Our new General Council
The new General Council: Sr Angela Nemilaki Kapitingana, Tanzania (Superior General) Sr Jeanne d’Arc Ouattara, Burkin Faso (Assistant General) Sr Leticia Garduño, Mexico(Assistant General) Sr Małgorzata (Gosia) Popławka, Poland(Assistant General) Sr. Angela Kapitingana, new MSOLA Superior GeneralSr. Angela Nemilaki Kapitingana (Superior General) Sr. Angela Kapitingana, was elected Congregational Leader on 12 May 2023 during the 26th General Chapter. She is the 12th Congregational Leader, succeeding the first Congregational Leader, Mother Marie Salome. Sr. Angela is Tanzanian and has served as a missionary in seven different African countries. She has extensive experience in formation, having served at various levels, including postulancy, novitiate, and the accompaniment of temporarily professed sisters. At the time of her election, she was a member of the Entity Leadership Team of East and Central Africa. The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa are currently present in 26 countries across Europe, North America, and Africa.…
Day 16 – Dealing with the past and moving forward
The present moment of the chapter is seen as new life but, like it happens in the seed, the splitting of the seed-shell is painful. We all carry this new life within us, but also the pain of letting go. We need a lot of compassion and patience in our hearts, feeling responsible for one another as we live this painful moment with compassion and respect. Each one of us is responsible for the new MSOLA plant that is developing. As in the Ninfa Garden we visited yesterday, where something new has been built on the ruins of the past, in the MSOLA congregation too, each generation is adding something to the present garden. Today, we need to add our newness to the congregation. The difficulty we had with the technology at the beginning of the prayer showed us that even if things have been well prepared, any…