Statuta General

Pasal 0.10.1 In accordance with the Code of Canon Law, we distinguish between the Constitutions of the Order, which are more permanent principles, and these General Statutes, which can more easily be changed. The existence of General Statutes in no way prejudices the adoption of conventual priory or provincial statutes.

Pasal 13.113.1 The poverty, which we profess, implies for us personally that, before our first profession, we surrender and entrust the control of our temporal goods to whomever we choose. Before our solemn profession, we renounce all our possessions and the capacity to acquire temporal goods. Individuals thus may acquire property only for the Order and its parts. Conventual priory or provincial statutes should provide norms about these arrangements so that they also have the force of civil law. In any case, our observance of the vow of poverty should always be fair to others and respect their rights.

Pasal 13.213.2 Community of goods for the Order as a whole entails all properties and assets. These common goods are meant to build up and sustain our fellowship and our apostolate throughout the global Order, including common responsibility for new foundations, formation, the care of members, particularly the elderly, and general government. This shared common responsibility obliges us mutually to exercise our specific Crosier poverty effectively between areas under the leadership and, if necessary, intervention of the master general. Financial transactions must be reviewed and approved by the master general with the consent of the general council when they exceed the norms as outlined in the International Finance Manual.

Pasal 13.313.3 The common responsibility of the Order will require the master general to assign Crosier members and assure their participation in financial management of Order assets. He provides specific formation in financial management during initial formation, in programs of ongoing formation, and especially capacity building for a new generation of asset and investment managers.

Pasal 15.115.1 For validity, an administrative act imposing an obligation, restricting a right or refusing a request affecting a right shall be in writing and shall contain a notice of the right to recourse, the procedures for recourse, and the time frame for recourse.

Pasal 15.215.2 Conventual priory or provincial statutes should provide a method of conciliation for resolving disputes within the conventual priory or province. This process should provide for recourse to the master general within the timeframe of ten available days.

Pasal 15.315.3 If a matter cannot be resolved on the conventual priory or provincial level, an aggrieved party may make recourse in writing to the master general.

Pasal 15.415.4 The master general, after seeking appropriate advice, may reject the recourse because an additional conciliation process would not be useful or he may invite the parties to participate in a conciliation process under his direction.

Pasal 15.515.5 Any expenses of recourse to the master general are to be borne by the conventual priories or provinces involved.

Pasal 15.615.6 Recourse against an administrative decision issued by a prior or by formation personnel is made to the major superior. Recourse against an administrative decision issued by the conventual prior or prior provincial is made to the master general. Further appeal is made to the Apostolic See.

Pasal 15.715.7 In the case of recourse against an administrative act, the decision of the superior who posited the act remains in force until the matter is resolved unless suspended by the person to whom the appeal is made.

Pasal 15.815.8 The recourse is made in writing and must be made within the time frame specified in the Code of Canon Law. However, if a confrere chooses the conciliation process, the time for administrative recourse against a superior does not begin to run until the conciliation process is abandoned by at least one of the parties.

Pasal 15.915.9 The parties may be invited to resolve their differences through the conciliation process of the conventual priory or province from which the grievance arises. If one of the parties rejects the conciliation process, the recourse follows the norms of administrative recourse of the Code of Canon Law and the proper law of the Order.

Pasal 15.1015.10 Any expenses of recourse to the master general or the Apostolic See are to be borne by the conventual priory or province involved.

Pasal 19.119.1 Shortly after the death of a confrere, each community of the Order shall remember the deceased confrere at the conventual Eucharist or in another liturgical service.

Pasal 19.219.2 The habit should be made of inexpensive material, it should be without a cowl, and should not be longer than down to the instep. The scapular, mozetta, cincture, and biretta should be black, while the tunic and collar should be white. On the scapular, at breast level, a cross made of cloth should be sewn, of which the horizontal part should be white, and the vertical part red. The mozetta should be open in front, and adorned with buttons. The lay brothers may wear this habit, or else a black tunic, with a cincture and a scapular with a cross as described above.

Pasal 23.123.1 The competence of the master general to assure the quality of the initial formation in the Order, entails: determining the common formation program; approving directors of stages of formation; approving the establishment of the novitiate and other houses of formation; designing and providing international formation experiences. He confirms the decision of the conventual prior or the prior provincial of the suitability of candidates for solemn vows and ordination.

