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); 2. 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;
3. to organise discussion of contemporary questions;
4. to help the prior in fostering the ongoing formation of the community.