Newsbreak: from the "conclave"

(The present and the former Superior General)

With great joy and gratitude to the Lord, the Ministri Infermi (MI), the OSCs offcial name, is happy to announced the newly elected Superior General, Fr. Renato Salvatore. He was born on May 15, 1955 at Ripa Teatina, Chiete. He took his perpetual vows in 1981 and on July 15, 1983 he was ordained as presbyter. He made his theological studies and finished his doctorate on Moral Theolgy (summa cum laude) at the Universita di Santo Tommasso. He has been a chaplain, a formator for so many years, a parish priest at the Basillica di San Camilo, a prefect of the Fourth Prefecture of the Diocese of Rome and was elected as the Vicar General of the Order in 2001. During his term as vicar, he has been also appointed as representative of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Health to the World Health Organization, Geneva. In his personal life, he is a musician and a composer. CONGRATULATIONs FR. RENATO.

Now the capitulars will proceed to the election of the Vicar General and the Consultors. Most probably before Friday, the Order will have now the new Consulta. Right after, the opening of the ballots and the appointment of the new provincial superiors of all provinces will take place. PRAY HARD DEAR BROTHERS.