Everyone is familiar with the white smoke and “Habemus Papam” of Papal elections. We don’t use white smoke at our motherhouse, but on Tuesday, September 8, the singing of the Te Deum and a flurry of phone calls and emails announced our own “Habemus Generalis” after the delegates to our General Chapter elected our Congregation’s new superior general.
Guided by the Holy Spirit, the delegates chose Sister María del Monte Auxiliadora as our first Spanish superior general!
Mother María, as she asked us to call her, is originally from Seville, Spain. She made her profession as a Little Sister in 1982. Before being elected to the General Council in 2009 Mother María served in a variety of roles in the Congregation, including mistress of novices in our Spanish novitiate and provincial superior in Spain.
Mother María succeeds Mother Celine de la Visitation, who served as superior general from 1996–2015. Mother Celine, originally from San Francisco, California, will remain in the General Council, assuming the role of Vicar General. Five other Little Sisters were also elected to the General Council. Representing the internationality of our Congregation, they include Sisters Nicole Emmanuel and Benoît de Ste. Bernadette from France; Sister Joseph Christine, from Scotland; Sister Patricia Ivonne del Espíritu Santo, from Chile and Sister Maria Clarette, from Sri Lanka.
Please keep our Congregation in your prayers in the weeks ahead as the delegates to the General Chapter get down to business and make important decisions for the future of our Congregation.
Saint Jeanne Jugan, pray for us!
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