Prot. No.2019/09
Circ. 08/09-14 Rome, March 12, 2009
Blessed Angela Salawa
(Secular Franciscan Virgin from Poland)
To the International Councillors
National Ministers of the Constituted Fraternities
and those responsible for the Emerging Fraternities
PEACE AND GOOD!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In this period of Lent, I would like to greet you all by invoking the blessing of the Lord for your work, your families and your fraternities.
In the present situation of the CIOFS Presidency, which has a special and separate bank account for the acquisition of the headquarters, and as a result of the recent updating of the Statutes of the International Fraternities, approved at the last General Chapter in November 2008 in Hungary, we must remind all the constituted and emerging fraternities of their obligations in 2009 to pay the established contributions so that the Order can continue to work and function in an adequate manner.
It is even more important and urgent to update and confirm the number of members of each Fraternity so that the Financial Commission can present to the Presidency a proposal indicating the contributions that will be paid during the period 2010 - 2012. The seriousness and attention with which this updating will be carried out will be a sign of the sense of belonging to the Order of each of you. In some countries the number of members reported to the CIOFS is lower than it actually is, in other cases it is higher; we need, however, to establish with justice and precision exactly what each fraternity can and must pay, without neglecting the possibilities and the realities of each one of them. The data received by the Economical Commission will be forwarded to the person in charge of preparing the Annual Report; the number of members reported will remain the same for the contributions relevant to the period 2010 to 2012.
Attached you will find a report with the figures that we presently have on the members of each National Fraternity and the situation for the period 2006 to 2009 (Encl.1); we kindly ask you to urgently confirm or modify this number. We understand the difficulties that exist in communicating, but this is a priority which is necessary to carry out the work with the required transparency.
Counting on your precious collaboration and sense of responsibility, we kindly ask you to please reply regarding the number of members in your fraternity not later than June 30, 2009, and to send the contributions due for this year as promptly as possible.
We are also sending you the updated bank instructions for depositing your contributions, already consigned to all the participants at the last General Chapter (Encl. 2).
May the Lord reward you for all your efforts, also aimed towards the growth and visibility of the Order, so that it will always be more faithful to the Gospel and our Rule, for His greater glory, in this world where our everyday life witness is ever more necessary.
Your sisters, with fraternal regards,
Encarnatión del Pozo - Ministra Generale
Maria Aparecida Crepaldi - Commissione economica
