Dear Confreres, in the past years we had been making strenuous efforts to have statutes of our own for practical and spiritual implementation of a rule of life for our province. After serious and meaningful study and evaluation we are completing the draft of the Provincial Statutes of the South West India Province. The Drafting Committee consisting of Frs. Thomas Chennakattukunnel, R. Santhosh Kumar and A. Jerome will give the final touch to it. Thereafter the draft of the Provincial Statutes shall be sent to each Apostolic Community for serious reflection and study. The suggestions and recommendations that you make in the Apostolic Communities shall be studied in the provincial chapter. The provincial statutes have to be finally approved in the Provincial Chapter so that it can be implemented for our day-to-day life in the province. I request the Convenors/Secretaries of the Apostolic Communities, as soon as they receive the draft of the provincial statutes, to convoke the apostolic community meeting (if necessary, more than once) to study and to make creative suggestions regarding the provincial statutes.