General Chapter Starting July 23, 2024
Please keep our community in prayer as Mother Philomena Maria and her Council commence our General Chapter on July 23.
If you are wondering what a General Chapter is, read on!
In short, a General Chapter is kind of like a big family meeting or a papal conclave without the white smoke! It consists of a series of meetings in which representatives of a whole religious community come together to discuss the central aspects of their way of life, make big decisions, and elect new leadership of the community.
The General Chapter is a time of renewal and an honest search for God’s will as we move into the future. Every religious community is founded with a unique gift for the Church and for the world; this gift is called a charism. So, in our meetings, we reflect upon how well we are living out aspects of our community charisms…
~Excerpts from the Franciscan Sisters TOR blog post from February 19, 2020: “What Did Sister Say? General Chapter?” written by Sr. Jean Daugherty, T.O.R.
