GENERAL CHAPTER is an assembly representative of the whole Institute. It is an expression of the participation of all the Brothers in the life and mission of the Institute, as well as their co-responsibility in its government. It exercises the highest extraordinary authority.

Our Constitutions and Custom tell us that “the General Chapter is an assembly representative of the whole Institute. It is an expression of the participation of all the Brothers in the life and mission of the Institute, as well as their co-responsibility in its government. It exercises the highest extraordinary authority”.

The ordinary General Chapter has the following functions:

To elect the Brother Superior General, the Brother Vicar General and the members of the General Council, as prescribed in the proper law of the Institute; to deal with major issues concerning the nature, aim and spirit of the Institute, and to further their renewal and adaptation, preserving all the while the spiritual heritage of the Institute;to draw up Statutes for the whole Institute;to put before the Holy See the modifications that may be needed on some points of the Constitutions.”

Finally, a new Superior General has emerged, in the person of Very Rev. Br. Dr. Charles Okeke, BSS. To God be the glory!