Provincial Chapter 1914 - Convocatory Letter

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Philip of the Immaculate Conception, Provincial of the Province of St Joseph

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7/3/21/1 7/3/21/1 CALL NO ITEM NO 1914-05-31 067 YEAR MONTH DAY CLASS NUMBER ENTRY DATE SERIAL NO ARGUMENT ARGUMENT ARGUS, DUBIN, G. Commotatory Letter of the Secretisth Provincial Chapter from the Very Rev. Fr Philip of the Immac. Concept Provincial

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Jesu ihi Cassis Philip of the Immaculate Conception, Provincial of the Province of St Joseph To the Very Rev. J. F. Consultors, Rectors, Masters of Novices, and to all the Priests, Students, and Say Brothers of the Said Province of the Conqueration of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Health and Peace in the Lord. Having obtained the requirite remission of Most Rev. J. General, we have now to announce to you the Convocation of the Twentieth Chapter of our Province. We appoint the Teast of St. James, 25th day of July next, as the day of the opening of the Chapter, and St. Joseph's Reheart, Highgate, London, as the place where it will be held. The holding of the Provincial Chapter is an event which deeply concerns us all, whether we are superiors or subjects. In it are chosen those who under God are chosen declined for three years to govern the Province and the various communities of which it is composed. The well being of an Order or Conqueration, and the spiritual and temporal happiness of the religious depend in great measure on the character of the Superiors. When men are chosen who endeavour faithfully to copy in their own lives the example of our Blessed Lord, our Heavenly Model, men who are full at once of charity and firmness, who know how to unite the simplicity of the done with the wisdom of the servent, who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the brethren, and do not make their office a means of gratifying their love of self or of ease, then indeed all is well. The other great duty of the Chapter is to consider the needs and requirements of the Province, and to try to meet them as far as possible. As time goes on, new conditions arise, and though Religious Orders ought digitally to guard their original spirit, yet they are not exempt from the general law that if an organism is to maintain a healthy and vigorous existence, it must seek to adapt itself to its environment. We are convinced that these two objects of the Chapter will be greatly helped forward by the wise changes recently introduced into the procedure of both our General and Provincial Chapters. Besides butting an end to an end to an untestable number of scrutinies,

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