Organization
The General Government
The governance of the Order is exercised by uniting personal authority and team collaboration. The General Government consists of the Superior General and four sisters who together form a community of discernment at the service of the mission. The General Government is the bond of union between the different Provinces and Delegations. It is based in Rome.
GENERAL TEAM
The Superior General: Mª Rita Calvo Sanz, from Spain, has held this position since 2015.
A Sister of the Company of Mary since 1982. She is a teacher, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Educational Sciences, and a degree in advanced studies from the Doctoral Program in Sociology of Education from the Complutense University of Madrid.
She has worked as a teacher and Head Director of the Lestonnac-Company of Mary Center in Zaragoza. She was a founding member and president of the Barró Association in Madrid, created at the initiative of the Company of Mary for people at risk of exclusion.
She was part of the Board of Trustees of the Company of Mary International Solidarity Foundation (FISC), later being the President.
She has exercised various government tasks; firstly, she was a member of the Provincial Government in Spain and later a member of the General Government Team. On July 17, 2015, she was elected Superior General of the Order.
On May 28, 2019, she was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CIVCSVA).
Son miembros del Equipo General: Mª Cristina Sanz García, española; Gabriela Betancur Gómez, colombiana; Patience Masika Mutsunga, congolesa y Yoshie Arai, japonesa.
PROVINCES and DELEGATION
En la Compañía hay en la actualidad siete Provincias: África, Asia, Cono Sur, España, Europa, México y Pacífico, y una Delegación Territorial: Inglaterra. At the head of each Province is the Provincial Government: The Provincial Superior and Team. At the head of the Delegation there is a delegate.
THE PROVINCE OF
AFRICA
Includes the countries: RDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Kenya and Tanzania.
La Superiora Provincial es Joséphine Malikidogo Mulere y forman el Equipo: Julienne Kiripi, Germanie Kahindo, Marthe Sifa y Sylvie Sekeraviti, todas ellas congolesas.
THE PROVINCE OF
ASIA
Includes the countries of Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Mitsuko Yokota, japonesa, es la Superiora Provincial y son miembros del Equipo: Yoshie Takagi como japonesa y Gilberthe Kahambu, africana.
THE PROVINCE OF
SOUTHERN CONE
Includes the countriesof Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Ada Romero Obregón, paraguaya, es la Superiora Provincial y son miembros del Equipo: Mariela Leiva, chilena, Marcela Bonafede, argentina y Zirlene Barbosa, brasileña.
THE PROVINCE OF
SPAIN
The Provincial Government is made up of Nelida Andres Castroviejo, Provincial Superior and four members of the Team: Purificación Torres, Cristina González, Blanca González and Arantza Zabaleta.
THE PROVINCE OF
EUROPE
Includes the countriesof France, Italy, Belgium, Albania and Switzerland.
Lidvine Ngmeta, a Cameroonian, is the Provincial Superior. The teammembers are Dominique Perouse, French, and Drita Syku, Albanian.
THE PROVINCE OF
MEXICO
Includes the countries of Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua.
Mª Isabel C. Rodríguez, mexicana, es la Superiora Provincial. Forman parte del Equipo María Manuela González González, española y Barbarita Medellín, mexicana.
PROVINCE OF THE
PACIFIC
Includes the countries of Colombia, Peru and the United States.
The Provincial Superior is Gloria Liliana Franco, Colombian, and the members of the Teamare: María Helena Peña, Colombian; Elvia Adarme, Colombian and Leticia Salazar, American.
DELEGATION OF
ENGLAND
Delegate: Patricia Grady
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