{"id":127415,"date":"2026-09-22T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=127415"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:04:01","slug":"listening-nurturing-and-discerning-together-the-brothers-vocation-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/listening-nurturing-and-discerning-together-the-brothers-vocation-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening, nurturing and discerning together the Brother\u2019s vocation in the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of the process of listening and discernment that has been underway since late 2026, through the <\/span>\u2018Institute\u2019s Survey\u2019<\/span><\/a>, the<\/span> 2026 Plenary Assembly <\/b>is bringing together the Brother Visitors, together with the Superior General and the General Council, at the Generalate in Rome from 20 to 26 September, to \u201clisten, nurture and discern together the vocation of the Brother in the 21<\/span>st<\/span> century\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis meeting is, precisely, an invitation to walk in a synodal manner, beginning with attentive listening to our reality and discerning what the good Lord inspires in us to understand, strengthen and enrich the vocation of the Brother today,\u201d said Br. Carlos G\u00f3mez, Vicar General, noting that \u201csynodality does not simply consist of consulting more people or democratising religious institutions; its core concept is much deeper: <\/span>discerning together what the Spirit says and inspires in us<\/b>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

This involves \u2014 Brother Carlos continues \u2014 moving \u201cfrom deciding to discerning, from informing to conversing, from passively obeying to seeking together, from authority that possesses answers to <\/span>authority that creates the conditions for a communal response to emerge<\/b>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Four pillars of discernment<\/b><\/h2><\/div>

To this end, the Assembly\u2019s coordinating team has designed a participatory methodology that \u201cseeks <\/span>to focus reflection on the profound meaning of the Brother\u2019s presence in today\u2019s world and the quality of his consecrated life\u201d,<\/b> with the aim of \u201creaching inspiring and appropriate consensus, translating discernment into concrete actions at District and global levels\u201d, centred on four fundamental pillars:<\/span><\/p>\n