Rome, a meeting of the Secretariat of the Redemptoristines nuns

(Rome, Italy) A meeting of the Secretariat of the Redemptoristines nuns took place in Rome from 13th to the 17th of November. Present were Fr. General, Fr. Lage, Sr Imma, Fr. Majorano, Sr. Ewa, Sr. Gabrielle, Fr. McAinsh, Sr. Magdalena, Fr.  Nyandi , Sr. Marie Venonique and Fr. Chyla.

The Secretariat received a very comprehensive report on the situation in the monasteries and reviewed it in terms of numbers, viability and, in several cases, options for federating in line with VDQ and COR Orans which are  two recent documents from the Congregation for Religious.

Eventually it was decided that it would be in the best interest of the Order to offer and even to propose going one monastic order or Federation of the whole Order. This is being done in terms of the unity of the order, the vulnerability and fragility of so many communities around the world, and as the best practical Response to the documentation which mandates federation for every autonomous monastery. Obviously this would not occur immediately but only after consultation with the order and with a proposal to the Holy See, requesting time to initiate this way of responding in fidelity to the documents.

Ronald McAinsh, CSsR