From 22-29th September 2011 there took place for the first time a meeting of those members engaged in the social-charitable apostolate at the 'Cenacle' centre at Via Giuseppe Ferrari, Rome, organised by the General Secretariat for the Apostolate.
The following members participated:Rodolfo Capalozza (AR), Jose Elias Fadul (SP), Eugeniusz Lesniak (PN), Bronislaw Rosik (WA), Pawel Dobrzynski (WA), Clesio Facco (SM), Jean de Dieu Kasereka (SF), Abraham Thylammanal (NA), Anthony Kaithaparambil (NA), Anthony Swammy Muthanna (BA), Hilarius Tigga (RA) and on behalf of the General Secretariat, Piotr Krakowiak (PN) and Martin Manus.
Reflecting on texts of St Vincent Pallotti regarding the social- charitable apostolate and visiting places linked to such work of our Founder the participants had the opportunity to see how they could deepen the Pallottine charism in their own work. In their sharing, a very large picture was revealed of the social-charitable tasks in our Society: we are doing our utmost, for example, for the poor, orphans, homeless, drug addicts, lepers, HIV sick and the terminally ill. Furthermore, an overview was presented of the social-charitable apostolate of the SAC based on the results of a survey conducted by the General Secretariat in the first months of 2011.
The visit to the Pontifical Council for Health Works and a meeting with its President, Mons Zygmunt Zimowski was one of the highpoints of the week. The development of a Pallottine Volunteer programme was taken into consideration as a possibility for collaboration between our social works. After a week full of inspirations, of experiences and of fraternal communion the participants expressed their desire to continue to reflect about these themes at provincial, continental and all levels of the SAC.