On 20 October the third chapter of the Japan-Philippine province was started in Tomobe (Japan).
Twelve capitulants of the province attendended the Chapter. Also present were Javier Álvarez-Ossorio (Superior General) and Ratna Skholastica Kumalasari (Superior of the sisters in Asia).
Wayne Berndt, Provincial Superior of the Capuchins in Japan, is the facilitator; and sister Hirodo, a Sacred Heart nun, is doing the simultaneous translation from English to Japanese.
At the end of the Chapter, Kenji Honma took his office as Provincial Superior, replacing John Yamada. The Chapter shall elect three provincial councilors.
10/20/2014