From the general constitutions

2. The duties of the council are also:
    
   1. to decide on the acceptance and admission to profession of new brothers and sisters;
       
   2. to establish a fraternal dialogue with members in particular difficulties and to adopt consequent measures;
       
   3. to receive the request for withdrawal and to decide on the suspension of a member from the fraternity;
       
   4. to decide on the establishment of sections or groups in conformity with the Constitutions and the statutes.
       
   5. to decide on the destination of available funds and, in general, to deliberate on matters concerning financial management and economic affairs of the fraternity;
       
   6. to assign duties to the councilors and to the other professed members;
       
   7. to request from the competent superiors of the First Order and the TOR suitable and prepared religious as assistants;
       
   8. to perform such other duties as are required by these Constitutions or which are necessary to carry out its proper purposes.