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110 ORDER OF THE PRAESIDIUM MEETING CHAPTER 18
resemble an over-brimming stream, that in its turn will flood the
souls of others. Because of me, Mary will be enabled to love Jesus and
to fill him with joy, not only through my own heart but also through
the countless hearts that are united with mine.” (De Jaegher: The
Virtue of Trust) [This quotation is not to be read out as part of the
Standing Instruction.]

8. Treasurer’s Statement. The Treasurer shall submit a
weekly statement showing the income and expenditure of the
praesidium and the resulting financial position.
“Souls are sometimes lost for want of money, or, in other words,
for want of a more complete participation in the apostolate.” (James
Mellett, C.S.Sp.)

9. Reports of the members are received. Members should
remain seated while delivering their reports, which should be
verbal, though members may aid themselves by notes.
The praesidium should not take the non-performance of
the legionary duty as a matter of course. When members have
been validly prevented from performing their work, they
should (if possible) furnish some explanation. The absence of
a report, if unexplained, conveys the impression that neglect
of duty is in question and constitutes a bad example for every
member.
If members are attaching a reasonable degree of seriousness
to their work, the necessity for excuse will arise but seldom,
and happily so, for in an atmosphere of excuses zeal and
discipline wither away.
The report is not to be directed to the President alone. For a
certain mental process must be taken count of. When one
person speaks to another individually, the voice automatically
tunes itself to the precise distance and no more. This could
mean that words addressed to the President would with
difficulty be heard by persons further away.
The report, and all discussion upon it, must be delivered in
a tone of voice which will reach every part of the room. A
report, however full and faithful, which is inaudible to many
of those present is— having regard to its depressing effect on
the meeting—worse than no report. Whispering is no sign of
modesty or gentleness, as some apparently imagine. Who so
modest, who so gentle as Mary? Yet could anyone imagine her