Roma, 24 September 2004
Prot. N° 0000 132/04
To the Members of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Dear Confreres,
May grace, mercy and peace be
yours from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Lord (1 Tim 1, 2).
I am writing to inform you of an important decision
taken by the General Council during our last
extraordinary session, August 30 – September
6, 2004. After consulting the major superiors
of the Congregation, we have selected six
confreres to form the Commission for Restructuring,
which was requested by the XXIII General Chapter
(Orientations 11.3). You may recall
from my previous letter that the General Council
had opted to look for one confrere from each
of the large Regions of the Congregation.
The members of the Commission are:
Juan Manuel LASSO DE LA VEGA Y MIRANDA
(Madrid, Region of Europe South)
Cornelius CASEY (Dublin, Region of
Europe North)
Guy PILOTE (Ste-Anne de Beaupré, Region of North America)
José Ulysses DA SILVA (São Paulo,
Region of Latin America)
Brendan KELLY (Cebu, Region of Asia
– Oceania)
Lawrence KAUFMANN (South Africa, Region
of Africa)
The General Council is very satisfied with the composition
of the Commission. We feel that these confreres
reflect the great diversity in our religious
family while sharing a zealous appreciation
for the future of our missionary work. I am
grateful to each of them for their generosity
in accepting the invitation to make a lasting
contribution to the Congregation. It is a
particular joy to note the willingness of
the Superior General emeritus to bring
his vast experience to this important task.
We have scheduled for December of this year a joint
meeting between the General Council and the
Commission for Restructuring. Several consultors
are now preparing a working document to guide
our work. I ask all of you to remember the
Commission in your personal and community
prayer.
May the Lord show us how the Congregation can be ever
more faithful in our vocation to announce
the Good News to the abandoned poor.
Fraternally,
Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.
Superior General
