The Executive Council
USG Executive Council (2024-2027). From left: Luis Ignacio Rois Alonso OMI, Bernardus Peeters OCSO, Roberto Genuin OFM Cap, Laurentius Tarpin OCS, Mario Zanotti OSB Cam (Secretary General), Arturo Sosa SJ (President), Mauro Giuseppe Lepori OCist (Vice President), Mark Hilton SC, Alberto Toutin SSCC, Alain Mayama CSSp, Jean-Michel Amouriaux CIM, Mathew Vattamatam CMF e Teodoro Kalaw CRM (absent)
The Executive Council is responsible for organizing the work of the Union:
- To express the opinions or consents provided for in the Statutes, in accordance with the rules of c. 127,1;
- Prepare the General Assemblies;
- To ensure the efficiency of the General Secretariat;
- Appointing the members of the Permanent Commissions created by the General Assembly and taking care of their functioning;
- To create and organize temporary Commissions;
- To deal with urgent cases that do not allow for the convocation of the General Assembly, with the obligation to report to the Assembly itself;
- Should difficulties arise with regard to these Statutes, the Council has the right to interpret them with the obligation to report to the next General Assembly;
- Promote, in agreement with the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, contacts with the Conferences of Major Superiors;
- Monitor the financial administration.
During the 102nd Assembly (November 2024) Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ was re-elected as President and Fr. Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori OCist was elected as Vice President.
The following were elected as members of the Council:
Fr. Luis Ignacio Rois Alonso OMI, Fr. Bernardus Peeters OCSO, Fr. Roberto Genuin OFM Cap, Fr. Laurentius Tarpin OCS, Br. Mark Hilton SC, Fr. Alberto Toutin SSCC, Fr. Alain Mayama CSSp, Fr. Jean-Michel Amouriaux CIM, Fr. Mathew Vattamatam CMF and Fr. Teodoro Kalaw CRM.