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The Purpose of Administration

538

  • 538 (provisional)
    constitution
    • Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
    Revision history
    1. Economic administration has to do, first of all, with whatever is needed for the daily life of the brothers and their apostolate. It has to do too with the buildings in which the brothers live and pray, with their furnishings and their maintenance. Prudent administration also requires the accumulation, in due time, of a capital reserve for unforeseen expenses.
    2. While we gratefully accept donations from benefactors, the primary source of all of this property is the constant work of the brothers, and their moderation in its use and disposal.

539

  • 539 (provisional)
    ordination
    • Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
    Revision history
    1. The excessive accumulation of possessions must not be permitted; and should a convent possess a really superfluous amount of immovable, movable or capital goods, the provincial chapter should dispose of them, having consulted the convent’s council and chapter.
    2. Such possessions should be used to meet the needs of the province to which the convent belongs, or, having consulted the Master of the Order, should be offered to the Order or to a poorer province.