To the assistant for fraternal life and formation in the Order these especially pertain:
- to help the Master of the Order in all things which pertain to fraternal life and religious formation of the brethren, whether initial or ongoing [permanentem].
- to help all the provinces, that they might provide for the religious formation of the brethren and for the flourishing of fraternal life;
- when possible, to gather together the masters of initial formation as well as the promoters of permanent formation of one or several regions.
- to facilitate for the provinces the instruction and the formation of the formators as well as the augmentation and execution of the plans of the provincials pertaining to ongoing formation.