Pasal 23.223.2 In accord with the proper law, the competence of a major superior, in collaboration with the master general, entails: creatively implementing the common formation program, proposing directors of stages of formation and evaluating directors, proposing the establishment of the novitiate and other formation houses, admitting to all stages of formation, forwarding to the master general his assessment and his formal decision to approve candidates for solemn vows and ordination. His personal involvement in initial formation includes inspiring formators and candidates, and coordinating communication between stages of formation. He supervises the priories’ involvement and responsibility in the common formation program.

Pasal 23.323.3 The master general may request the advice of the general formation commission in assessing the reality and prognosis for effective formation across the Order. It is the competence of the master general to supply stimulus, help and correction in reorganizing the Order’s formation programs for effective formation and identification with membership in the Order, including temporary transfer and assignment of formation personnel and formandi to another area. In making transfers, he consults the major superiors and the member involved.

Pasal 23.423.4 In light of the formation process, the master general may determine that the length of the novitiate in an area is two years.

Pasal 25.125.1 The master general may transfer a member after consulting the major superiors concerned and with the consent of the person involved. By permanent transfer (affiliatio) one loses all rights and obligations in his former conventual priory or province and acquires all rights and obligations in conventual priory or the province to which he transfers. By temporary transfer (assignatio) one acquires rights and obligations in the conventual priory or province to which he transfers, and retains rights and obligations in his own conventual priory or province according to the statutes of the respective conventual priories or provinces.

Pasal 25.225.2 Residing in a community in another conventual priory or province for a time (for instance, because of studies or health care) does not affect the rights and obligations that a confrere has in his conventual priory or in his province and the community of which he is a member. In this case, however, he is under the authority of the prior of the community where he is staying and should adapt himself to the customs of the community.

Pasal 25.325.3 A confrere living outside a community of the Order with a legitimate indult of exclaustration granted by the master general or the Holy See remains bound to celibacy and is subject to his major superior. His right to active and passive vote is suspended; he is not counted in determining the number of delegates for chapters or for tax due the Generalate; he may not wear the religious habit. He shall be responsible for all his financial obligations and the Order shall not be responsible for any of his financial obligations.

Pasal 25.425.4 A confrere who leaves his assigned place of residence with the intention of not returning and without the permission of his major superior or does not return after a legitimate absence is unlawfully absent.

The major superior with the consent of his council is to issue a decree which is to include the following:

A declaration of unlawful absence

The date on which the confrere became unlawfully absent

A declaration of the loss of active and passive voice

A statement that the confrere is not authorized to act as an agent of the Order or any part of the Order

A statement that neither the Order nor any part of the Order is responsible or liable for any financial obligation, acts or omissions of the confrere.

Other provisions may be included in the decree. The decree is to be communicated to the master general.

A confrere who is unlawfully absent is not counted in determining the number of delegates for chapters or the tax due the Generalate.

Pasal 25.525.5 A confrere may be dismissed from the Order according to the norms of canon law.

In cases of ipso facto dismissal the conventual prior or prior provincial is the competent major superior to issue the decree of dismissal. The decree is to be communicated to the master general.

In all other cases of dismissal, the competent superior to issue the decree of dismissal is the master general.

Pasal 25.625.6 Besides the causes provided in canons 694, 695, and 696, a member in temporary vows may be dismissed for the following causes if these causes are external and juridically proven (Code 696): continuous disruptive behavior which is detrimental to community life; for psychological reasons after consultation with a professional counselor; inability to live the life of the Order; sexual activity; substance abuse.

Pasal 26.126.1 A priory is a public juridic person. The degree of autonomy of a priory in a province is determined in the provincial statutes.

Pasal 26.226.2 In order to bring to life ever-more the Crosier charism of fraternal living in service to the Church and world and to support the well-being of individual confreres in living their vocation as Crosiers, normative community life in the Crosier Order includes the following constitutive components:

a. A genuine commitment to fraternal life by being brothers to one another, actually living together in the love of Christ.

b. A daily and dynamic conventual liturgical life, open to the public.

c. A functioning chapter which deliberates and makes decisions, assures ongoing formation of members, elects the prior, exercises responsibility for finances.

d. A communal witness of fraternal charity is our most immediate Crosier apostolic service to the Church and society. Other works of the apostolate which the Gospel requires of us receive their energy from Crosier community life.

Pasal 26.326.3 The priory chapter should have at least eight solemnly professed members, with at least six of them actually living together. Other forms of community life also need to serve our fraternal charism in the world. Major superiors assure a sufficient number of confreres to accomplish this goal.

