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The present government of the Congregation was elected at the 56th General Chapter in 2024 at Tours, Francia (2024-2029)
From left to right: Srs. Ana Patricia, Nilda, Anula, Beatriz, Martha, Mariamma y Scholastique
Sr. Mariamma Paul Ollukaran, India.
General Councilors:
Live the Service of Authority with Vulnerability, Synodality and Communion
"Jesus teaches that authority is service and that humility is the hallmark of true discipleship” (Report on the Life of the Congregation 2019-2023)
For Marie Poussepin, the service of authority, “far from any form of authoritarianism and domination, is a service imbued with charity and simplicity” (MPC 8), where participation is a constitutive element of governance. Today, the Congregation, open to the action of the Holy Spirit, is called to work for an authority based on the Gospel, a profound experience of God, and the living of the Charism.
Source: Document of the 56º General Chapter - 2024
Service of Government in the Congregation Today
Source: Document of the 55º General Chapter - 2019
Our understanding of the service of authority is based on the Gospels, the Charism, the teachings of the Church and the reality of the Congregation. According to the Gospel, the one rendering a service of authority is called to be a servant of all (Mk 10:42-45). The fraternal service that Jesus asks from us means accompaniment, listening and total gift of self. Far from exercising over His disciples an authority of domination, it is one of love, humility, and the gift of His own life. A government lived in love, creates brothers and sisters. "The exercise of a responsibility does not change anything in the orientation of one’s life; it only invites us to live in coherence with our consecration" (Report on the Life of the Congregation 2014, p. 47)
The main mission of government is the integral animation of the Sisters especially in regards to their vocation to holiness: they must be attentive to live faithful to the Charism and be the guarantors of the application of the Project of the Congregation.
Marie Poussepin stated very clearly in her Rule (Chap. XVII) what she and her sisters lived. There she tells us what the superior at all levels in the Congregation must be. It is only through kindness, concern, love, patience, vigilance and understanding that the superior will be able to touch the heart of others. This same idea is clearly expressed in the first chapter of “Marie Poussepin and her Community”, there the meaning and living experience of the service of authority in the life of our Foundress, are clearly outlined. The main mission of government is the integral animation of the Sisters especially in regards to their vocation to holiness: they must be attentive to live faithful to the Charism; and be the guarantors of the application of the Project of the Congregation. (Cf. Constitutions 95 and 129-132; Marie Poussepin and her Community: The Service of Authority 39).
Source: Document of the 54º General Chapter - 2014
2019-2024 (55th General Chapter in 2019 at Bucaramanga, Colombia)
2014 - 2019 (54th General Chapter in 2014 at Tours, France)
