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427

ordination, effective: -pres.
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
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  1. The main duties of the socius for the intellectual life in the Order are:
    1. to help the Master of the Order to promote the Order’s doctrinal mission according to n. 90, § II;
    2. to help all the provinces make the best possible provision for both the initial and permanent intellectual formation of the brothers;
    3. to deal with all matters which pertain to centres of study under the immediate jurisdiction of the Master of the Order, including scientific institutes and the Leonine Commission;
    4. at suitable times to bring together the regents and promoters of one or more regions; to foster congresses, etc.;
    5. to deal with the Holy See concerning studies in the Order.
  2. Other duties, which might impede him in the exercise of his office, shall not be imposed on the socius for the intellectual life.
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