MSC General Council

Sr. Stella Maris Elena MSC was born July 21, 1950, in Rosario, Prov. of Santa Fe, Argentine Republic. She entered the Institute on March 7, 1990.
Education: Maestra Normal Nacional, Catechist for children, adolescents and youth, Psychopedagogy and Religious Science. Missions entrusted to her: Lecturer for about 50 years at the “Madre Cabrini” College (Rosario); Director and Legal Representative of the different Argentine Educational Centers (except the “Sagrado Corazón” Mercedes (San Luis) College); Regional Superior (for three terms); General Assistant in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay; General Bursar (for seven years), currently Assistant General.

My commitment, as has been made clear through my speech during all the years of my collaboration with the Institute, is to embrace Mother Cabrini's spirit and work to strengthen CARISMA, according to her advice. I truly believe that it is CARISM that unites (or makes global), and the attitude of service, listening and availability with each and every Sister is the way to achieve this. As a member of the General Council, I have felt and feel the obligation, as Mother says, to focus my inner work in identifying the spiritual and material needs of each community and each Sister in particular, with the help of the Cross of Jesus, with all possible charity, to fill these needs. My commitment is also, thanks to my experience in previous management, to bring to the General Council all that is possible so that the Institute serves the Church with its missions, contributes to the salvation of souls and gives glory to God with every activity. I personally believe that, more than any formalism, there is a need for a revitalization of CARISMA, from the vocation ministry, to initial and ongoing formation, to the attention and enhancement of older women, the source into which we must channel the Cabrinian spirit. My total commitment is based on what I have listed and, for that, on my willingness to serve.

She was born on May 20, 1960, in the city of Serranos, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She attended the normal teacher training course, in a particular católica school, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She worked as an elementary teacher in the same school before opting for religious life. She entered the Institute of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as an aspirant on January 13, 1982, in the city of Vassouras, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She celebrated her perpetual vows on December 5, 1992, in the city of Rio Pomba, state of Minas Gerais. He holds a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy, a bachelor's degree in School Administration, a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Religious Studies. She has done apostolic work as a catechist, in youth and vocation ministry, as a professor of Religion, in school pastoral work and teacher training, evaluator at the São Paulo Conference of Religious and at Catholic schools, psychológica clinical care, administrative and pedagogical direction, strategic planning, general direction of the network of Cabrinian schools in Brazil, provincial consiglieira and secretary, provincial superior and president of the Mother Cabrini Association.

Today her commitment is to serve and love the GLOBAL COMMUNITY among the sisters and members of the Cabrinian missão. Remain compromised, with fidelity to Mother Cabrini's charism in the Igreja and in the Society, in the process of implementing the chapter mandates over the next seven years, all for the utmost glory of God and for the good of humanity.

Sr. Gilda Mercedes Mendoza Argueta, was born in Guatemala City, on June 9, 1953. She was the eldest of three daughters. On December 23, 1973, at the age of 20, Gilda Mercedes left her family and her homeland to begin a vocational experience in the religious communities of Diriamba and the Ducualí neighborhood in Managua, where she was later received as a postulant on July 31, 1974. She began her novitiate on January 4, 1975, in Guatemala and made her first Religious Profession on September 8, 1977. Here, Sr. Gilda remained until 1979. In 1980 she was transferred to the Sagrada Familia Community in the Ducualí neighborhood of Managua where she remained until 1983. In 1984 she was transferred to the community of Diriamba, from where she left for a period of 9 months in for Italy and Spain for the purpose of preparing for Perpetual Profession which took place on December 8, 1985, in Guatemala. She returned to the community of Diriamba and remained there until 2007, before being transferred back to the community of Ducualí (Managua), where she stayed from 2008 to March 2019. She then went on sabbatical with periods spent in Guatemala, Italy, and the United States.



In the years 2020 and 2021 she was engaged in itinerant mission in the communities of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico. In December 2021 she was transferred to Mater Gratiae Province to be part of the community of the Spirituality Center in Codogno - Italy.

Formation: Sr. Gilda Mercedes completed her studies as a primary and secondary school, primary education teacher, and university lecturer with a degree in Education with specialization in Pedagogy.

Mission in the pastoral field: Coordination of Ecclesial Base Communities; Christian Formation; Catechesis; Youth and Vocational Ministry.

Mission in the field of education: Teacher in primary and secondary school; Secretary, Lecturer in Didactics/Deputy Director/Director in primary and secondary school.

Mission in animation in the region: Community Superior; Community and Regional Economy; Regional Councilor and Secretary; Regional Superior.

“My commitment to make the Institute a Global Community will be to put great effort to collaborate and strengthen communication, bonds of communion, fraternity and closeness among all sisters and lay people. As it was said by our Superior General Sister Maria Eliane, collaborate to walk toward a global community.”

Sr Patricia Argentina Godoy was born in a small town called Cruz del Eje, in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, on June 18, 1978. She joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in March 2000. She began her experience in the community of the elderly Sisters of Buenos Aires and after a year she moved to the house of formation of Our Lady of Lujan, also in Buenos Aires, where she studied theology. Her first mission as a Junior in 2005 was at the Cabrini School of Villa Amelia. Later she went to the Mother Cabrini boarding school in Rosario. In 2015, she professed her Perpetual Vows. From 2016 until today, her main mission has been formation, accompanying the life of our sisters and candidates in the Holy Spirit Region. She has spent these years between Ethiopia and London. Today, her commitment to make the Institute a Global Community is to be “courageous” and to walk the path of cooperation in the mission with generosity.