This is how the meeting of local secretaries of the province of Spain began, on October 16 and 17 at our House in Madrid-Belisana.

Accompanied and tutored by M. Ingrid Matos, general secretary, and Elena Palomares, responsible in the general government for the tools that support our secretariats, we maintained these days motivating the secretaries, to record in them with the best ink that could be written, that they have been entrusted with a responsibility that is not very visible, but very necessary to sustain the mission by managing with fidelity.

The reflection by Fr. Leoncio López, a Mercedarian, on the narrative of “The lighthouse and the foundations, two ways of sustaining the mission” helped a lot to create this awareness of protecting the charisma, guarding the memory.

M. Dolores Velasco, provincial secretary, responded to the dynamics of the meeting.

We share this work with the following topics:

• Reflection work in three groups.
• Study of the Secretariat Manual.
• Details on History.
• Tools: INTRANET and GICON program.
• Presentation and personal work on the preparatory MEMORY of the next XVII Provincial Chapter.

This meeting primarily carries a mark of great THANK YOU to the religious who carry out this position, because it is real, that not every service needs to be visible to be essential. And they do listen

I go to your heart from fidelity, discretion, service and the greatest.

January 26, 2022