Prior to the 35th General Chapter
in 2010, Rule 165a stated that: “Any
change in existing Rules which is approved by the Chapter is effective
immediately. If the subsequent Chapter maintains the decision, the amendment is
then inserted into the printed text of the Rule.” On October 1, 2010, the
35th Chapter maintained the first sentence of this rule but
suppressed the second sentence.
The rationale for this change was that it
would have taken until after the 36th General Chapter in 2016 to
permit a newly printed edition of the Constitutions
and Rules. Since there were a number of changes adopted in both the 2004
and 2010 Chapters, a new edition was considered appropriate at this time.
The Central Government will soon take up the
project of printing this new edition to replace the one published in the year
2000.
In the meantime, Oblates will find the
updated version of the CCRR on the Congregation’s website at www.omiworld.org. It is given there in the reserved section (requiring an OMI ID and a password), under the “Documents” link, in
English, French and Spanish
