Year V - Number 261
12 April 2013
Marist News Marist Brothers - General House - Rome
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On the way to the General Conference - September 2013 3. Subject and logo of the Conference
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oth the motto and the accompanying verse were proposed by the General Council and submitted to the Communications and Institutional Image Sector of the Brazil Centro Sul Province, which subsequently developed the logo. Here are some remarks about it: The expression “awakening the dawn” appears in two Psalms (57:8-9 and 108:2-3) with almost the same words: “My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and chant. Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!” The word dawn expresses the search for new horizons, for the new world
General Administration Br Mario Meuti took part in the Conference of Marist Superiors of Asia in Sri Lanka on 5 and 6 April. General Councillors Eugène Kabanguka and Josep Maria Soteras are visiting the District of Amazonia in Brasil from 5 to 21 April. General Councillors Ernesto Sanchez and Antonio Ramalho have returned from the Provincial Chapter of West Central Europe in Germany, and will attend the Provincial Forum at the Hermitage from 11 to 14 April. Brothers John Klein, General Councillor, and Joao Carlos do Prado, Director of the Secretariat of Mission, will attend the Meeting of the Directors of America in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 11 to 16 April. Brothers Victor Preciado, Econome General, and Pedro Sanchez, Secretary General, are back in the General House, after periods in the Philippines and Spain respectively.