Bogota Colombia. On September 18, 2018, in the city of Bogotá, a meeting was held to discern and define the relevance and opportunity of creating, founding a Theological Institute of Consecrated Life in America.

The participants to this meeting were:
Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF – Superior General
Fr.. Mario Gutiérrez, CMF – Provincial Superior of San José del Sur (Chairman of the Commission)
Fr. Marcos Loro, CMF – Provincial Superior of Brazil (Vice President of MICLA)
Fr. Armando Valencia, CMF – Provincial of Colombia – Venezuela
Fr. Josué González, CMF – Provincial Superior of Colombia Oriental – Ecuador
Fr. Carlos Julio Rozo, CMF – Coordinator of the Commission