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Table of Contents -- (pg. 1) -- INTRODUCTION -- (pg. 2) -- Purpose of the Report -- (pg. 2) -- Content of the Report -- (pg. 3) -- Authors of the Report -- (pg. 4) -- I. LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE CONGREGATION IN THE WORLD AND IN THE CHURCH -- (pg. 4) -- 1.0 The Context -- (pg. 5) -- 1.1 the Famine situation and Third-World Dependency -- (pg. 7) -- 1.2 Population Growth -- (pg. 8) -- 1.3 Youth -- (pg. 10) -- 1.4 Refugees -- (pg. 11) -- 1.5 Communications and Information Control -- (pg. 12) -- 1.6 The Religious Sects -- (pg. 14) -- 1.7 Islam -- (pg. 17) -- 1.8 Inculturation -- (pg. 18) -- Conclusion -- (pg. 20) -- 2.0 the Church, Twenty Years after Vatican II -- (pg. 20) -- 2.1 Mission Today -- (pg. 21) -- 2.1.1 A Church of the Poor -- (pg. 22) -- 2.1.2 Role of the Laity -- (pg. 22) -- 2.2 South-South Cooperation -- (pg. 24) -- 2.3 Challenges to the Church -- 2.3.1 Social Action -- (pg. 24) -- 2.3.2 Youth -- (pg. 25) -- 2.3.3. Refugees -- (pg. 26) -- 2.3.4 The Christian Churches and Islam -- (pg. 26) -- Conclusion -- (pg. 28) -- II OUR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS -- (pg. 28) -- 1.0 Apostolic Presence and Commitment -- (pg. 28) -- 1.1 Africa and Latin America -- (pg. 29) -- 1.1.1 Africa -- (pg. 30) -- 1.1.2 French Overseas Provinces -- (pg. 31) -- 1.1.3 Growing diversity -- (pg. 31) -- 1.1.4 Special Situations -- (pg. 33) -- 1.2 Europe and North America -- (pg. 35) -- 2.0 Priorities -- (pg. 35) -- 2.1 General Remarks -- (pg. 35) -- 2.1.1 First Priority -- (pg. 35) -- 2.1.2 Universal Mission -- (pg. 38) -- 2.1.3 Three Important Questions -- (pg. 38) -- 2.2 Commitment to the Local Church -- (pg. 38) -- 2.2.1 Africa, Latin America and Oceania -- (pg. 39) -- 1) Our Spiritan Identity -- (pg. 39) -- 2) Adaptation and Growth -- (pg. 41) -- 2.2.2 Europe and North America -- (pg. 42) -- 2.2.3 Education -- (pg. 43) -- 2.3 Commitment to the Poor -- (pg. 44) -- 2.4 Witness of Our Religious-Missionary Way of Life -- (pg. 44) -- 2.4.1 Latin America, Africa and Asia -- (pg. 45) -- 1) Latin America -- (pg. 46) -- 2) Africa -- (pg. 47) -- 3) Pakistan -- (pg. 47) -- 2.4.2 Europe and North America -- (pg. 48) -- Conclusion -- (pg. 49) -- 3.0 Specific Problems Mentioned in the Reports -- (pg. 49) -- 3.1 Africa, Latin America and Oceania -- (pg. 50) -- 3.2 Europe and North America -- (pg. 51) -- 3.2.1 Commitment and Mission -- (pg. 51) -- 3.2.2 Personnel -- (pg. 52) -- 4.0 special Challenges to the Congregation -- (pg. 53) -- 4.1 Changing roles -- (pg. 53) -- 4.2 Urban Apostolate -- (pg. 54) -- 4.3 Youth Ministry -- (pg. 54) -- 4.4 Ministry to Refugees -- (pg. 55) -- 4.5 Response to Spiritual Needs -- (pg. 55) -- 4.6 Witness to Mission -- (pg. 55) -- 4.7 Dialogue with Cultures -- (pg. 56) -- III. SITUATIONS DECLARED PRIORITIES IN 1980 -- (pg. 56) -- 