Pasal 26.426.4 Before receiving approval for the establishment of a community, a major superior must present the rationale and plan for its establishment to the master general.

Pasal 26.526.5 Before receiving approval for the suppression of a community or for reducing the status of a priory, a major superior must present a juridically sound rationale and a pastorally sensitive plan for its suppression or reduction in status to the master general. Normally, the plan is acted upon only after approval is received.

Pasal 27.127.1 Outside of those restrictions given in the proper law, all have fundamentally the same rights and responsibilities in the priory chapter: the right to participate in the decisions of the chapter; an active vote in the election of the prior, the council of the prior, the delegates for the provincial chapter, and the stewardship of the community’s assets.

Pasal 27.227.2 The conventual priory or provincial statutes are to determine: the requirements for active and passive vote; the nature of and procedures for elections held in the conventual priory or province; the determination of the various offices and their terms; the procedures to be followed in cases of resignation, removal from office, and vacancy. The election of officers may be held in advance of the date on which they take office. In such cases the person elected does not take office until the date specified; meanwhile, the incumbent continues to function in office. Upon taking office, a superior makes a profession of faith. Other stipulations for voting and election are to be regulated by the statutes of the conventual priory or the province.

Pasal 27.327.3 The master general must be informed of all statutes made in the conventual priory or provincial chapter. If he should judge that they are contrary to the Constitutions or General Statutes, he is to inform the involved conventual priory or province of this as soon as possible; final decisions in this matter, however, are reserved to the master general with the consent of his council.

Pasal 27.427.4 A conventual priory or province chapter enacts statutes governing the publications of written materials.

Pasal 27.527.5 The major superior and his council may be assisted by standing or ad hoc committees formed to undertake needed research and to submit proposals for the various areas of work in the conventual priory or province. The responsibilities of these committees are to be described in statutes.

Pasal 27.627.6 Whenever Canons 641-661 (novitiate and formation) and 684 (provisions for transfer) mention that certain specifications are left to the proper law of the institute, each major superior, with the consent of a chapter or council, is authorized to make such determinations.

Pasal 27.727.7 The removal of a major superior is reserved to the master general with the consent of his council. Such action can be taken for the same reasons as the removal of the master general. If a major superior wants to be relieved of his office, he is to submit a request to that end to the master general. The master general can accept the resignation or, after consultation with his council, refuse it.

Pasal 27.827.8 The council of the major superior consists of at least three elected members, but can be expanded in accordance with statutes. The statutes shall also determine how these members are to be elected, what their qualifications are, and what their term of office shall be.

Pasal 28.128.1 A conventual priory or a province is suppressed normally by a general chapter. The master general with the consent of his council may suppress a conventual priory or a province between general chapters under extraordinary circumstances. A conventual priory chapter, a provincial chapter or the master general with the consent of his council can initiate the suppression of a conventual priory or a province. Upon the initiation of a suppression of a conventual priory or a province, the master general and his council plan a juridically just and pastorally sensitive process to prepare the act of suppression. A similar procedure is followed in changing the status of a conventual priory or a province.

Pasal 28.228.2 A conventual priory chapter or provincial chapter by a two-thirds majority vote may request the master general to appoint an administrator.

Pasal 28.328.3 The term of an administrator is from one to three years. The administrator may have limited jurisdiction.

Pasal 28.428.4 For serious reasons, the master general with the consent of his general council may suspend fully or partially the right of governance of a conventual priory or a province. This means that he may suspend the statutes, the chapter, and the right to elect a major superior and council. The master general with the consent of his general council provides for an administrator and council in the event of a suspension. This suspension should not exceed more than three years without renewed evaluation by the master general and his general council in consultation with the conventual priory or the province.

Pasal 28.528.5 All other divisions of a conventual priory or province are to be provided for in the respective statutes.

Pasal 30.130.1 At least eight months before the opening of the general chapter, the master general is to send a letter of convocation to all superiors and communities of the Order. In it he should indicate the time and place of the chapter and direct that topics to be discussed be submitted to him within two months. Three months before the beginning of the chapter, he is to send a list of all the topics to be treated in the chapter to all its members, so that they may prepare for it.

Pasal 30.230.2 All members, chapters, councils, and other groups of the Order have the right to submit topics to the general chapter.

