International Formation Commission

◄	SIX YEAR PLAN GOALS

	◊ To appoint a General Commission for Spirituality and Formation with two main aims: - To bring to completion the publication of the installments of the Spiritual Directory and promote their distribution and experimentation in the Provinces in the field of formation. - To look for strategies for Initial and On-Going Formation: two courses for formators will be organized during the coming six years (proposal approved by the General Chapter).

	◊ To seek ways and means of giving priority to formation to religious and Carmelite life up to the time of Solemn Profession. By June 2002, the Commission will present to the General Council a program for formators and a program of preparation for Solemn Profession.

	◊ We shall study the program of preparation for Solemn Profession at the Council of Provinces in 2003.

	*◊ To complete the Ratio Studiorum.*

	◊ To collect strategies and methods for the study of the RIVC (Proposal approved by the General Chapter) and of the Constitutions in the Provinces with the aim of publishing a guide to help communities to deepen our understanding and apply the documents of the Order.

	◊ To appoint someone responsible for On-going Formation courses open to the whole Carmelite Family.

	◊ The General Council will embark on a process of renewal of community life at all levels. An evaluation of this process will be discusses at the General Congregation of 2005.

	◊ The General Council will propose a study of the problems concerning authority as a means of putting into practice the documents of the Order on our charism (RIVC, Constitutions, Rule, and Commentaries).

	◊ The General Council will suggest criteria for discernment concerning the new forms of community life (Proposal approved by the General Chapter).

	(top)

◄	THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION:

	Carlo Cicconetti, O. Carm. Vice General - Responsible for Formation Curia - Rome, Italy	Simone Gamberoni, O. Carm. Formator - Province of Italy Rome, Italy

	Günter Benker, O. Carm. Formator - Upper German Province Germany	Romualdo Borger, O. Carm. Formator - Commissary of Paraná Brazil

	Dionysius Kosasih, O. Carm. Formator - Province of Indonesia Indonesia	Conrad Mutizamhepo, O. Carm. Formator - Commissary of Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe

	Desiderio Garcia, O. Carm. Director of Formation - Arago Valentine Province Salamanca, Spain	John Keating, O. Carm. Formation Commission - Irish Province Kinsale, Ireland

	(top)

◄	COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES

	MARCH 18-22, 2002 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH \| FULL MINUTES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

	APRIL 7-9, 2003 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH \| FULL MINUTES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

	March 30 - April 1, 2004 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH \| FULL MINUTES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

	April 2006 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH \| FULL MINUTES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

	April 2007 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH \| FULL MINUTES IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

	(top)

◄	COURSES

	Ongoing Formation Course International Formation Course: The Role of the Prior in a Carmelite Community January 29 - February 14, 2003 Rome, Italy

	Ongoing Formation Course Formation for Community Life July 28 - August 11, 2003 Aylesford, England

	Formation Course for Formators in Africa Formation for Community in Africa Today Final Message October 4-17, 2004 Nairobi, Kenya

	Ongoing Formation Course Living Sources: Early Carmelite Spiritual Writings January 30 - February 12, 2005 Domus Carmelitana, Rome, Italy

	Initial Formation Course Silent Music, Loud Solitude: Following His Footsteps - July 26 - August 5, 2005 Spain

	Ongoing Formation Course The Spirituality of the Touraine Reform January 23-February 5, 2006 Domus Carmelitana - Rome

	Formation for Formators Inculturation of the Charism July 26 - August 6, 2006 Nairobi, Kenya

	(top)