The term general chapter designates a general assembly, usually of representatives from all of the houses or monasteries of an order or congregation.
The scene is so correctly set by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and a solemn invocation of the Holy Ghost through the Chant of the Veni Creator Spiritus.
The week of conferences and meetings with the Institute's Founder and Prior General, Monsignor Gilles Wach are an opportunity for the priests of the Institute to discuss various affairs concerning their growing number of missions in many countries across the world in a spirit of fraternal charity.
Priests will also learn of their assignment for the next 12 months.
Under the guidance of the Immaculate Conception, St Benedict, St Thomas Aquinas and St Francis de Sales, please add your prayers to mine for the continued success of the Institute and the 2015 General Chapter.