the curia informs - Passio Christi

WITNESSES
Members of the General Council - 1976
ordered me to remain in the Generalate, despite the
strong opposition of the PIET Provincial, Fr. Remigio
Bacolini. The assignment was to evaluate the documentation
of the Archives and the possibility of
organizing a Commission to study the history and the
spirituality of the Congregation, in keeping with the
decree of the General Chapter of 1952.
— 29 October 1956: named a member of the
Commission to study the norms “Sedes Sapientiae”
of the Holy See and compose a Ratio formationis CP.
(Acta XX/.1957-58/52).
— 23 September 1956: named as the president of
the Historical Commission. The other two members
were Paulino Alonso (FAM) and Enrico Zoffoli
(PRAES).
— A member of the Commission for the revision
of the General Regulations to be presented at the
General Chapter of 1964. The president was Fr.
Bernardo Thijssen and another member was Fr. Jesús
Lizarraga. This work consumed a large amount of my
time (Acta XX/1957-58/52).
— 19 June 1961: named Director of the Interprovincial
Student Center of Sacred Eloquence of the
Italian provinces (Acta XX11/1961-63/87). I directed
three courses until 1964.
— 23 June 1964: elected Prefect General of
Studies (Acta XXIII/1964-65/.126). The assignment
ceased with the extraordinary General Chapter.
— 14 March 1967: elected a member and president
of the Commission for the preparation of the
first session of the extraordinary General Chapter
(Acta XXIV/.1966-68/122) (...).
— During the first session of the extraordinary
General Chapter in 1968, I was elected a member of
one of the two Inter-session Commissions (…).
— Organization of CIPI (Inter-Provincial
Conference of Italy). With the complete support of
the Assistant for Italy, Fr. Anastasio Cecchinelli, and
with the dynamic collaboration of Fr. Costante
Brovetto, as soon as work was begun to study the
questionnaires that were sent by the Commission to
the Provinces, I undertook a work to persuade the
Provincials to meet and to study together in order to
arrive at the extraordinary Chapter as a unified body
in order to safeguard true values and make valid proposals
for updating. This patient action bore fruit in
light of the General Chapter because in the meeting
of 3-6 June, 1969, in the house of Casamicciola,
Terme, the statutes for CIPI were approved. I
remained as secretary until the General Assembly of
CIPI that was held from 7 to 10 January 1971. I was
director of the magazine, “Notizie dei Passionisti
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