{"id":12050,"date":"2026-07-28T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/actualites\/nouvelles\/congregation-dame-holds-its-99th-general-chapter-and-elects-new\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:31:18","slug":"congregation-dame-holds-its-99th-general-chapter-and-elects-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/congregation-dame-holds-its-99th-general-chapter-and-elects-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame Holds its 99th General Chapter and Elects a New Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sisters of the \u2060<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cnd-m.org\/en\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www1.cnd-m.org\/en\/\">Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame<\/a> gathered in Montreal from July 12 to 23 for their <b>99th General Chapter<\/b>, a significant time for discernment, reflection, and governance held every five years. At the conclusion of this meeting, the Congregation announced the election of its new leadership team, which will guide its mission for the next five years.<\/p>\n\n<p>Following virtual meetings held in April, May, and June, the Chapter took place at the Congr\u00e9gation&#8217;s Mother House in Montreal, with Sisters from the various regions of the world where the community is established in attendance. Associates also participated in the first few days of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n<p>The General Chapter is the highest decision-making body of the Congr\u00e9gation. It allows for a review of the previous term, the discernment of the directions that will guide the mission for the years to come, and the election of a new leadership team.<\/p>\n\n<p>Under the theme <b>\u201cBecoming One Congregation. For a Future Full of Hope and Joy,&#8221;<\/b> this 99th edition is part of a transformation process undertaken for several years. The Congr\u00e9gation is continuing its reflection on adapting its governance structures to the current realities of religious life, while renewing its commitment to its mission of liberating education. This journey also includes a process of decolonization aimed at contributing more fully to &#8220;the humanization of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>On July 22, the Sisters of the Congr\u00e9gation de&nbsp;Notre-Dame joyfully and gratefully announced the election of their new leadership team.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The new team is composed of:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>-Leader of the Congregation: Ona B. Bessette, CND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>-Assistant to the Leader of the Congr\u00e9gation: Martha Luc\u00eda P\u00e9rez Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>-Councilors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Atsuko Nakamoto<\/strong><\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Karen Kelly, CND<\/strong><\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Lucie Mekoulou Me-Zambo<\/strong><\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Sandra Margarite Sierre Flores<\/strong><\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Susan Kidd, CND<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"photo\" data-entity-type=\"\" data-entity-uuid=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ffxgfdg_0.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>This team will serve a five-year term. The official date of its commencement will be announced later.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the conclusion of this General Chapter, the Congr\u00e9gation entrusts its new team to the intercession of <b>\u2060<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.org\/en\/archdiocese\/history\/saint-marguerite-bourgeoys\" title=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.org\/en\/archdiocese\/history\/saint-marguerite-bourgeoys\"><b>Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys<\/b><\/a>, foundress of the Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame, that she may accompany it in the pursuit of its mission, in service to the Church and the Gospel, with hope and joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sisters of the \u2060Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame gathered in Montreal from July 12 to 23 for their 99th General Chapter,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12051,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12050\/revisions\/12051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}