The first ordinary chapter of Marymatha province begun on Monday 9th may 2011. All the brothers arrived in the evening except a few who could not reach in time due to some unforeseen reason. At 9 pm. we all gathered in the conference hall for the inaugural ceremony. We began with a hymn to the Holy Spirit. Br. Carlos A Novoa de Augustini, the chapter president lighted the lamp along with Brs. Thomas Sebastian, Ephrem Bucher, Chrerian Palukunnel and Bala Ravi Kumar Salika. It was followed by Roll call by Secretary Br. Joji Anil Babu Suthi.

Then we had welcome address by the Br. Thomas Sebastian. He welcomed all the brothers for the first Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the Province.

Br. Carlos in his Presidential address reminded friars about the significance and spirit behind the provincial chapter in accordance with our constitution. He said that brothers discuss everything in the Chapter under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The brothers of the first chapters of our Order gathered and verified their life. They spent time in prayer. The tradition of the Capuchins can’t be lost. The Main goal of is to be Prayer. Listen to God what he says asking for his mercy. We try to understand his will and listen to the brothers. Allowing the others words to reach the heart. So the main goal is not simply election, not politics and not making one’s own desires to be fulfilled. This is not the place to make politics b ut a home of brotherhood/ fraternity. So I wish to repeat this idea that we are a brothers to serve one another in fraternity. I do wish from the bottom of my heart god’s blessings to all during this chapter and declare open the chapter with the blessing of the Holy Trinity. He also reminded the bothers of the consequences of being absent from any of the sessions of the chapter. Then, he declared the chapter open invoking the name of the Trinity.

After that we had proposal and approval of the names of various office bearers. They are Brs. Cherian Palukunnel and Praveen Gopu as scrutineers, Brs. Augustine Madanu, K. M Sebastine and Jaya Prasad Burugu as drafting committee members, Brs. Joseph Michael and John Paul Kalinga as recording secretaries, Br. Anil Suthi as notary, and Br. Stephen Nayak as time keeper. Then the chapter approved the proposed time-table. The inaugural session was closed with a hymn to mother Mary.

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