On December 12th in New Jersey USA a meeting of the members of the General Administration on the Official Visitation to the United States, Fr Jacob Nampudakam, Fr Francois Harelimana, Fr Martin Manus, Fr Vitaliy Gorbatykh and Fr Marcus Reck along with the two North American Provincials, Fr Leon Martin (MD) and Fr Peter Sticco (IC) with the Provincial Delegates Fr Terzo Vinci (It.US), Fr Jan Posiewala (PN.US) with the representatives of the Irish Province Fr Michael Cremin (IR.US) and Fr Paul Coutinho (BA) of the Indian Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with the ad hoc committee for the study of the Pallottine apostolate in the States: Bro James Beamesderfer- President, Fr Gregory Serwa, Fr Peter Devaraj and Fr Janusz Roginski. Fr Frank Donio, Secretary of the North American Inter Continental meetings was also in attendance.
The participants held discussions on the important topics of the Pallottine presence in the States such as the question of the enculturation of the confreres who come to work in this country, the pastoral vocations and the new Centre of the Catholic Apostolate in Washington.
The aim of the meeting was to coordinate the Pallottine presence in this large country and increase the Pallottine spirit of brotherhood and the common mission in the service of the local Church. After all these consultations, the ad hoc Committee will present the first draft of their report near Easter 2012.