Day 3 : Chapter in Progress

The day began with a guided mediatation of Fr.Eslin Francis Pereira CMF which was followed by the Holy Mass with Fr.A.Devadoss as the main celebrant.

The First session began around 9.00 am with Fr.Vincent Anesthasiar CMF as Moderator of the day. The Chapter Secretary Fr.Arul Jesu Robin read the report of the previous day which was approved by the participants after a few modifications. Then Fr.Vincent Anesthasiar CMF informed the floor about the wishes that came in from Claretians who have posted their comments in the Blog.

The proceedings of the day began with the presentation of the reports by the Secretaries of the first five groups which studied the report of the Provincial Administration. Fr.J.Irudayaraj CMF, Fr.M.Rudolf CMF, Fr.G.Baskar Amal Raj CMF, Fr.J.Joseph Victor Das CMF and Fr.V.Ulagaraja CMF read the reports of their respective groups. Fr.A.Chinnaparaj CMF read the report of group that evaluated the Economic Report. Fr.Raphael Raj CMF, the Provincial Superior and his Consultors responded to the issues raised in the reports.

This was followed by an open session where questions from the participants were answered by the Provincial Council. With this the Evaluative phase of the Chapter came to an end. Before the house broke for lunch, the Sounding Paper for the office bearers of the next Provincial Government was circulated.

In the afternoon session which started at 3.00 pm, Fr.S.Devadoss presented the Theme paper of the Chapter namely " Living our Missionary Vocation Today" thorugh a Powerpoint presentation. This was followed by personal reading of the Document and group discussion on the given chapters by the respective groups.

During the Evening prayer and Rosary special prayers were offered to the victims of the earthquake at Haiti.

The day ended with lots of expectations for the election of the Provincial Superior tomorrow.