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. El 17 de julio de 2015 fue elegida Superiora General de la Orden y reelegida el 20 de abril de 2022.
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.
Provincias
En la Compañía hay en la actualidad seis Provincias: África, Asia, Cono Sur, Mediterráneo, México y Pacífico. At the head of each Province is the Provincial Government: The Provincial Superior and Team.
Dependen directamente del Gobierno General las comunidades de Inglaterra, Haití y Timor-Leste.
Provincia de
África
Includes the countries: RDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Kenya and Tanzania.
La Superiora Provincial es Julienne Nzyavake Kiripi y forman el Equipo: Micheline Aluma Mutimavisa, Wilfrida Kaswera Wasikyalukundi, Marthe Sifa Wasmungho y Marie Rosa Masika Kahambu, todas ellas congolesas.
Provincia de
Asia
Includes the countries of Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Cristina Tamura, japonesa, es la Superiora Provincial y son miembros del Equipo: Yoshie Takagi como japonesa y Nga Nguyen Thu, vietnamita.
Provincia de
Cono Sur
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.
Provincia del
Mediterráneo
Comprende los países de Francia, España, Italia, Albania y Suiza. El Gobierno Provincial está compuesto por Nélida Andrés Castroviejo, Superiora Provincial y cuatro religiosas miembros del Equipo: Alicia Antoñanzas, española; Alexandra Cironi, italiana; Cristina González, española y Marie-Claude Ranouil, francesa.
Provincia de
México
Comprende los países de México y Cuba.
Mª Isabel C. Rodríguez, mexicana, es la Superiora Provincial. Forman parte del Equipo Martha Barba y Maria de la Luz Ciénega.
Provincia del
Pacífico
Includes the countries of Colombia, Peru and the United States.
La Superiora Provincial es María Helena Peña Afanador, colombiana, y son miembros del Equipo: Sandra Lau Dioses, peruana; Leticia Salazar, estadounidense y Ma. Eugenia Sánchez Ceballos, colombiana.
La Compañía de María en el Mundo
Descúbrenos
Inspired by the charism and Ignatian spirituality of Jeanne de Lestonnac, we try to find God in all things and seek to collaborate in building a more fraternal and just society from the various dimensions of our own lives.
