In Circular Letter No. 52 of our Superior General, Graciela Francovig, FI, dated March 19 of this year, we were informed of the entry into force of our new Statutes for Economic Administration (SEA). It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome this announcement, which marks an important step in our life and mission.
Our Bursar General, Yajaira Hernández Oviedo, FI, shares a text that will help us to deepen and assume this framework that guides our economic management.
A framework for better care and service
These statutes are a normative document that guides our economic and financial affairs with an eye to our own way of proceeding. They respond to the request left by General Congregation XVIII to the General Government, to the call of the Church and the world, and represent our unwavering commitment to care, ethics and order, so that our administration will be ever more responsible to the mission entrusted to us in the Church.
This document is a general framework that will guide us in the care of the congregation’s assets. By updating these regulations, we are moving towards a more resilient, consistent, transparent and methodical economic management.
We hope that the information will be an object of study and reflection for everyone, that knowledge of these rules will help us to understand the principles that govern our economic destiny.
The pillars of the new bylaws
The pillars of the new bylaws are expressed in five chapters:
- Orientations, procedures, meaning of the assets and legal framework.
- Asset management in general.
- Administrative management.
- The congregation’s own patrimony
- Other situations to be considered in the administration.
A commitment that belongs to everyone
We hope that the study, reflection and implementation of these statutes will be a shared commitment. We invite all the sisters to familiarize themselves with this document, since financial administration concerns us all, since it is a discipline that permeates every decision we make.
