Fr. Donald De Souza Re-elected AUC National President
(January 6, 2010) In the recently held National Assembly of the Apostolic Union of
Clergy (AUC), Father Donald H. R. De Souza of Lucknow was re-elected as the AUC national
president for a second term of three years. The Assembly was held at the Cluny Provincialate
in Bangalore in November last. Several diocesan directors, the international president
Father Julio Botia of Columbia, Bishop Freddy D’Souza of Jhansi and Auxiliary Bishop
Franco Mulakkal of Delhi attended the meeting. Father Subhash Anand of Udaipur, former
professor at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth in Pune was the resource person. The AUC is an
international movement founded about 150 years ago for the sanctification of diocesan
priests in and through their specific ministry and life. The organisation is present
in over 70 countries and in 110 dioceses in India.