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General Assembly
June 22nd - 26th 2005  –  Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada.
“Sharing the Fire Within!”

Bishop Pierre-André Fournier, auxiliary bishop in Quebec City, gave start to the Pius X Secular Institute’s General Assembly. Delegates from Canada, the United States, Haiti and Colombia were present for this event. Bishop Fournier captivated the delegates by inviting them to a renewed commitment so as to better fulfill the mission of evangelization in the Church and in the world.

Then, Father Guylain Prince, a Franciscan priest and member of La Grande Mission in the diocese of Joliette (Quebec), summoned the 34 delegates by recalling the urgency and the audacity of real commitments to evangelize.

Before debating the propositions that would give the orientations and lines of apostolic action for the next five years, the delegates received with joy and gratitude the report of activities realized during the last mandate. With a truly appreciated visual presentation, the delegates could see some of the means used during the course of the past years so that each member could “share the fire within”.

The resolutions adopted during the General Assembly united the delegates; these resolutions reaffirm that efforts ever more sustained be made so as to answer the urgencies of a new evangelization while having a special option for the youth and the family.

In a spirit of brotherly joy, the delegates returned to their respective regions to share on a daily basis with men and women, young and old, and thus make Jesus Christ better known, better loved and better served. The next five years are therefore promising in apostolic initiatives!

The priests of the Pius X Secular Institute. From left to right: Jacques R. Landry, André Daigneault, Christian Beaulieu, Gérald C. Lacroix, Marcel Caron and Maurice Bélanger.

Session of the Pius X General Assembly. From left to right: Father Gérald C. Lacroix, director general, Father Réjean Lessard, moderator, Ms. Claudette Vallières, secretary, Father Marcel Caron, Mr. Michel Paquet and Mr. Réjean Langlais.

Director general:
Father Gérald C. Lacroix

Assistant Director
Father Christian Beaulieu

Secretary
Mr. Michel Paquet

Administrator
Mr. Claude Beauchemin

Councillor:
Mr. Antonio José López Paredes

Associate couple councillors:
Mr. Réjean Grondin and Mrs. Lilianne Couture

Father Gérald C. Lacroix was re-elected director general of the Pius X Secular Institute for the 2005-2010 period.

The members of the Pius X Secular Institute General Council, elected for the 2005-2010 period. From left to right: Mr. Claude Beauchemin, Father Gérald C. Lacroix, director general, Mr. Michel Paquet, Father Christian Beaulieu, Mr. Réjean Grondin (his spouse, Lilianne Couture is absent on the photo) and Mr. Antonio José López Paredes.

Bishop Pierre-André Fournier, auxiliary bishop in Quebec City, speaks to the General Assembly delegates during the opening day of recollection. He reminded the delegates of the major points of the mission statement for the Archdiocese of Quebec and how the beatitudes are a road for evangelization.

Father Guylain Prince, a Franciscan priest, led the second day of recollection in preparation for the General Assembly. He shared with the members the urgency of the mission of new evangelization.