Pasal 30.330.3 The general chapter and each member represents the entire Order so that the chapter becomes a true sign of unity in charity. If there is not a different method to compose the general chapter determined by the general chapter, then its composition is as follows: from each conventual priory and province: two delegates for the first fifty professed members or fraction thereof, and two delegates for each additional fifty members or fraction thereof. In calculating the number of members in each conventual priory or province, those confreres who are assignati are to be included only in the conventual priory or province to which they are assigned. Those not counted in determining the number of delegates for chapters include a confrere with a legitimate indult of exclaustration, or a confrere who leaves his community or assigned residence without the permission of the major superior. The statutes should provide for possible alternates for delegates. Additional voting members may be provided for by the general chapter itself or by the master general with the consent of the extended7 council.

Pasal 30.430.4 The number of elected delegates per conventual priory and per province is determined on the date of the convocation of the general chapter by the master general.

Pasal 30.530.5 The conventual priory and provincial statutes provide for the methods of the selection of delegates to an ordinary general chapter and to an extraordinary general chapter.

Pasal 30.630.6 On his own initiative or at the request of a major superior and his council, the master general can invite experts and interpreters to the chapter. The current master general invites to the chapter the former masters general.

Pasal 30.730.7 By virtue of his office, the incumbent master general is chairman. The master general with the advice of his council appoints a committee to assist in planning the general chapter.

Pasal 30.830.8 The general chapter is opened by the celebration of the Eucharist, to which all communities of the Order are to unite themselves.

Pasal 30.930.9 After invoking the Holy Spirit, the master general addresses the chapter and proposes an agenda which includes the items to be considered and discussed at chapter, as well as the proposed course of elections during the chapter.

Pasal 30.1030.10 Among the elements always presented at a general chapter is an address by the master general which includes a report on the spiritual and temporal welfare of the Order, conventual priories and provinces, a necrology of members who have died since the last chapter, as well as other pertinent items.

Pasal 30.1130.11 The master general with the consent of his council appoints the chairman of the election of the master general. The chairman is to appoint two tellers to assist him. The master general is elected by an absolute majority of the valid votes. When the person elected consents to his election, he is thereby confirmed in office. He is then to make a profession of faith in the presence of the chapter.

Pasal 30.1230.12 When the general chapter has completed its work, the master general and his council are to draw up a relict that records all decisions. After the relict is approved by the chapter, it is to be signed by all the members. The relict shall be promulgated by the master general and distributed to all members of the Order by the major superiors. The original copy is to be placed in the archives of the Order.

Pasal 30.1330.13 With the consent of his council, the master general should provide a glossary of significant terms used in the Constitutions and General Statutes. A definition or description given in the glossary shall be the official interpretation of the term unless an authentic interpretation is given by a general chapter.

Pasal 30.1430.14 A confrere who is a member of a chapter by reason of an office and who goes out of office during the respective chapter, continues as a member of the chapter with full rights.

Pasal 30.1530.15 A confrere elected to an office with chapter rights, but previously not a member of the chapter, becomes a member of the chapter with full rights upon acceptance of the office and, if required, confirmation.

Pasal 30.1630.16 Membership with its right and obligations in the general chapter ceases at the close of the general chapter.

Pasal 31.131.1 The master general makes appointments and assignments of members after consulting his council, the major superior(s), and the member involved.

Pasal 31.231.2 Since one of the most important duties of the master general is to stimulate and coordinate religious life in our Order, he is to arrange for a program of reappraisal and renewal in each of the conventual priories and provinces at least once every term. He himself is to participate actively in the most important meetings in each of these areas, and at the same time to use the opportunity to keep himself well informed of the course of affairs in the conventual priories and provinces, especially through contact with the respective major superiors and councils. Only in the event that his work or health does not permit him to be present, may he delegate a representative.

Pasal 31.331.3 The master general after consultation with his council may appoint ad hoc committees and define their duties and responsibilities.

Pasal 31.431.4 With the consent of his council, the master general shall determine the place of his residence and of the general offices. The place of residence shall have the resources available for a normative community life, as in a priory.

Pasal 31.531.5 In the event that the master general dies or becomes seriously ill, no one may consult documents in his custody or remove them unless commissioned to do so by the member of the council of the master general who is senior in office. His personal effects, moreover, are to remain undisturbed.

Pasal 31.631.6 If the master general determines that he is unable temporarily to fulfill his duties of office, he may delegate some or all duties of his office, with the consent of his council, to a member of his council but for no longer than one year.

