METHODOLOGY OF READING CONSTITUTIONS.

(… An Introduction …) By: Fr. J. Darminta SJ

New Constitutions of Religious Congregations is one of the fruits of the renewal of life, and at the same time a response to the invitation to renew the Church. By being steadfast in living the Constitutions, every Religious Congregation is expected to be able to live her vocation and to effectively proclaim the Gospel to the people of this time and of the time to come. It is understandable, therefore, when the new Constitutions have been written, there is the new challenge of how to read and apply them in the daily life of the Congregation.

In this writing some help is offered about how we can read and deepen Constitutions. For that purpose we need to be aware that there are many things we should understand: the background of the content, the form and the dynamic structure of the Constitutions of Religious Congregation of this time.