The 4th Meeting of the Representatives of the Lay Associates Program (MERLAP) has begun at Casa La Salle in Rome, Italy. All except one of the CPPS units have sent Lay Associates and Incorporated Members to participate. Previous MERLAP gatherings were held in 2001, 2007 and 2012.

The focus of the gathering is to create a Profile of a CPPS Lay Associate and to define the essential elements of a CPPS Lay Associate program. We will also visit the foundation house of the Congregation (San Felice in Giano) and make a pilgrimage of some sites of Saint Gaspar’s Rome.

More details of our gathering will be posted on this website and the Fall issue of the Cup of the New Covenant will provide a full report.