The day of the elections of the General Council has started with a prayer to the Spirit, prepared by our sisters in Vietnam.
The voting has taken place in the early afternoon, and the following sisters have been elected:
1ª General Counsellor and Vicar. María Esther Berruete Lanz
She was born in Navarra (Spain). She holds a degree in Social Work and a Master Degree in Bioethics. She has carried out her hospitaller work in various centres in the former Province of Palencia as a social worker, local Superior, manager and Provincial Superior.
During the last six years, she has been serving the Congregation as the 2nd general Counsellor. She has now been elected 1st General Counsellor and Vicar in this XXI General Chapter.
2ª General Counsellor. Leòntine Judith Ngo Mbock
She was born in Matomb, Cameroon (Africa). She studied Religious Pedagogy in Kinshasa (DR Congo) and trained as a trainer in Salamanca (Spain). She has worked as a trainer and, over the past years, she accompanied the sisters during the discernment period for the perpetual vows in the Mother House in Cimpezuelos (Madrid, Spain).
3ª General Counsellor. Blanca Flor Guerrero Anganoy
She was born in Pasto (Colombia). She studied Religious Sciences in Colombia and Pedagogy of Vocations in Rome. She specialised in Health Administration. She was Provincial Counsellor and currently is the Secretary of the new Province of Latin America.
4ª General Counsellor. María Begoña Pérez Martínez
She was born in San Llorente de la Vega (Burgos, Spain). She studied Nursing in England and Pedagogy of Vocations in Rome. In the past, she has been Secretary and General Counsellor and she is now the Provincial Superior of the English Province, with centres in Ghana and Liberia.
