PART IV APOSTOLATE CHAPTER I CHARACTER AND ELEMENTS OF THE APOSTOLATE Planning of Apostolic Works 83Chapters as well as the Superior General and the Superiors of Provinces and of the General Vicariates, with their Councils, are obliged to foresee and select the tasks and apostolic works that should be carried out by the entire Congregation and by individual Provinces and General Vicariates. (C 121) Apostolate in the Eastern Rite 84Confreres responding to the needs and the desires of the Church, especially those who are baptized in the Eastern rite or also ordained in it, may, after due preparation, assume pastoral work in the Eastern rite, carefully observing what is prescribed by both universal and proper law; for this, however, a mandate is necessary, given by the Superior General with the consultative vote of his Council. (C 121) OE 6, 24 Moderation in Undertaking New Duties 85When undertaking and carrying out new apostolic works, let the confreres with humility begin from small works. They should not begin various works, unless they have at their disposal a sufficient number of qualified men for the duties already assumed as well as for the new duties to be undertaken. (C 121) Preparation of the Laity for the Apostolate 86 Lay Christian faithful should be prepared assiduously for the apostolate by the use of various suitable aids. Above
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