4th Day: XXII General Chapter_September 4, 2024_Generalate report and the continental meeting

The day started with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist presided over by Rev. Fr. Adam Teneta, SDS – General Vicar of the Society of the Divine Savior.

The capitulars met together per continent, namely; Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. They shared about the ongoing projects that they collaboratively planned and implemented. In the process of sharing, they distinguished which ones feels energizing or thriving and or worth the sisters’ investment of all their abilities and strength. On the other hand, they also shared which ones are floundering or draining the sisters’ energies. Before the continental gathering ended, on a macro level, they together looked at what is happening in the world around them and named those which might be worth paying attention to. The output of the morning session was shared in the plenum.

In the afternoon, the capitulars were divided into three groups to listen to the report of the Generalate for the past six years. The report of the Generalate focused on three major topics as follows; realities that they find in the visitations, the beauty there is, the possibilities, contradictions and challenges; the Generalate’s journey of coming together as a team, both as a working team and as a community of sisters and the concerns of the Generalate Team for the future as ONE body. The members of the Generalate Team divided themselves accordingly and made the presentation in a creative, engaging and understandable manner.

The day ended fruitfully with the capitulars sharing their thoughts, feelings, assessment and even affirmation about the Generalate report for the past six years.