with God, love of the Church and one’s own Congregation, religious observance, apostolic zeal, mutual respect, and fraternal cooperation. (C 64) CM 516 Principles and Goals for Superiors 181All Superiors have the duty: 1) to be constantly concerned that they faithfully fulfill the office committed to them, mindful that they will have to render an account to God of their stewardship (cf. Lk 16:2); 2) to be zealously watchful for the faithful observance of the Constitutions, Directory, and Statutes and for the fulfillment of directives; 3) to distribute the duties and offices to the confreres in such a way that each of them may develop his talents, knowledge, or practical skill and bear as much fruit as possible for the Church of Christ; 4) to exercise their authority in a spirit of service so that it may be flexible when necessary, firm when circumstances require it, and that they may be clement, always open and sincere; 5) to diligently seek and receive with gratitude the opinions and suggestions of the confreres and to foster common deliberation of the questions brought for consideration; 6) to require from all that, at the proper time, they give an account of their exterior life and duties; 7) to take care that the confreres be properly informed concerning the status, life, and activity of the Congregation, the Province, the Vicariate, and their own house, in order that fraternal communion may be increasingly strengthened and that the collaboration of all be developed more efficaciously for the common good; 8) to strive, insofar as it is possible, to acquire and maintain the goodwill of those outside the Congregation and to show their gratitude to benefactors; Directory—Part VI 232
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