Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum EN

Log in
updated 11:54 AM UTC, Mar 20, 2024

CCMSI Conference

The CCMSI Conference met from August 29 to September 1, 2016, at Anugraha Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. All the Provincial Ministers were present except for three, who sent their vicars for various and valid reasons. The meeting came eight months after our Chapter of Mats in Kerala, where we met for five days of discussion on how to make our Capuchin charism flourish in India. The current meeting was decided upon in agreement between the Provincial Ministers of the First and Third Orders. The principal subject of our discussion was our role with and responsibility for the OFS in India. We also discussed various problems and difficulties that the OFS finds itself facing. CCMSI had various important problems to discuss and upon which to deliberate, such as messages and instructions from the General Council, the approval of dates for provincial chapters in 2017, information from the International Formation Council (including ongoing formation), the use of mobile phones in formation houses, the approval and acceptance of a policy on sexual abuse, the updating of the Franciscan Supplement, the preparatory course for perpetual profession at Kotagiri, and various other issues. The atmosphere during the meeting was very fraternal and all the Ministers participated with heart and soul. The arrangements for the meeting in Anugraha were excellent and the local Provincial Minister and the fraternity did everything possible to make our stay comfortable and pleasant. The participants also had a chance to visit some social works of the Province of Mary the Queen and to go to a house of hospitality called Kodaikannal. The meeting ended early on the afternoon of September 1 because of a labor union strike. Our next meeting will be in August 2017 in Kerala.