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DOMINICAN LIFE
have, by reason of their office, pastoral care of the Third
Order.
51. The Master General of the Order and Priors
Provincial have the right to visit either personally or by
delegates each Fraternity once a year or even oftener
if necessary. Whatever it may seem good to them to
decide whether by way of counsel, admonition, ordination
or correction,
even including the deposition of an
official, should be accepted by each and all cheerfully
and humbly.
1
52. Tertiaries who are not members of any Fraternity
shall regard as their Superior the Master General of the
order or the Prior Provincial ;
while those who belong
to a Fraternity depend also on the Director and the other
Superiors of that Fraternity.
53. The appointment of the Director of a Fraternity
erected in a church of the Order is reserved exclusively
to the Master General or the Prior Provincial. In the case
of churches not belonging to the Order the consent of the
local Ordinary is also required. 2
54. The Director is
appointed for three years,
expiration of which he may be re-appointed.
on the
55. During his term of office, the Director, as such,
can discharge those duties which concern the training
and spiritual direction of the Brethren. As to preaching
sermons to them, the laws of the Church shall be
observed. 3
56. Directors who are secular priests must send to the
Provincial once a year an account of the state and progress
of the Fraternity entrusted to their care.
CHAPTER xv
THE OFFICIALS OF THE FRATERNITY
57. In every Fraternity there shall be a Prior, Subprior,
Novice Master, and other Officials and Councillors.
1 Cf. Canon 690, 2.
2 Cf. Canon 698, i.
Cf. Canon 698, 2.
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