- A conventual lector is elected for three years by the conventual chapter and is confirmed by the prior provincial.
- It is the duty of a conventual lector, in accordance with the directives of the provincial chapter:
- to encourage the study of questions connected with the programme of apostolic work on which the conventual chapter has decided (n. 307);
- to ensure that in his convent the decisions made by the commission on the intellectual life of the province and confirmed by the prior provincial are carried out;
- to organise discussion of contemporary questions;
- to help the prior in fostering the ongoing formation of the community.
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