Meeting of the group of Ursuline Superiors General

03/06/2025

Meeting of the group of Ursuline Superiors General

 

Recently, following the UISG Plenary Assembly, held in Rome, Italy, six Ursuline General Superiors met together on 10th May 2025 at the Generalate of the Ursulines of the Roman Union.

Those gathered were

Sr Gemma Boschetto (Ursulines of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Gandino, Italy)
Sr Pauline Duchesne (Canadian Union of Ursulines, Quebec)
Sr Milly Fernandez (Ursuline Franciscans, India)
Sr Susan Flood (Ursulines of the Roman Union)
Sr Bimla Minj (Ursulines of Tildonk, Belgium)
Sr Giovanna Radice (Ursulines of San Carlo, Milan, Italy)

 


Ursuline General Superiors

 


Ursuline General Superiors with interpreters sisters

 

STATEMENT FROM
GROUP OF URSULINE SUPERIORS GENERAL

29th May 2025

We gathered in the context of the spirit of St Angela Merici as a woman of hope for her times and ours.

  • We discovered that we share many hopes in common, for our sisters, for our congregations and for our world
  • We enjoyed renewing our connections and our friendships as we listened deeply to each other
  • We shared honestly and intensely about some of the challenges of vulnerability and fragility that we face
  • We discussed some possibilities for ways in which we can be mutually supportive of each other
  • We began to think about some inter-congregational opportunities which could be of benefit to all.
     

It was clear that we share a desire to be witnesses to hope in the many and diverse parts of the world where we are called in mission. Together, we draw on the wisdom of St Angela as we remember her promise to be ‘continually among them … if they do not lose heart and hope.’ (5th Counsel 38/39).