1.0 Angola -- (pg. 56) -- 1.1 The Political and Economic Situation -- (pg. 56) -- 1.2 The Province of Angola -- (pg. 57) -- 1.3 The Church and Communist Regimes -- (pg. 58) -- 2.0 Pakistan -- (pg. 58) -- 3.0 Paraguay -- (pg. 59) -- 4.0 Other Initiatives -- (pg. 59) -- 4.1 Missions in Need -- (pg. 59) -- 4.2 Commitments in Muslim Countries -- (pg. 60) -- 5.0 New Projects -- (pg. 60) -- 6.0 Auteuil -- (pg. 62) -- IV. THE FOUNDATIONS -- (pg. 62) -- 1.0 The Irruption of the Southern Hemisphere -- (pg. 65) -- 2.0 Expansion of Structures -- (pg. 66) -- 3.0 Defined Leadership -- (pg. 66) -- 4.0 The Indigenisation Process -- (pg. 66) -- 5.0 Questions Arising -- (pg. 66) -- 5.1 Structures -- (pg. 67) -- 5.2 Juridical Status -- (pg. 67) -- 5.3 Mission -- (pg. 68) -- Inculturation -- (pg. 68) -- 5.5 Resources -- (pg. 69) -- V. SOLIDARITY -- (pg. 69) -- 1.0 Communication -- (pg. 70) -- 2.0 Solidarity in Personnel -- (pg. 71) -- 3.0 Structures for Solidarity -- (pg. 71) -- 3.1 The Enlarged General Council -- (pg. 71) -- 3.2 Regionalisation -- (pg. 75) -- VI. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION MANDATES 1980 - 1986 -- (pg. 75) -- 1.0 The New rules and Constitutions -- (pg. 76) -- 2.0 Justice and Peace -- (pg. 76) -- 2.1 Implementation by the General Council -- (pg. 76) -- 2.2 Implementation in the Circumscriptions -- (pg. 78) -- 2.3 The Need to Plan for Justice and Peace -- (pg. 79) -- 3.0 The Community Life Study -- (pg. 80) -- 4.0 Planning -- (pg. 80) -- 4.1 The Generalate Planning Service -- (pg. 82) -- 4.2 Planning in the Circumscriptions -- (pg. 83) -- 4.3 Conditions for Long-Term Planning -- (pg. 84) -- 5.0 Lay Associates -- (pg. 85) -- 6.0 formation -- (pg. 85) -- 6.1 The General Chapter Mandate -- (pg. 86) -- 6.2 Implementation by the General Council -- (pg. 87) -- 6.3 Reflections on Formation -- (pg. 87) -- Conclusion -- (pg. 87) -- 7.0 Animation by the General Council -- (pg. 88) -- 7.1 Team Spirit in the General Council -- (pg. 89) -- 7.2 Vision Statements -- (pg. 90) -- 7.3 An Opening into Asia -- (pg. 91) -- 7.4 Our Founders and Our Spiritan Tradition -- (pg. 92) -- 7.5 Issues Requiring Consideration -- (pg. 92) -- 7.5.1 Model of Government -- (pg. 93) -- 7.5.2 Finance -- (pg. 93) -- 7.5.3 Formation -- (pg. 94) -- 7.5.4 Self-Reliance -- (pg. 94) -- 8.0 Conclusion -- TABLES -- (pg. 36) -- TABLE 1. Ranking of Priorities: By ;Number of Circumscriptions Giving each Rank -- (pg. 37) -- TABLE 2. Overall Ranking of Priorities: By Number of Points for each Priority. -- (pg. 63) -- TABLE 3. The Panorama of the Foundations -- (pg. 64) -- TABLE 4. The Foundations: Personnel -- APPENDICES 1 - 14. Statistical Tables of Personnel. -- APPENDICES: Statistical Tables of Personnel

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1-1-1986

Superior General's Report 1986

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