
Echoes of Vietnam
June 28, 2022
Message for the 350th Anniversary of the Entry into Heaven of Anne Marie Martel
January 31, 2023"With faith and discernment let us move forward in the mission entrusted to us.
From July 11 to 30, 2022, we celebrated our General Chapter in Chevilly-Larue in the Spiritan Fathers' Reception Center.
We were 21 capitulants and one guest sister from 7 countries and with the technical staff we were 30 people in total. Marian Murcia, of the Holy Family of Bordeaux, Spain.
After three days of retreat animated by Fr. Bernard Couronne, SSCC, our assemblies took place in a synodal and fraternal atmosphere and in intercultural work teams.
During the Chapter, we elected a new team for the service of the Congregation:
Superior General: Sister Patricia Giménez (Argentina)
Councilors, Sisters:
Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh (Vietnamese),
Gloria Neira Saez (Chilean)
Lilian Morales Vidal (Chilean)
The Orientations for this five-year period, whose title is " Together we listen to the Spirit to accompany and promote life ", will soon be presented to all the sisters of the Congregation and to the Associates and Lay people of our spiritual family.
We thank in particular the members of the former general council for all their work during these years and to all those who have accompanied us with their service and their prayer.