Timetable: Preparation stages
2018December 15
Topics to be discussed
Special motions Individual friars and Jurisdictions may send the Minister General proposals for topics to be discussed in the Chapter. These shall be sent by December 15, 2018.
2019February 11
Reports for the Chapter
We therefore ask that all the aforementioned reports (cf. General Statutes no. 117 §1) be sent to the General Secretariat by February 11, 2019, so that the necessary translations can be made and the reports distributed before the Chapter begins.
February 17
Supplications
As a moment of communion in prayer and supplication to the Lord, I recommend that from February 17, 2019, until the conclusion of the General Chapter, each community add these prayers… to the invocations of Morning Prayer and the intercessions of Evening Prayer.
March 16
Instrumentum Laboris
We intend to send the various reports and the Instrumentum Laboris, translated into the different languages, to the Capitulars by March 16, 2019.
May 18
Start of the Chapter
It will be celebrated on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at 4:30 p.m., at the Sacred Convent in Assisi, Italy.
May 25
The election of the
Minister General
The date of the election of the Minister General The election of the Minister General is scheduled for May 25, 2019.
May 28
Relocation of the Chapter
The Chapter moves from Assisi to Collevalenza.
June 18
Closing of the Chapter
As an indication, the closing date will be Tuesday, June 18, 2019.

Topics to be discussed
Special motions Individual friars and Jurisdictions may send the Minister General proposals for topics to be discussed in the Chapter. These shall be sent by December 15, 2018.
Reports for the Chapter
We therefore ask that all the aforementioned reports (cf. General Statutes no. 117 §1) be sent to the General Secretariat by February 11, 2019, so that the necessary translations can be made and the reports distributed before the Chapter begins.
Supplications
As a moment of communion in prayer and supplication to the Lord, I recommend that from February 17, 2019, until the conclusion of the General Chapter, each community add these prayers… to the invocations of Morning Prayer and the intercessions of Evening Prayer.
Instrumentum Laboris
We intend to send the various reports and the Instrumentum Laboris, translated into the different languages, to the Capitulars by March 16, 2019.
Start of the Chapter
It will be celebrated on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at 4:30 p.m., at the Sacred Convent in Assisi, Italy.
The election of the
Minister General
The date of the election of the Minister General The election of the Minister General is scheduled for May 25, 2019.
Relocation of the Chapter
The Chapter moves from Assisi to Collevalenza.
Closing of the Chapter
As an indication, the closing date will be Tuesday, June 18, 2019.