Pasal 31.731.7 The master general may be temporarily suspended from office for the following reasons: mental health attested to by a mental health professional; physical health attested to by a health care provider; substantial inability to perform temporarily the duties of his office.

Pasal 31.831.8 The master general may be suspended temporarily from office according to procedural norms adopted by the general chapter.

Pasal 31.931.9 The master general may be removed from office permanently only for the following reasons: inability to carry out the duties of office because of psychic or physical reasons; serious malfeasance in office; offenses and causes given in canons 695 and 696.

Pasal 31.1031.10 The master general may be removed permanently from office according to procedural norms adopted by the general chapter.

Pasal 31.1131.11 Whenever the office of master general becomes vacant, responsibility for current affairs is assumed by his council, with the senior in office acting as chairman. The council shall then choose an acting master general. The acting master general is thereupon chairman of the council and directs the Order until the following ordinary general chapter, if that chapter would occur within a year. If not, the acting master general is to convoke and prepare an extraordinary chapter as soon as possible. He is to preside over this chapter and also has the right to vote. This chapter is to meet within one year after it is convoked. The norms concerning the composition of an ordinary general chapter apply.

Pasal 31.1231.12 The master general with the consent of his general council appoints the secretary general, the procurator general, the general econome, and the general archivist. The master general with the advice of the general council may appoint other staff positions as appropriate and needed. The terms of office, duties and responsibilities for all general staff positions are approved by the master general. All persons appointed to a position with the consent of the general council may be removed only with the consent of his general council. A resignation does not need consent.

Pasal 31.1331.13 A member of the general staff may live in the community in which the master general lives, called the generalate, or may live in another community of the Order.

Pasal 31.1431.14 The master general with the advice of his council shall develop policies covering the costs of health insurance, pension program payments, and other costs incurred by conventual priories and provinces for confreres assigned or elected to the generalate community. The conventual priories and provinces normally bear the costs of confreres assigned to this community for study.

Pasal 32.0.132.0.1 The general council acts in collaboration in Order matters of formation, finance, and implementation of directives of the general chapter, which constitutes the ordinary work. The master general’s particular role in leadership development and assessment of all superiors suitably relies on the counsel of advisors.

Pasal 32.0.232.0.2 The competency of the general council is to advise the master general and to serve as the canonical council for consent and collegial vote as prescribed in universal and proper law unless otherwise determined in proper law or by the general chapter.

Pasal 32.0.332.0.3 The council of the master general is to be called together regularly by the master general. The master general may invite others to these meetings of his council as his advisors or as guests. An agenda is to be circulated by the master general before each meeting. A record should be made of the decisions, and filed in the archives of the Order. A communiqué should also be published in the Order insofar as it is suitable.

Pasal 32.0.432.0.4 All members of the council of the master general should be present at its meetings. In cases where consent of the members of the council of the master general are required, the members may give consent by video conferencing or by conference call. In cases where advice of the members of the council of the master general are required, the members may give advice by writing, by conference call, or by other electronic means.

Pasal 32.0.532.0.5 The general councilors are normally elected by the general chapter at which the master general is elected and for the same term of office. They may be reelected for a second term.

Pasal 32.0.632.0.6 The general councilors are to be chosen from among the confreres who have been solemnly professed for at least four years.

Pasal 32.0.732.0.7 A former master general is not eligible for election as a councilor in the same general chapter in which he leaves office.

Pasal 32.0.832.0.8 The master general may present a list of confreres to the general chapter for its consideration in electing general councilors. In preparing this list, it is advisable that a broad consultation of the Order takes place before the general chapter. Further election procedures may be approved by the general chapter at which these elections take place.

Pasal 32.0.932.0.9 The removal of a general councilor is reserved to the master general with the consent of his extended council. Such action can be taken for the same reasons as the removal of the master general. If a general councilor wants to be relieved of his office, he is to submit a request to that end to the master general. The master general can accept the resignation or, after consultation with his general council, refuse it.

Pasal 32.0.1032.0.10 The general councilors may exercise their passive vote, that is be elected for another office, only with the dispensation of the master general after consulting his council.

Pasal 32.0.1132.0.11 If the position of a councilor becomes vacant outside of the general chapter, a new councilor is to be appointed by the master general with the consent of his extended council. The appointee will stay in office until new general councilors are elected in the next general chapter.

Pasal 32.0.1232.0.12 The general councilors normally live in community with the master general unless determined otherwise by the master general. The general councilors may be appointed to positions in the Order especially on the general staff.

