Generalate

The Generalate is composed of the prioress general and four councilors. 

Their residence is the generalate house in Rome. (Constitutions 722)

Prioress General

M. Maoro Sye 2018-Present

The prioress general, assisted by her council, governs the entire Congregation according to the norms of the Church, the Rule of St. Benedict, and the Constitutions. (Constitutions 723)

Generalate 2018 -

The general councilors advise and assist the prioress general in her role of service to the Congregation and share with her its overall government. (Constitutions 735)

Our Prioresses General Our General Council

Our Prioresses General

Mother Maoro Sye 2018-Present

1 Mother M. Birgitta Korff 1895-1920

2 Mother M. Melania Volmer 1920-1927

3  Mother M. Clodesindis Lüken 1927-1933

4  Mother M. Mathilde Hirsch 1933-1947

5 Mother M. Sigillinde Weber 1947-1957

6 Mother Maria Lucas Rauch 1957-1967

7 Mother M. Gertrud Link 1967-1976

8 Mother Maria Froning 1976

9 Mother M. Gertrud Link 1976-1982

10 Mother M. Edeltrud Weist 1982-1994

11 Mother M. Irene Dabalus 1994-2006

12 Mother M. Angela Strobel 2006-2018

Our General Council

Generalate 1957 - 1967

Generalate 1967-1976

Generalate-1976-1982

from left to right: Sr. Angelica Leviste, Sr. Eva Maria Regis, M. Gertrud Link, Sr. Edeltrud Weist, Sr. Bernardine Beckman

Generalate 1982-1988

from left to right: Sr. Pia Rottinghaus, Sr. Sigrid Dempfle, M. Edeltrud Weist, Sr. Irene Dabalus, Sr. Dominica Kim

Generalate 1988 - 92

from left to right

Sr. Gertrud Kim, Sr. Rosa Maria Santana, M. Edeltrud Weist, Sr. Irene Dabalus, Sr. Matilda Handl

Generalate 1994-2000

from left to right

Sr. Dolores Hong, Sr. Vania Maria Toscano, M. Irene Dabalus, Sr. M. Ignatius Glaser, Sr. Celine Schock

Generalate 2000-2006

from left to right

Sr. Antoinette Adelman, Sr. Agatha Kim, M. Irene Dabalus, M. Angela Strobel, Sr. Chantal Gerster

from left to right: Sr. Terese Zemale, Sr. Maoro Sye, M. Angela Strobel, Sr. Adelaida Ygrubay, Sr. Maria Aparecida Carvalho

Generalate 2006-2012

from left to right:

Sr. Salete da Rocha, Sr. Maoro Sye, M. Angela Strobel, Sr. Adelaida Ygrubay, Sr. Terese Zemale

from left to right: Sr. Salete da Rocha, Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, M. Angela Strobel, Sr. Caridad Choi, Sr. Irene Iita

Generalate 2012-2018

from left to right:

Sr. Regina Tesch, Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, M. Angela Strobel, Sr. Caridad Choi, Sr. Salete da Rocha

Generalate 2018-2024

from left to right:

Sr. Regina Tesch, Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, M. Maoro Sye, Sr. Vania M. Toscano, Sr. Katharina Mtitu