date: 02.12.2011.
The meeting of Provincial Boards of six Provinces of South Slavic Conference of Provincial Ministers of the Franciscan Order was held in Medjugorje for the first time. During their meeting all participants had chance to get to know different ways of their work and to share their experiences. Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar presided over this meeting, since he is the host Provincial. Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja, the Secretary of the Conference, gave a lecture and suggested some guidelines for further work. On the first day of the meeting, all participants concelebrated in the evening prayer programme in the church of St. James, and Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja gave a homily. On the second day of their meeting, while working in groups, all participants discussed initiative to raise the quality of their fraternity and missions in provinces. They especially discussed inter-province cooperation and solidarity. At the end, after working in groups and plenum discussions, all participants expressed some concrete proposals and conclusions with the aim of raising the quality of life and mission of nearly 1250 Franciscans in these regions (Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). Working bodies of specific provinces and conferences are planning to achieve those goals. This meeting was fruitful and important since all participants agreed with the proposal of making this meeting annual tradition. (photos)
