Presentation by the Presidents of the Conference

 

ASMEN – Presentation

Islamic fundamentalism

Ø  Persecution

Ø  Number of solemn professed – 147 in conference

Ø  Brothers in initial formation – 78. Pak and Lebanon have formation centres

Ø  Apostolate: formation. Parish minister, education, inter religious dialogue

Ø  Challenges: conference many languages

Ø  Pastoral ministry difficult and fundamentalism

Ø  Unsound political relationship among the nations

Ø  Meeting once in year

USA and Australia

Ø  Collaboration among vocation promoter

Ø  Conference matured with inter provincial formation collaboration

Ø  Trust and collaboration, relationship

Ø  Assume leadership

Ø  Collaboration with other jurisdiction of the order

Ø  10 are provinces in USA and 8 have collaboration, which is going well and good

Ø  Cultural challenges in conferences

Ø  Collapse of economic situation

CENOC

Ø  Old Europe, Ireland, France, England, Germany, Swiss, Malta etc

Ø  3 languages, English, French and German

Ø  Diminishing of the vocations

Ø  885 friars, Germany being largest and England with 34 friars out of which 9 are polish, average age is 75

Ø  29 in initial formation

Ø  96 friaries

Ø  Great drop in economy, secularism, sexual abuse taken a lot of monies, credibility of church in question

Ø  Interest in collaboration among the conference

Ø  Interest of working with CIMPCAP

CCMSI

Ø  15 provinces

Ø  Great spirit of collaboration

Ø  Challenges: Individualism and Provincialism

Ø  Provinces function independently

Ø  Many collaborative ventures, formation and ongoing formation

Ø  Inter dependence in Conference

Ø  Heritage Program which helps us to fight provincialism

Ø  Solemn preparatory course in Conference

Ø  Notable increase in vocations

Ø  Every year 70 friars make perpetual vows, we need to find good work for all these young friars

Ø  Gratitude to economic solidarity

Ø  Economic crisis is a challenge

Ø  Support of other conference for ministry and other apostolate

Ø  Fraternal collaboration with different provinces in the order

Ø  Two rites existing in the conferences with collaboration and understanding

EACC

12 jurisdictions

Ø  Differ in numbers

Ø  Conference blessed with vocations except in south Africa

Ø  Number of missionaries is strong in spite of local friars

Ø  Conference has young church and dynamic

Ø  Conference meets once a year

Ø  No central meeting place but moves from place to place

Ø  Common study house in Lusaka

Ø  Two main novitiates in conference

Ø  Number of challenges for common formation centers

Ø  One of the challenges is distance in the conference

Ø  This impedes travel because it is expensive to travel within conference

Ø  Political disputes impedes travel to different provinces and even sharing friars for formation program

Ø  Language is English but Portuguese and French

Ø  Finance: provinces depend on the mother provinces and economic solidarity

Ø  Challenge is formation personnel, committed and dedicated friars not found

Ø  Conference is initiating collaboration in formation

Ø  Increase in the number of brothers

Ø  Need of creating more conferences

PACC

Ø  10 jurisdiction

Ø  450 professed friars

Ø  117 formees

Ø  diverse cultures in conference

Ø  information dissemination

Ø  English is language

Ø  Inter provincial formation collaboration

Ø  Fraternal collaboration in many areas

Ø  China project is part of the conference

CIMPCAP

Ø  2006 – 2226  Perpetual profession106 Simple profession

Ø  2012 – 2017 perpetual 76 simple profession

Ø  average age is very high

Ø  order works in various areas

Ø  formation collaboration is strong

Ø  Capuchin charims is lived in a better sense

Ø  Good formators who contribute towards the growth of young friars

Ø  Good approach to capuchin charism with examples

Ø  They have formation project in conference for ongoing and initial formation.

Ø  Conference in involved in pastoral ministry and many parishes assigned to capuchin, hospitals, jails and preaching

Ø  Social apostolate – assistance to poor, the kitchen soups

Ø  Social communication for new evangelization with new reviews and magazines for Franciscan spirituality

Ø  For conference there is a review which communicates to friars

Ø  All provinces have missions and keep supporting them

Ø  The unification of some of the provinces

Ø  There will be 19 provinces in conference with new unification

Ø  Inter provincial collaborations in many fields

Ø  Conference is an organ of animation

Ø  Structure is well organized and come three times in a year

Ø  All these meetings are well animated by experts speakers

Ø  Secretariat in Frascati with a fraternity

Ø  A big support and help each provincial receives from the conference

CCA

Ø  Many jurisdictions

Ø  Spanish is language and once in a year we come together

Ø  For formation we have formation secretariat

Ø  Many courses for ongoing formation

Ø  Difficulties in initial formation

Ø  Good collaborations in the conference

Ø  In south we have few vocations and have our novitiates

Ø  Statistics perpetual professed

Ø  Many post novices

Ø  Finding trouble of finding formators

CECOC

Ø  11 Jurisdictions with vice provinces

Ø  840 friars in total

Ø  twice a year we meet

Ø  problem of languages

Ø  we have vocations in jurisdictions by 50% gone up

Ø  Formation collaboration in conference

Ø  Fraternal solidarity also exists in the conference

Ø  Economic crisis is touching the lives of the friars

Ø  The church is at the moment in crisis due to scandals and sexual abuse

Ø  Thank God there is a good fraternal capuchin life and good formation taking place

CIC

Ø  Old conference of the order

Ø  3 provinces in the conference

Ø  Portuguese and Spanish and Catalan are the languages spoken

Ø  We have personnel solidarity among the conference

Ø  We have friars working in Latin America

Ø  There are vice provinces depending on the conference

Ø  58 friars are working outside the conference

Ø  2/3 meetings in the year

Ø  retreats and meetings of the superiors

Ø  meetings of all formees every year

Ø  many ongoing formation programs organized by the conference

CONCAM

Ø  2 provinces, 2 vice provinces, 3 vice provinces of province, 1 custodia, 1 delegations

Ø  2012 statistics 219 perpetual friars, 68 simple professed and many in initial formation

Ø  experience of preparing the friars for perpetual vows

Ø  well organized formation program by secretariat

Ø  programs for formators and guardians

Ø  inter provincial collaborations is very good

Ø  once in year the meetings are conducted

Ø  sharing of our problems and difficulties

Ø  meeting of the lay friars is encouraged and conducted every year

CCB

Ø  400 years of capuchin presence

Ø  one language is portugees which facilitates the communication

Ø  about 1000 friars

Ø  10 provinces and 2 vice province

Ø  47 novices in common novitiates

Ø  common formation houses

Ø  better organization required as not much of solidarity among us

Ø  pastoral secretaries, missions, secretaries meet and guardian meet, etc

Ø  these various groups meet every two years

Ø  fraternal collaboration is good

CONCAO

Ø  11 jurisdictions

Ø  vice provinces, delegations, presences and custodia

Ø  many languages like English, Portuguese

Ø  at the level of formation we  are working well

Ø  big problem are economic sustenance

Ø  pastoral activities, social and Biblical formation among the people

Ø  every year we meet as the conference

Ø  decided to create a secretariat

Ø  one of the difficulties is communication among us because of distance. It is easy to come to Europe than in our counties

Ø  political problems also impedes us to come together

Ø  financial problems are always there.

Ø  At the level of formation we need formators

Ø  There is no perseverance of initial formation

Ø  Need of ongoing formation of formators

Ø  Difficulties of distances

Ø  Work is notable in spite of difficulties

Ø  Need of three conferences instead of two.