International JPIC Council

About us

The International JPIC Council, composed of the JPIC coordinators of all the Conferences of the Order, including the Custody of the Holy Land, the Animation Committee and the Animators of the Office of the General Curia, meets every two years. It defines itself as a “consultative group with the aim of assisting the JPIC Office, the General Definitory and the Conferences, in their important work of formation, awareness-raising, animation and commitment of the Order in the field of JPIC”. The decisions of the International Council are presented as general orientations for the animation of the values ​​of JPIC throughout the Order.

The duties of the ICJPIC are:

• to encourage the knowledge and application of the documents of the Church and of the Order of Friars Minor which regard JPIC;
• to collaborate with the Secretariats General for Formation and Studies and Evangelisation, and other Offices of the General Curia, in order to promote Franciscan spirituality regarding JPIC in initial and on-going formation;
• to analyse the aspects of JPIC that are present in the tradition of the Franciscan charism and their application in the present-day world;
• to gather and transmit documentation and information
• regarding JPIC, especially those that concern the activity of the Friars Minor;
• to present suggestions, proposals and projects to the Minister General and his Definitory for the animation of the Order in the field of JPIC;
• to present suggestions, proposals and projects to the Conferences and Entities;
• to help and encourage the activities of the JPIC Animators;
• to reflect on the purposes and priorities that emerge from the work of ICJPIC Assemblies and to formulate suitable evaluations about their application to the life and activity of the Friars;
• to propose modifications to the Special Statutes of the ICJPIC to be submitted for approval by the General Definitory;
• to present the list of candidates for the Animation Committee.