GC29 Title and content of Resolutions

CORE AREA 3: A courageous review and replanning of the governance of the Congregation at all levels



🟦 A – Changes to the Constitutions


1. Tasks of the vice-provincial (C 168)

2. Reformulation of the principle of forbidding acquiring and holding real estate with the sole object of producing income and every other kind of permanent interest-bearing investment (C 187)

3. Extension of the concept of mission to countries of ancient Christian tradition (C 30)



🟨 B – Changes to the General Regulations


4. Consistency of communities in number and quality (R 150)

5. Institutional recognition of works for young people in situations of vulnerability (R new no. 15)

6. Inclusion in the Regulations of the figure of the lay administrator of the Work (R 190)

7. Incompatibility between the roles of rector and economer (R 172)

8. Elimination of the prohibition on combining the roles of vice-rector and economer (R 182)

9. Redefinition of the “animating nucleus” of the Educative and Pastoral Community (R 5)



🟩 C – Resolutions on configuration of the Regions


10. Establishing a second region in Africa-Madagascar

11. Division of the provinces in Africa-Madagascar into two new Regions

12. Transferal of the Province of Croatia to the Mediterranean Region.



🟧 D – Resolutions for the Rector Major with his Council


13. Strengthening coordination among General and Regional Councillors

14. Review of the operational priorities of the Regional Councillor

15. Assigning support personnel to the Regional Councillors

16. Joint reflection on the challenges of the Salesian presence in Europe

17. Definition of the role and presidency of the Curatorium

18. Reforming the Team Visit methodology

19. Strategic planning of Extraordinary Visitations to the Provinces

20. Agreement that the RM avail himself ad experimentum of the Rescript on non-clerical rectors

21. Request for guidelines on the relationship between the local Council and the EPC Council.



🟥 E – Resolutions for Provincials, Provincial Councils and Provincial Chapters


22. Establishment of a Commission for the Protection of Minors in every province

23. Implementation of the province system for safeguarding.