We are really at the end and Saturday and Sunday will be special days.
After the prayer, Fr. Jean Claude draws the map of these three days and invites us to live them fully as we have done so far.

Directed by our leader, Fr. Jean Claude, who does not give up, the morning was busy to complete some work: we can clearly see that the conclusion of the chapter is imminent.

At the beginning of our day, Father General rightly reminded us that the Chapter does not end with the election of the new Council! So, let's get to work! Fr. Jean Claude LAVIGNE, our facilitator, takes the reins and immediately puts us to work.

ROME - The General Chapter experienced another important day today: the choice of the four confreres who, together with the Superior General, will animate our Congregation for the next six years. Prepared with care spiritually but also technically, the election took place in an atmosphere of fraternity and serenity, also respecting the criteria that have emerged in recent days...

Meeting together in Rome, the 53 capitulants of the General Chapter of the Company of Mary have elected four new General Assistants...

After a day of break, the third week of work for our Chapter begins with the approval to move forward with the project of the IMA Fund to give substance to what was discussed on Saturday.

ROME - It's a bit surprising that the full name of the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary who was just elected on May 9, comes in five words: Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma Watun. But isn't the name of the Founder of this Missionary Society also made up of five words: Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, according to his name found in his Testament and on one of his epitaphs, namely the one that is written in Latin? The similarity in the number of words in these names is coincidental. It's clear. However, a name often contains a meaning. Pay attention...

ROME - Memory of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. It is our Portuguese confreres who animate the prayer times of the day. At 9:00 a.m., Fr. Dwi announces the birthday of our precious secretary Fr. Louis-Paul SAINT-LAURENT, 52 years old. Best wishes...

What are the feelings that inhabit your heart the days after your election as 23rd successor of Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort?

Today's agenda is not going according to plan, but according to new developments that have arisen along the way. But let's go in order.

Today again, we lived a very intense day which passionately involved all the members of the chapter. Putting aside the work on the "Acts of the Chapter", the assembly received three very engaging information:

ROME, Italy - On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, when Father Dwi was elected 23rd Superior General of the Company of Mary, St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, the founder of this Congregation, probably awoke from his “sleep” in a state of surprise, and with him, all the members of this Company who have “fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection”. St. Louis-Marie may have searched a Google map for exactly where Indonesia was and tried to pronounce the full name of Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM who is now his successor in the animation of the Congregation he founded in 1705 in Poitiers...

After the intense day of yesterday concluded with the barbecue at the General Curia, today we resumed our work. The prayer is led by the Indian confreres who are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation this year.

This day is characterized by the achievement of one of the goals of our General Chapter: the election of the new superior for the next six years. But let's go in order...

Tuesday, on May 9, 2023, the 38th General Chapter of the Montfort Missionaries elected Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM as the 23rd Superior General of the Company of Mary...