On March 28 the Rector Major, Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, announced to the Salesian world the convocation of the Society's 28th General Chapter, to meet from Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, till Saturday, April 4.
The main topic of GC28 will be "What kind of Salesians for today's young people?" It was chosen by the Rector Major and his council in meetings during the preceding two weeks. Some juridical issues that concern the Salesian mission also will be taken up.
Since the Society's seat of government (the Generalate) is in transit--having relocated permanently from via della Pisana on the far outskirts of Rome and lodging at least temporarily at Sacro Cuore in downtown Rome--GC28 will meet at the Salesian motherhouse in Valdocco (Turin). Valdocco was the site of General Chapters 12 (1922), 14 (1932), 17 (1952), and 18 (1958).
It will be interesting to see how the members of the chapter will be accommodated in today's Valdocco. Those earlier chapters had at most 119 capitulars. Recent chapters have included more than 200 confreres, besides invited experts and support staff such as secretaries and translators. In addition, none of those 4 earlier chapters lasted even 3 weeks--such simpler times!
Fr. Stefano Vanoli, secretary of the general council, has been appointed moderator of GC28 to organize and oversee all the preparations and guide the chapter itself under the direction of the Rector Major.
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