Decree 20: Reading at Table, General Congregation 31 (1966)

1.     After careful consideration of the reasons advanced for introducing changes in the present directives for reading at table and in light of the variety of circumstances prevailing in various parts of the Society, the General Congregation turns over to Father General the task of making prudent arrangements for the practice in each province or region.

2.     To prevent a decline in knowledge of the Constitutions as a consequence of discontinuing the monthly reading of the Summary of the Constitutions at table, the General Congregation recommends to Father General that he take measures effectively to preserve and foster this knowledge, either by restoring the monthly reading of the Summary, or by determining that key paragraphs of these Constitutions should be read in order at table, or by some other more suitable method.