1. Superiors should see to it that a convent, entrusted with or united to a parish, has all that is required, including a sufficient number of brothers, to combine appropriately conventual life with parish ministry.
2. The number of parishes in any province should be limited, to ensure that enough brothers remain who can devote themselves more freely and fully to other ministries of the word of God.

1. Preaching is a shared work, the responsibility of the entire community; that is why in the tradition of our Order a convent is often called a ‘holy preaching.’
2. The cooperator brothers take part in the community apostolate not only by providing for the needs of the convent but also by a ministry properly so-called, either working with their priest brothers or exercising talents in the apostolate.
3. The superior and the brothers should together reflect on the common task of preaching and make it their own, so that the whole community may become responsible. However, the right of the superior to make final decisions and accept particular ministries remains intact.
4. In fraternal gatherings the brothers should discuss their apostolic experiences and problems, studying them to- gether and joining forces in special groups in order to exercise a more effective ministry.

1. To be promoted a master in sacred theology, it is required that a brother:
   1. be commendable for his life and prudence;
   2. have been totally dedicated to intellectual work for at least ten years from the completion of his complementary studies;
   3. that he be promoted by a general chapter, or by the Master of the Order with his council;
   4. that the newly promoted master give a public lecture.
2. Nobody is to be promoted a master in sacred theology except in the aforesaid manner. 

Each year, the Prior Provincial shall send a report to the Master of the Order drawn up by the Syndic of the same Province in the same way set down in No. 566 above, and already approved by the Provincial Council.

1. Each year, the Prior Provincial shall send a report to the Master of the Order drawn up by the Syndic of the same Province in the same way set down in No. 566 above, and already approved by the Provincial Council.
2. Furthermore, each year the Prior Provincial shall send to the Master of the Order a response to the questionnaire on major financial matters prepared by the Syndic of the Order and approved by the Master of the Order.

1. Every year the prior provincial, the prior vice-provincial and the vicar general, and the heads of institutions in receipt of financial help from the Order must within five months after the end of each financial year send their economic reports directly to the Master of the Order.
2. Furthermore, each year the prior provincial, prior vice-provincial, and vicar general shall send their economic reports directly to the Master of the Order.

1. Each month, the convent syndic must give an account to the council of all revenues and expenses, debits and credits.
2. Each year, the superior of a house, the conventual prior, the vicar provincial, and the regional prior must send to the prior provincial an accurate and complete account, prepared by the syndic. It must include a budget for the following year, prepared after consultation with the conventual chapter – if the provincial chapter shall have so determined – and approved by the council of the convent or the vicariate. Copies must be kept in the files of the respective syndic.

1. All the socii are appointed by the Master of the Order, remain in office for six years, and may be appointed again for another six years, always leaving the new Master of the Order free to change the brothers who are members of the general council.
2. The appointment of socii to deal with relations between provinces and the Master of the Order shall take place after the priors provincial concerned have been consulted. When they shall have reached an agreement on the matter they shall offer three names to the Master of the Order.