Year VIII - Number 330
4 July 2014
Marist News 330
Marist Brothers - General House - Rome
"Let us save Aleppo" Br Emili Turú has given his support to the appeal of Andrea Riccardi
B
r Emili Turú, as Superior General of the Marist Institute, has given his support to the appeal “Let us save Aleppo”, launched by Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of San Egidio. Br Emili says: “I would like to express my gratitude to Andrea Riccardi for this stupendous initiative, to which I give my total support, in the name of the Marist Institute. Our commitment for peace and reconciliation is expressed through the active presence of a marvellous group of Marists in this city. The Marist Blues are demonstrating, day after day, with endless creativity, that dialogue and peaceful coexistence are possible, and that diversity is not a threat but a richness.” “For this reason,” continues Br Emili, “the appeal of Riccardi is most timely. It is necessary to put an immediate end to a massacre which has lasted two years. It is necessary for an international intervention to deliv-
er Aleppo from the siege. To achieve this, all the governments involved must demonstrate responsibility: from Turkey, aligned with the rebels, to Russia, with influence on Assad. To save Aleppo is worth more than to secure one or other part of the terrain. It is necessary to open up humanitarian corridors immediately and provide supplies for the civilian population trapped in the city. And then it is necessary to negotiate at all costs an end to the fighting.” See the appeal in http://www.champagnat.org/400.php?a=6&n=3312
General Administration During this week’s plenary session, the General Council took the opportunity to evaluate the progress of the new administrative structures in the General House and the « Casa per Ferie », and also what has been done in the areas of the Institute requiring special attention. The Councillors spent much time on the initial planning for the XXII General Chapter in 2017, the operation of the Secretariat of Collaboration for Mission International (CMI), the planning of ongoing formation sessions for the next 4 years, and finalising preparations for the II IMMA.