As it is customary every year, from 21 to 23 May 2009 there was the meeting of the Council for the Secretariat General for the Missions. The programme included: the presentation of new Council members, the evaluation of the Course held at Grottaferrata, the presentation of the activity by the Provincial/Regional Secretariats, the main themes of pallottine missionary Sunday, present situation of the Missionary Fund. In relation to this latter item, the difficult world economic situation has forced us to reduce some aids normally given to missionaries and the number of scholarships for confreres in mission countries.