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MSC SISTERS
16th General Chapter

One Heart One Mission Ein Herz Eine Mission 하나의 마음 하나의 사명 Un Corazon Una Mision

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Week One June 3 - 9, 2008
	Chapter opening	Opening Liturgy Introduction to Reading - By Sr. Mary Fyfe, FDNSC - Homily of the Opening Liturgy - By Fr. Mark McDonald, MSC -
	June 4, 2008 Sr. Mechthlid Schnieder, MSC, the Congregational Leader, presented the report on the Congregation as a whole and touched on many aspects of our life and mission during these past six years.	On the morning of June 3, 2008 we, the Chapter members and the sisters from the local community, met in the community Chapel in Paffrath for the official opening of the 16th General Chapter of the Congregation. Sister Mechthild Schnieder, Congregational Leader, welcomed all the Sisters, along with the others..... Read More
	June 5, 2008 Sr. Blanca Modino, the General Treasurer, gave her report, she noted some encouraging signs but emphasized that we still have to continue our work to become more self-reliant.
Province / District Reports Photos	June 6, 2008 We commenced with the Leaders reporting on their respective Provinces, Districts, and Communities. We started with Sr. Doris Kemper, for the German Province, Sr. Francis Baum for Australia, Sr. Matilde Vossmöller, for Peru, Dominican Republic and Rumania and Sr. Hubertine Babe, for Papua New Guinea and Kiribati.	Paffrath, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
	June 7, 2008 Sr. Sophy Francis, for India, Sr. Bertha Bohetile for Namibia, Sr. Christina Jo for Korea and Sr. Lorraine Molchanow for the United States.
	June 8, 2008 Sr. Monika Grunwald on Spain and Central America, Sr. Concepción Sanabria for Paraguay and Sr. Nicola Sprenger, for the Philippines.
Week Two June 10 - 16, 2008
Photos	June 10-13, 2008 Work on Constitutions, specifically Temporal Goods	We are happy to have among us an expert, Fr. Frank Morrissey, OMI. He is a well known Canonist and lecturer at the St Paul’s University in Ottawa. These four days we are going to work on the Constitutions, specifically topic of Temporal Goods.
	June 14-16, 2008 Work on Proposals - Mission
Week Three June 18 - 23, 2008
Election Process The Chapter members gathered in the Chapter Room and began with a Prayer to the Holy Spirit.	June 18-19, 2008 Work on Other Chapter Topics June 20-23 2008 Election Process	Installation
Week Four June 25 - 28, 2008
Closing Remarks	June 25-28, 2008 Finalizing Chapter Document	CLOSING LITURGY On June 28, 2008 the Chapter Members gathered in the chapel for the Closing Liturgy. The presider was Bishop Franz Josef Overbeck, Auxiliary Bishop of Muenster.