Secretariat for the Intellectual Life
Regional Coordinating Regents of Studies:
“As with the Church of the apostles communion among us also is established and made firm in the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit through whom we receive the Word in one faith from God the Father: the Word we contemplate with one heart, praise with one voice and in whom we share one bread and are formed into one body. In the same Word, we hold everything in common and all of us are committed to the same work of evangelization.”
— LCO 3 § I
As the Rule tells us, the main reason why we are
gathered together in community is so that we might live in
harmony in the house, of one mind and heart in God. This unity
achieves its full dimension beyond the convent, in the province
and the entire Order.
— LCO 2 § I
“Since the Holy Spirit guides the Church by special talents and charisms, superiors in the exercise of their authority shall take careful note of the special gifts of the brothers. They shall judge and order the gifts which the Holy Spirit has brought to life in the Order for the good of the Church in view of times and needs. Thus, while accepting the constraints of the common good and respecting the talents of each individual, the brothers’ appropriate responsibility is to be acknowledged and their freedom respected, whether in undertaking new projects or in continuing with projects already begun.”
— LCO 20 § II
