Constitution

CONSTITUTION
Catholic School Chaplains of Ontario
As Approved by the Annual General Meeting of CSCO
Thursday, January 23, 2003

The Constitution is the statement of the fundamental principles of the organization.

1. The name of the organization shall be CATHOLIC SCHOOL CHAPLAINS OF ONTARIO, hereinafter referred to either as CSCO or as the Organization.

The term “Chaplain” in the name of the Organization and in this document is used in the way it is commonly used
of those doing pastoral ministry in various institutional settings, to include lay people, women and men religious, deacons or priests.

The title “Catholic School Chaplain” is used to refer to a person hired and appointed to carry out the work of pastoral ministry in a Catholic school. 

2. CSCO is incorporated by Letters Patent in the Province of Ontario, October 12, 1988.

3. The purpose of CSCO shall be:

         a) to organize Catholic school chaplains into one body for mutual support;
         b) to address professional, pastoral, and educational concerns of Catholic school chaplains;
         c) to facilitate communication among members and with other organizations concerned with ministry in Catholic schools;
         d) to define and clarify the role of the chaplain in the Catholic school;
         e) to create a better understanding of the nature and importance of Catholic School Chaplaincy.

4. Membership in the Organization includes:

         a) persons employed specifically, full or part time, as chaplains (pastoral ministers) in Catholic schools in Ontario.
         b) persons employed by Catholic school boards, full or part time, as pastoral ministers to students or staff.
         c) persons with an interest in school chaplaincy.

5. The Executive Officers of CSCO shall be the president, immediate past- president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary.

6. A general meeting of the Organization shall be held annually.

7. The head office of the Organization shall be in the Province of Ontario.

8. The organization shall be governed by rules of order and by-laws consistent with this constitution that are adopted by the Organization.

9. This constitution may be amended by a seventy-five percent majority vote of the voting members of the Organization present and voting at the annual general meeting and qualified to vote thereat provided that notice of such proposed amendment shall have been sent to the membership at least 30 days before the annual general meeting.