Colombia - Election of the Superior General of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

30 December 2016
Colombia - Election of the Superior General of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

(ANS - Bogotá) - In the early Twentieth century century, Salesian spirituality was strongly focused on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The leper colony at Agua di Dios, the "City of Pain", was born steeped in this devotion. This city was founded by a Salesian missionary priest, Fr Louis Variara, who also founded a religious institute to care for the leprosy patients. This great work began with three girls, two of them were suffering from leprosy and the third was the daughter of lepers.

The "Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary" was founded principally to serve lepers. Today its members devote their lives to the pastoral mission in schools, to the service of the sick and the missions.

In 1981 the Institute was approved by official acknowledgment: "The particular reason for joy is the fact that the Institute was the first to officially become part of the Salesian Family."

Currently, the Institute has about 400 members offering their pastoral service in 12 countries.

On 24 December, during their General Chapter, Sister Miryam Fabiola Garcia was chosen as Superior General of the HHSSCC and the following as members of the  General Council: Sister Fanny Ana Silva Carreño - Vicar; Sister Martha Nelly Gutiérrez Castañeda - communications director for Pastoral work; Sister Maria Amelia Alvarado Viancha - Responsible for the Fr Variara Secular Movement and sister Betty Cecilia González Contreras - Counsellor for Economic Affairs.

Sister Miryam Fabiola García, is the eighth Superior General of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The Superior General is the bond of union and centre of unity of the Institute.

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