The General Chapter is a means of expression of unity, a privileged time of reflection, verification, and orientation in the communal search for God’s will for the Institute. In prayer and humble listening to the Spirit, the capitulants elect the members of the general leadership of the Institute, study, on the basis of the reports presented by the Superior General and the provincial superiors with their councils, the problems inherent in religious life, apostolic activity and the administration of goods throughout the Institute. They consider the reports prepared by the Provincial Chapters and examine the result of the consultations made among all the members of the Institute, relating them to the various historical-environmental situations in order to find together the solution and to arrive at decisions better responding to the Gospel, to the teaching of the Church, and to the spirit of Mother Cabrini.
The Ordinary General Chapter will be convoked every six years to elect the Superior General and part of her Council. It may also be convoked earlier if the office of Superior General remains vacant. An extraordinary General Chapter may be convoked by the Superior General. An extraordinary General Chapter may be convoked by the Superior General only for serious reasons with a deliberative vote of the General Council and the approval of the Holy See.
The acts of the General Chapter will be considered valid when, all the capitulars having been convoked, two-thirds of the capitulars are present at the proceedings.

The first General Chapter there was in 1910 decided by Mother Cabrini despite some initial reluctance of the sisters.


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