statement in the best way possible, also through auditing agencies (internal and
external audit).
4.Superiors and the Provincial Treasurers need to take note that financial
contributions from the General House will depend also from the contribution of
the local communities.
7. Latin American  House  of  Theology
1.The opening of a Latin-American Theological Seminary is confirmed as
decided by the XVIII General Council.
2.Before its opening expected for the year 2010, it is necessary to identify
and prepare its formators.
3.It  is  preferred  that  these  formators  may  come  from  different  cultures
(nations).
4.With regard to philosophy, it should be placed after novitiate, and done
in every nation if there is a good number of formators.
5.As  for  the  International  Theological  Seminary  of  Rome,  the  formation
team is invited to encourage better creativity and co-responsibility among those
in formation.
6.The  fourth  year  of  theology  has  to  be  done  in  Rome.
  During  this  year
seminarians could attend courses of different nature, according to the directives
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