At the end of the last session of the morning, Father General made a very important announcement to the Advisory Council, both on behalf of the General Congregation of the Order and the General Council of the Fraternity. In accordance with the organisational document of the ITAKA ESCOLAPIOS NETWORK, the two teams are jointly responsible for appointing the president and the general coordinator of the Network, in the latter case after having listened to the Board of Trustees. These appointments were scheduled to be made at the same time as this Advisory Council.
Juan Alfonso Serra, Provincial of Central America and the Caribbean, has been appointed as the new president of the ITAKA ESCOLAPIOS NETWORK. Javier Aguirregabiria, who has been the president of the Network since its constitution.
Regarding the General Coordinator, the General Congregation and the General Council agreed to re-appoint Igor Irigoyen, who has been carrying out this responsibility in recent years.
After this announcement and the words of thanks from Fr. General, especially to Fr. Javier, he received unanimous and prolonged applause from all the participants, in gratitude for his fundamental service to the ITAKA ESCOLAPIOS NETWORK.
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