{"id":4049,"date":"2024-09-10T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generalat-hsosf.de\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2024-09-10T21:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:37:19","slug":"general-council-reports-and-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalat-hsosf.de\/en\/general-council-reports-and-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"General Council Reports and Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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General Council Reports and Farewell<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

September 10, 2024:<\/em> Today\u2019s focus was on the General Council\u2019s reports, which General Vicaress Sister M. Rita Edakkoottathil started yesterday, explaining the Congregation\u2019s International Formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, General Councilor Sister M. Lima Arackal disussed the world synod before General Treasurer Sister M. Beata Kapica and Finance Director Martin Krawinkel shared the Generalate\u2019s financial report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterward, General Superior Sister M. Margarete Ulager gave the Generalate\u2019s report for 2018 to 2024 \u2013 a very challenging term of office due to external factors such as natural desasters, the Covid pandemic and the outbreak of wars, but also many structural changes within the Congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also changes in the General Leadership itself. Sister Margarete gratefully remembered Sister M. Christella Watanabe from the Japanese Province, who was elected General Vicaress in 2018 and passed away in April 2023. In May 2023, General Treasurer Sister Beata Kapica was elected as General Councilor for the remaining term of office. Moreover, Sister Laetitia Matsunaga from the Japanese Province joined the team as an assistant to the General administration. “I will be forever grateful for the love and support of my Sisters in the Generalate and all the Sisters who have been on this path with me for the last six years”, the General Superior said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We will always remain children of our nations and cultures – but no province is an island!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Sister M. Margarete Ulager)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In view of the dramatic change in the age structure of the members, Sister Margarete emphasized in her address the great importance of far-sighted planning and actively shaping the common future. \u201cThe will of God must always be sensed anew,\u201d she explained, \u201dand so for already 180 years, our Sisters have been finding new answers to how we can bring the healing presence of Christ into the world.\u201d In conclusion, the General Superior made an emotional plea for strengthening the internationality of the congregation and for communication that builds bridges both between the worldwide locations and between the older and younger sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With gratitude, the Capitulars congratulated Sister Margarete and her team for their leadership and service and gave their formal approval of the acts of the General Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meeting continued with perspective work from Sister Carol Zinn who made it very clear that \u2013 to gain a better perspective for the future of the international congregation \u2013 you have to get your feet off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some impressions of today are available in the following video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n