Sister Nicastro, born in Rome, was the Principal of the "Mary Help of Christians" Secondary School in Rome and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences "Auxilium" in Rome. Until now she held the position of Secretary of the IRO Province.
The Secretary General is responsible for the general archives, the history of the Institute, the registers and general statistics. (C. 133)
Her duties include:
- the drafting of the Acts and Deliberations of the General Council and the official documents of the Institute;
- the compilation of the registers and general statistics;
- fostering and the deepening of the charism and history of the Institute. The Secretariat has the responsibility of the Central Historical Archive with the aim of preserving, ordering and making known, through the relevant documentation, the historical heritage of the FMA Institute (see Constitutions, art. 133).