Study groups met in the Spring to produce reports in advance of the June 2026 General Assembly to assist the Assembly in their discernment. The reports were published in May.
The study groups’ work covered the following areas.
You can download their final reports (PDF) by clicking on a link below:
(1) Mission & Charism
(2) Community Life
(3) Lay Leadership & Lay Collaboration
(4) Mission Fields & Priorities (report to be posted shortly)
(5) Vocations
(6) Governance
(7) Real Estate.
The goal of each Study Group was to produce a report for the Paulist community and General Assembly that includes a US Catholic landscape on the topic (outside of the Paulist Fathers), Paulist realities on the topic (e.g. SOAR analysis), and considerations for the General Assembly’s discernment.