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  1. Permission for a long journey should ordinarily be in writing and should state the term, reason, and time; the brother priest should also have a letter of recommendation from his superior.
  2. The local superior can grant permission to travel within the terms designated by the prior provincial. 
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Abrogatus ACG 2004 Kraków n. 355
Inchoata ACG 2001 Providence 2001 n. 474
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

536

The Master, if he is present, or as soon as he arrives, shall make the profession of faith in the presence of the chapter before he performs any act as Master of the Order.

Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

535

Once the election has been completed and accepted, all the brothers present in the convent shall be summoned and the name of the one elected shall be disclosed.

Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

534

  1. The election shall be announced immediately to the one elected; if he is absent, he shall come to the chapter as soon as possible.
  2. Unless he has grave reasons, the one elected is bound to accept his election. But if he does not accept and the capitulars permit this refusal, they must proceed to a new election as soon as possible.
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

532

The election itself shall be conducted in accordance with n. 452 with these exceptions:

  1. the ballots must be repeated until a brother is elected by an absolute majority of votes;
  2. before the new Master is elected, the electors may not leave the chapter room – except the tellers, who may go to collect the votes of infirm voters if there are any;
  3. an official document shall not be drawn up but a faithful report of the whole election with its various ballots shall be recorded in the minutes of the chapter.
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

531

  1. The vicar of the Order shall preside over the election, that is, either the ex-Master of the Order who has just left office or the vicar according to our legislation (see n. 417).
  2. The secretary of the election shall be the first secretary of the chapter.
  3. The tellers shall be designated in accordance with n. 448, § IV.
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

530

On the day of the election or the day before, the Mass of the Holy Spirit shall be celebrated in every convent of the Order.

Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

529

On the day before the election, the electors, summoned by the president, may have a discussion [tractatus] among themselves about the choice of Master.

Ordination
In fieri:
No
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

481

  1. Regarding the confirmation or cassation of the election of a vicar provincial and his acceptance, the norms in nn. 465-473 are to be observed.
  2. The right of instituting a vicar provincial devolves to the prior provincial, respecting n. 373,1°:
    1. when the vicariate, at the time of a vacancy of the provincial vicar, does not have the conditions referred to in n. 384 §I; then, however, in the institution of a vicar, the vocals of the convents of the vicariate should be heard according to the norm of the vicariate statutes;
    2. when all the vocals have renounced their voices they should not be restored by the prior provincial;
    3. when, for whatever reason whatsoever within six months from a known vacancy, the vicar provincial has not been elected or postulated;
    4. when in the process of an election in a special gathering there have been seven unsuccessful ballots (cf. n. 480, §II, 2°);
    5. when in the process of an election by letters there have resulted two unsuccessful ballots (cf. n. 480 §IV, 2°), or three or four if the provincial chapter has so determined (cf. n. 455-bis §II, 7°);
    6. when the brethren, the first election having been cassated, elect the same brother again, unless the first election was cassated just because of procedure and not because of the person elected;
    7. when two or at most three elections have been taken and confirmed by the prior provincial but not accepted by the one elected; then, indeed, after the second election the prior provincial may, and after the third ought to appoint a vicar provincial.
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Definitive ACG 2022 Tultenango n. 359
Secunda ACG 2019 Biên Hòa n. 418
Acceptata ACG 2016 Bologna n. 319
Substitutum:
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:

480

  1. It is for the statute of the provincial vicariate provincial council or the regional council to determine whether the voters must come together specially to hold the election or may vote by post.
  2. If the election is carried out in a special assembly:
    1. the president and the place of the election shall be as in n. 477;
    2. in the actual process of the election, n. 464 shall be observed (see Appendix n. 18).
  3. If, however, the voters cannot be gathered together conveniently, the election is to be held in accordance with the following norms  n. 455-bis.  
    1. within the time determined by the president (n. 477, § II), each voter shall write his vote on a ballot-paper in accordance with n. 452, 6;  
    2. then, after placing the ballot-paper in an envelope, he shall write in his own hand his name and place of residence on the envelope and seal it carefully. After that, he shall enclose the first envelope in another envelope and send it to the president with a special marking so that it can be easily recognized.
  4. When the time determined for receiving ballot-papers has elapsed, the president with the regional council tellers shall conduct the count in accordance with n. 455-bis §II and according to the following norms:
    1. when all the external envelopes have been opened in the presence of the council, the names of the electors written on the outside of the inner envelopes are examined to see whether each of them has the conditions required for active voice; if anyone does not, his vote shall be considered null and void; 
    2. the number of voters and of envelopes is compared; 
    3. the envelopes are opened and burned before the ballots are unfolded; 
    4. the votes are then examined in accordance with n. 452, 9, 10, 11;
    1. 5. if the majority required for election or postulation is obtained, a decree of election shall be drawn up by the president, and an authentic document of the election shall be prepared and sent to the prior provincial in accordance with n. 453, § I (see Appendix n. 24). All the voters shall be notified by letter of the result of the election;
      6. if, however, an absolute majority is not obtained in the first ballot, the president with the council shall fix the time for holding a new and final ballot; and shall inform by letter both the prior provincial and the voters of all that has taken place;
      7. a provincial chapter, however, may determine that a third or even a fourth ballot may be held if in the second or third an absolute majority is not obtained;
    2. 8. if in the final ballot, whether it is the second (n. 455-bis § II, 6) or the third or the fourth (n. 455-bis § II, 7), an absolute majority is not obtained, it devolves upon the prior provincial to make provision for the office (see n. 464).
Ordination
In fieri:
No
Definitive ACG 2022 Tultenango n. 358
Secunda ACG 2019 Biên Hòa n. 417
Acceptata ACG 2016 Bologna n. 317
Valere coepit:
Primo promulgata:
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  • 1

    Process of Canonization, MOPH XVI, p. 178, n. 3.

  • 2

    Humbert of Romans, Expositio Regulae, XVI: Opera de vita regulari, ed Berthier 1, p. 72.