Pasal 32.1.132.1.1 The Extended Council is composed of the general councilors and the major superiors. The master general may invite the general econome, the chairs of the permanent commissions, and others.

Pasal 32.1.232.1.2 The competency of the extended council is to advise on the issues presented by the master general and to provide consent and collegial vote as prescribed in proper law or by a general chapter.

Pasal 32.2.132.2.1 Only the general chapter can establish a permanent commission. Members of a commission are appointed, in a timely fashion, by the master general after consultation with his council. Membership on a commission extends through the next ordinary general chapter. The duties and responsibilities of a commission are defined by the master general after consulting with his council, respecting the resolution of the general chapter. Each commission reports to the master general and his council, and to the general chapter.

Pasal 32.2.232.2.2 There is a permanent commission on finance to assist the general econome according to the norms of law.

Pasal 32.2.332.2.3 There is a permanent commission on spirituality and liturgy.

Pasal 32.2.432.2.4 There is a permanent commission on formation that advises the master general in his responsibility for formation policy and programs.

Pasal 32.3.132.3.1 The stable patrimony within the Order is limited to the real property of the house of a canonically established local community and real property contiguous to the house, and other real property so designated by General Statutes, conventual priory or provincial statutes.

Pasal 32.3.232.3.2 The master general with the consent of his extended council may assess an annual tax or make other assessments on the conventual priories and provinces.

Pasal 32.3.332.3.3 A provincial chapter may authorize the assessment of taxes on local communities within the province.

Pasal 32.3.432.3.4 Financial norms in regard to the generalate are:

a. An extraordinary expenditure is an expenditure that is not included in the annual budget. Such expenditure requires the approval of the master general if it exceeds an amount set by the master general with the consent of his council.

b. An ordinary expenditure is an amount in the annual budget that has been approved by the master general with the consent of his council. No further approval is necessary unless required by universal or proper law.

Pasal 32.3.532.3.5 Financial norms in regard to a conventual priory or province are:

a. Each conventual priory or province determines its specific financial norms.

b. The definitions of and procedures for extraordinary expenditures and ordinary expenditures shall be provided for in the statutes.

Pasal 32.3.632.3.6 In order to build up and sustain our fellowship and our apostolate across the Order, each conventual priory and province will complete and submit to the master general and his general council 1) an annual budget, 2) an annual temporal wellbeing report, and 3) an annual external audit report.

The general econome, in collaboration with the General Finance Commission, reviews the budgets, temporal wellbeing and audit reports in order to make recommendations to the master general for effective financial management and equitable sharing of assets across the Order. It is the competence of the master general in dialogue with local and area leadership and with the consent of the general council to make decisions and policies for individual areas and situations to address financial difficulties or challenges. Policies and procedures for supplying stimulus, help and correction, are included in the International Finance Manual.

Adoption of and changes to the International Finance Manual are made by the master general, after consultation with the finance commission, and with the consent of his extended council.

Pasal 32.3.732.3.7 When the permission of the Holy See is required for a financial transaction, the permission of the master general is also required.

Pasal 37.137.1 The prior must call a chapter at least once a year. Besides when required by proper law, he must also convoke a chapter according to the priory statutes. Procedures for calling a chapter, including when all members must be informed, is specified in the priory statutes.

Pasal 37.237.2 The conventual prior normally consults with his council regarding the agenda of a conventual chapter. It is the right of a member of the conventual chapter to propose topics for the conventual chapter agenda.

Pasal 38.138.1 The conventual prior meets regularly with each member. He provides for the ongoing formation of the community including through his preaching and teaching. He insures proper care for the elderly and the sick.

Pasal 38.238.2 The conventual chapter elects the conventual subprior and the conventual prior appoints other officials according to the priory statutes.

Pasal 39.139.1 The chapter supplies the main counsel to the conventual prior. The council of the conventual prior offers advice. The council of the conventual prior gives consent for canonical personnel matters. Additional items for advice or consent can be added by the conventual priory statutes.

Pasal 41.141.1 The norms of an ordinary provincial chapter are to be applied to an extraordinary provincial chapter except the term of the convocation and the specific agenda. The provincial statutes may determine further norms and procedures for provincial chapters.

Pasal 41.241.2 For serious reasons, provincial statutes may determine other forms for the election of prior provincial, his council, and other offices.

Pasal 41.341.3 General Statutes 30.14 and 30.15 apply unless provincial statutes provide otherwise for the provincial chapters.