1275 Sisters of Mary Immaculate SMI have new Superior General
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Sisters of Mary Immaculate SMI have new
Superior General
KOLKATA: 7th October 2005 -- On 3rd October, the Sisters of
Mary Immaculate gathered for their seventh General Chapter at
Krishnagar to elect Sister Lisette Thuruthimattam as their new Superior
General. She succeeds Sr. Marie Pothanamala who had held the
office for twelve years. Sr. Lisette was already serving as
General Councillor for Formation.
The Congregation of the Catechist Sisters of Mary
Immaculate Help of Christians, as the group is formally known, are
members of the Salesian Family. They were founded in 1948 by
Bishop Louis Morrow, although they actually did exist formally under a
similar name: The Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate, founded in 1922
by the then PIME Bishop of Krishnagar. They had remained just a
handful of girls in a Pious Union. The refounded group's charism
is identified by their evangelisation and catechesis in a Salesian
style, now spread over 56 or more communities throughout Asia, Africa,
America and Europe. They are more than 560 in number.
Interestingly, the Sisters have a foundation in
Italy in Udine, a dicoese which has sent many good missionaries to
India, especially from the Colussi family (six from the one family as
Salesian priests and a Sister). The Sisters see their presence as
missionaries to this area as a missionary repayment!
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