> [[35-statutes-21-plenary-council-meeting|← Previous]] | [[00-lege-index|Index]] | [[37-statutes-formation-guidelines|Next →]] --- # Section Xxii: OCDS Provincial Council "Where there is an organized circumscription of thefriars of the Order, the Secular Order is to form a Provincial Council to assist one another better in formation and the apostolate... "[Art. 57] 1)        The OCDS Provincial Council shall consist of five definitively professed members of our province, with the right to vote on matters pertaining to our life. ^ocds-s-XXII-1 2)         The Provincial Council shall assist the Provincial Delegate in guiding the formation of a community from its initial development period, through Study Group status, to its eventual request for canonical recognition. It shall also assist the Provincial Delegate in determining when a canonical community is no longer able to function adequately and needs to have its status reduced. ^ocds-s-XXII-2 3)         The Provincial Council may provide assistance in resolving difficulties that a local Council is unable to resolve. ^ocds-s-XXII-3 4)         Members of the Provincial Council shall make visitations. A Councilor, while making a visitation, comes as a representative of the Provincial with the authority of that office. The visitator respects the autonomy of the local Council's authority.7 ^ocds-s-XXII-4 5)         The President shall coordinate the work of the Provincial Council and preside at its meetings. The President shall also preside at meetings of the Plenary Council. ^ocds-s-XXII-5 6)         Appointments to the Provincial Council shall be made in the same year as the OCD Provincial Chapter and before the OCDS local community elections. The term is six years and shall be staggered so that either two or three new members are appointed every three year cycle. Councilors may not serve two consecutive terms. ^ocds-s-XXII-6 7)         A list of candidates for selection to the Provincial Council shall be submitted to the Provincial. The list shall be based on recommendations received from Canonical Communities and Study Groups, members of the current Provincial Council, and the 7 The Councilor assists the local community without intervening in its government [Art. 57]. OCDS Provincial Delegate. New council members assume responsibility upon selection and appointment by the Provincial. ^ocds-s-XXII-7 8)         The Provincial Council shall elect a President every three years after the new members have been appointed. ^ocds-s-XXII-8 9)          The Provincial Council has the authority to replace one of its members after consulting with the Provincial Delegate. ^ocds-s-XXII-9 10)     The Provincial Council shall submit an annual financial report to the local communities of the Province. ^ocds-s-XXII-10 _[End of Statutes]_ --- > [[35-statutes-21-plenary-council-meeting|← Previous]] | [[00-lege-index|Index]] | [[37-statutes-formation-guidelines|Next →]]