General Direction

Scope and Contents "The General Chapter constitutes the supreme authority in the Congregation.  In its activities of regulation and legislation, the General Chapter acts colegially in the name of the whole Congregation that it represents."1 "It is composed of the Superior General and the General Councilors, the Provincial Superiors, certain members by right of office, and a determined number of delegates from each province.  It is convoked by the Superior General, or, if...

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International Commissions were born out of the General Chapter of 1972 due to interest in having smaller "mini-chapters" from time to time.  Vocations and Formation and the future of the congregation was an area of concern for many.

Scope and Contents Necrology is a booklet that lists the confreres who have died from the beginning of the religious order to the year that the booklet was published.  The booklet is organized by months and on each day of the month a listing is given of the names of the deceased , including the year each died, the age at death, the number of years as a religious and years of priesthood.  It encompasses all the Viatorian Provinces, past and present. The Necrology serves as a remembrance - "to keep the memory...

Scope and Contents Viator is the newsletter published by the General Direction of the Clerics of St. Viator. It was the successor of the Annuaire, the annual publication of the Community. Viator was proposed to be a timelier vehicle for news, published 3x/year and intended to stress unity in 3 languages: English, French and Spanish. The format is a softcover booklet (6.5"W x 8.75"H) There were 8 total publications for the 4 years. ...

Scope and Contents This newsletter was first distributed in September 1972 by the new General Direction with Fr. Thomas Langenfeld from the United States as the Superior General. The by-line in the first issue states "...with a familial tone, the General Council wants to echo the life it leads by informing the confreres of the visits it makes or receives, or certain interesting points in its deliberations, of documents which come to it , and finally, of some happenings of an international character in which...

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Viator Web "facilitates communication among the General Direction, the various provinces, foundations, and institutions of the community." A hard copy of the digital newsletter is printed for historical preservation.  Numerous issues are missing, including the years 2004 and 2005.