Prayers, music and the facts: Sharing culture and insights

September 9, 2024: At 7 o’clock this morning, Mass was celebrated in the beautiful Chapel at Borromaeum with prayers and music from the Polish Sisters. Daily, the international capitulars will take it in turns to share their culture in the same way, as a tribute to the international congregation and as a way of enhancing the spiritual life within the General Chapter.

In the Chapter Hall, General Superior Sister M. Margarete Ulager introduced some of the people contributing behind the scenes to the smooth running of the Chapter. She welcomed and thanked the host at Borromaeum, Regens Dr. Philip Peters with his team, and also the Generalate staff working from the office in the Motherhouse.

After that, the reporting which started yesterday was continued with information from the Provinces and Canonical House. It included facts and figures regarding membership, ministries, and decisions of the past six years that reflect today’s necessities and the demands of the future. All of this in the framework of political unrest and the many challenges within church and society.

Today the Capitulars heard the reports of Sister Maureen O’Connor, Superior of the U.S. Canonical House, Sister Maria Fidelis Furukawa, Provincial Superior of the Japanese Province, and Sister M. Johncy Kurisunkal, Provincial Superior of the Indian Province.