Meeting with the Poor Clare Sisters and the Conceptionist Sisters of Spain and Portugal

On 18 March, the Minister General, Br Massimo Fusarelli, accompanied by the General Delegate pro Monialibus, Br Fábio Cesar Gomes, met a group of about 120 Poor Clare Sisters belonging to the Confederation of St Clare of Spain and Portugal in Madrid. 

In his speech, the Minister spoke about the genesis and primary reasons for revising the General Constitutions of the Order of the Poor Clare Sisters, followed by a fraternal and clarifying dialogue. 

From Madrid, the Minister and Delegate left for Toledo where, on Sunday 19th, they celebrated Mass in the Mother House of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionist Sisters) and venerated the body of their foundress, St Beatriz da Silva. 

Afterwards, during lunch with about 30 Sisters from the local community and other communities, the Minister answered several questions. 

Br Fábio Cesar Gomes, OFM, General Delegate pro Monialibus