Short Summary of September 16th

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TUESDAY
Today is Mexican Independence Day.
Antonio Maria Munduate (Colombia) celebrated Mass in Spanish to begin the day.
Father General Ottaviano D’Egidio clarified the understanding of the General Council to issues raised yesterday concerning the new areas of configuration of the Congregation.
After this clarification, the General Synod continued to dialogue within the new proposed configurations.
After morning tea the new configuration groups reported back to the Assembly. Each group was asked to give their new configuration a name, to nominate a coordinator and to suggest structures for the possible configurations.
Prior to lunch the Faciliator, Sr. Christine made presentations: “Four Stars of Organization” and “Authority and Power in Religious Congregations”.
In the afternoon the General Synod continued discussion on the Structures of Solidarity in the areas of Finance, Personnel and Formation.
The General Synod approved two proposals presented Battista Ramponi – approval of budget of the General Econome 2009-2010 and approval of renovation work in the house of St. John and Paul, Rome
Evening Prayer was led by Edwin Flor (Philippines)