RTF format in: Italian - French - Spanish - Portughuese - German The Presidential Council of the Conference of the Franciscan Family, composed of the Ministers general of the First Order, of the Third Order Regular (TOR), of the President of the CFI- TOR (International Regular Third Order Franciscan Conference) and of the Minister general of the OFS have established a Franciscan Committee for the Jubilee. PURPOSE The Committee has the following assignment: ´To undertake various initiatives regarding the Jubilee which concern the whole Franciscan world and verify their feasibility and with them to initiate programming. GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1) With due regard to the purely religious character of the Jubilee, the various initiatives are to be directed so as to favor the finality of the Holy Year: conversion, reconciliation, communion, and announcement of the Gospel; 2) those extended to all members should not be too numerous in order to favor broader participation in the initiatives of the universal and local Church; 3) every initiative, lastly, should be characterized by the Franciscan style of minority. INIATIATIVES 1) Jubilee of the Franciscans. It will be divided into two moments: one penitential in Assisi, 8 April 2000, another the jubilean celebration in Rome the following day, 9 April in the Basilica of St. John Latern. Detailed programs will be made known as soon as possible. 2) Cultural initiatives. The Universities, the Pontifical Faculties and the various Franciscan cultural Centers will organize particular manifestations with the purpose of emphasizing the contribution made to culture and art by the Franciscan movement. 3) Courses of spiritual exercises. These courses will be international in character and will be organized and given in the more renowned Franciscan places. 4) The Jubilee will be celebrated locally, if possible, on the feast of the solemnity of St. Francis with the Bishop. 5) Calendar of the initiatives: * the initiatives of the Church which concern us more closely as Franciscans; * the proposals of the Committee; * other initiatives of particular Franciscan members for a sharing of experiences; * For this purpose all Franciscan members are invited to send to the Committee their particular initiatives to be inserted in the projected calendar. MEMBERS Giovanni Rossi, OFM Convento S.Bonaventura al Palatino, via S.Bonaventura, 7 00186 Roma; tel.06/6780331, fax 06/6783187 Giuseppe Simbula, OFMConv - President. Convento Ss.XII Apostoli, Piazza Ss. Apostoli, n.51, 00187 Roma; tel. 06/699571, fax 06/69957321; E-mail : gsimbula@ofmconv.org Giuseppe Celli, OFMCapp Segreteria MOFRA, Via Pomponia Grecina, 31 00145 Roma; tel. 06/5135467, fax 06/5124301 E-mail : fratevento@iname.com John Paul McMahon, TOR Convento Ss.Cosma e Damiano, Via dei Fori Imperiali. 1 00186 Roma; tel.06/6991540, fax 06/6784970 Celine Monteiro, FMM CFI-TOR. Piazza del Risorgimento, 14 - 00192 Roma; tel. 06/39723521; fax 06/39760483; E-mail ifctorsg@tin.it Mario di Capua, OFS Viale Pasteur 5 - 00144 Roma; tel 06/5123464. Fax 06/5401604 Italo Amitrano, OFS - Secretary. Via Appia Nuova, 21 - 00183 Roma; E-mail marluma@tin.it

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