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FIN: THREE MONTH EXTRAORDINARY VISITATION BEGINS
MANILA: 26th January '04 -- Yesterday, 25th January, Fr. Vaclav Klement was welcomed into the Philippines North Province to commence an Extraordinary Visitation in the name of the Rector Major. Given the size of the Province, the Visitation will take three months to conclude - there will be brief interruptions in this period as, for example, the meeting of Provincials and Social Communications personnel for the Region in Tokyo shortly.
The Philippines North Province is one of those provinces in the region which contributes to the fact that the EAO region is one of three in the world that has shown steady growth. The two other growth regions are South Asia (up by 70 in the past year) and Africa (up by 39). Across East Asia Oceania there has been a slight rise in numbers of confreres (30). There are 213 confreres in FIN according to the latest statistics, including six novices.
The EAO region has 1192 confreres and 73 novices. In terms of the worldwide Congregation this means it is approximately 7.5 percent of the total Congregation - though numbers of novices represent 14%.
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