Day 15. Focusing on the community of goods

On Thursday, the morning prayer was about true fasting (Is 58,5-9):  „This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless”. The meditation on this text was an appropriate introduction to the day.

The day’s topic was “Sharing of resources”. In preparation for the Chapter, the sisters had many opportunities all over the world to reflect on what possibilities and needs had emerged in their countries and how they might share their resources. The Society has many financial, human and intellectual resources, but their distribution is unequal due to historical reasons and the different situations of the countries. The capitulants today had a lot of individual reading, plenary and group work to reflect on the question of how the Society can expand the idea of the community of goods to a global level.

Thursday was the feast of Assumption, so the day ended with the Celebration of the Eucharist with Father John Larsen SM.