Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, Sister Ivana Calvo from Donnalucata is the new general prioress.

Sister Ivana Calvo, originally from Donnalucata, is the new General Prioress of the Congregation of the Missionary Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus.

She was elected last weekend by the XVII General Chapter, held in Santa Marinella (Rome).

The Congregation, founded by the Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio from Ispica along with Father Lorenzo van den Eerenbeemt, is now present in several countries and operates in the educational and social sectors.

The Chapter also renewed the General Council, appointing Sister Maria José De Oliveira as General Vicar and designating Sister Flora Fransis Mashughuli, Sister Corazòn Lao, and Sister Maria Grazia D’Angelo as councilors.

The assembly, which had the theme “Strengthened in Christ in Diversity. Missionaries in the Footsteps of the Founders”, concluded with the eucharistic celebration and the signing of the Capitular Acts, presided over by Monsignor Filippo Iannone, a Carmelite and Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.

The opening mass was presided over by the bishop of the diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina, Monsignor Gianrico Ruzza.

The election of the new General Government takes place in a particularly significant year for the Institute: in July 1925, the Jubilee for the 100th anniversary of its foundation was proclaimed, which will conclude in July of this year.

The Missionary Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus are currently present in Italy, Malta, Romania, Canada, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Congo, Uganda, Brazil, and Kenya, with new communities also in the process of opening in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

In the province of Ragusa, the communities are active in Ispica, the founder's hometown, in Modica, and in Marina di Acate.