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austraLasia #2092

GC26 commissions and their progress

ROME: 11th March 2008 -- Since there are so many confrères around the world following this Chapter closely - perhaps more than any other Chapter has ever been followed before, especially because of the broad service being offered through the efforts of the Communications sector - now might be a good time to indicate where it seems to be heading and how it is working.
    You would do well to read and re-read (1) the Rector Major's letter of convocation (2) the Working Document, both available from the GC26 website.  The Assembly voted to accept the working document (it could have thrown it out and decided to start from scratch but did not). It also voted to follow the methodology proposed - this means that other than the handful involved in the Juridical Commission, every other Chapter member is in a Commission which is working with the Working Document, which in turn follows the theme and sub-themes outlined by the RM in AGC394. Commissions meet, then come back into assembly with their suggestions and re-workings of the Working Document. An editorial team made up of one appointee from each commission, then gets to work on these suggestions and re-workings and their eventual integration into the Working Document, which will in due course become the final document. There's a back and forth process between commissions and general assembly to achieve all this.
   There is an effort to focus on the practical guidelines coming out of each nucleus. It has been recognised and emphasised by the RM anyway that nucleus no. 1(Starting afresh from Don Bosco) runs across the entire document. Far too early to say what's happening with this nucleus, but discussion is certainly honing it, fine tuning it and turning it into something that should be quite powerful, including its practical side. It may even end up being the conclusion rather than the beginning of the final document - that is at least one suggestion. Another interesting suggestion is that the last bit of each nucleus, the 'Questioning ourselves' rubric in each nucleus, become a tool for use in communities and be hyped up with graphical presentation to make it attractive. The 'narrative' idea which we ran the other day, has been mentioned several times.
    Meanwhile the juridical commission is working on proposals with juridical import - it would be no secret that a new member has long been mooted for EAO, to boot, MYM.  The juridical commission says it has no objection to that, understands the motives why (including political, ASEAN-based motives) and has offered an affirmative opinion.  But it is up to the Assembly to vote on it.  
    The processes are in place and are running smoothly. They are demanding especially for some people - those holding 'office' in each commission have a lot of work to do: president, secretary, editorial person, reporter to the Assembly. But it seems to be working.

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Title: australasia 2092
Subject and key words: SDB General GC26 commissions
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2092 

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