The fraternity at the various levels

The Regional Fraternity
Article 63

1. While firmly preserving the co-responsibility of the council for the animatin and guidance of the regional fraternity it is the duty of the minister, who has the primary responsibility, to see that the directions and decisions of the council are put into practice. He or she will keep the council informed concerning his or her activities.
    
2. In addition, the regional minister has the duty:
    
   1. to convoke and preside at the meeting of the regional council; to convoke every three years the elective chapter of the fraternity after having listened to the council on the formatilities of the convocation;
       
   2.  to preside at and to confirm the elections of the local fraternities either in person or through a delegated member of the regional council, with the exception of the spiritual assistant;
       
   3.  to make fraternal visits to the local fraternities, personally or through a delegate who is a member of the council;
       
   4.  to participate in the meeting called by the national council;
       
   5.  to represent the fraternity whenever it has acquired a juridical personality in the civil order;
       
   6.  to prepare the annual report to the national council;
       
   7.  to request the pastoral and fraternal visits with the consent of the council, at least once every three years.