The members of the General Secretariat for the Apostolate met in Rome from 15-17 March 2010. The General Secretariat for the Apostolate is an auxiliary body of the General Council and helps to coordinate apostolic activities on the international level.
All eight members of the Secretariat were present: Zenon Hanas (General Secretary for Apostolate), Richard Ngono (CN) from Cameroon, Piotr Banach (WA) from Poland, Dean Bradbury (AU) from Australia, Frank Donio (IC) from USA, Ademar Fighera (SM) from Brazil, Markus Hau (FB) from Germany and Bipin Kishore Minj (RA) from India.
The main topic for consideration was evaluation of the courses of formation that were held during the last year. The General Secretariat was responsible for three seven day meetings in Rome: for Pallottine Parish Priests, for Pallottines involved in the apostolate Mass Media and for Pallottine Youth. This year there are two meeting in preparation: for Pallottine Parish Priests (1-8 July 2010) and for Pallottine youth groups (7-13 August 2010).
The members of the Secretariat prepared a report for the XX General Assembly about their activities over the past six years. They also discussed the method and contents of one day of the General Assembly whose theme is deeper and broader collaboration within our Society.