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General Superior and Councillors

Superior General

Sr. María Santos García Corral

Sr. María Santos of the Crucified Love was born on 28 October 1954 in Tosantos (Burgos, Spain). She entered the postulancy on 18 December 1973 and, after completing her novitiate in Italy, made her First Profession on 16 July 1977 at the Domus Aurea Spirituality Centre in Rome. At the Parish-Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale in Rome, she professed her Perpetual Vows on 10 June 1983.

She earned a Diploma in the Teaching of Religion from the Faculty of Theology in Barcelona in 1980, and in 1984 obtained a Licentiate in Religious Sciences at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. Shortly afterwards, she pursued the Biennium in the Theology of Consecrated Life at the Claretianum, completing her licentiate in 1987.

Having served for several years in the formation of novices and junior sisters, she later returned to Barcelona, where she taught Catholic religion in state schools while actively participating in parish pastoral ministry. From 1993 to 1995, she was based in Madrid, where she contributed to the Regina Apostolorum School, collaborated in the formation of novices, and engaged in the pastoral mission of the Community.

At the General Chapters of 1995 and 2001, she was elected General Councilor, responsible for initial formation and coordinator of the General Plan for Formation and the Seminar on Charisma. From 2007 to 2013, she served as Novice Mistress in Colombia and as Junior Mistress in preparation for perpetual profession in Rome.

At the XI General Chapter in 2013, she was elected Vicar General. She returned to Spain in 2019, and after four years was called back to Italy to serve in the Government of the Italian Delegation.

On July 10, 2025, the 49th anniversary of the Foundress's Dies Natalis, Venerable Maria Oliva Bonaldo of the Mystical Body, was elected Superior General during the 13th General Chapter.

Councillors

Sr. Maria Giampiccolo

Sr. Maria of the Prisoner of Love was born in Samone (Trento - Italy) on 19 April 1949.

She enters the postulancy on August 2, 1964 and after having lived the novitiate in Rome, she pronounced the First Vows on February 2, 1968 in the Generalate Sancta Maria. She made her Perpetual Profession on June 21, 1974 in the house of spirituality Domus Aureain Rome.

She obtained the Magisterium in Religious Sciences in Rome in 1980 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Baccalaureate in Theology ((1985), the Licentiate (1986) and the Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology (1990) at the Pontifical Lateran University.

From 1974 to 1980 she served in the pastoral care of isolated pilgrims in the Community of Lourdes.

Returning to Rome in 1980, continuing her studies, she collaborated in various Roman communities and in particular in the editing of the journal Ecclesia Mater.

From 1995 she taught Ecclesiology and Ecumenism at the Institute of Religious Sciences of the Lateran and of the Gregorian, at the Theological Institute of Anagnie, the Pontifical Urban University. In 2009 she started a formation course for parish ecumenical animators in Rome and since 2013 she is a member of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission.

At the XII General Chapter, on 29 June 2019, she was elected First Councillor and Vicar General, a role confirmed at the XIII General Chapter on 11 July 2025. She continues to serve as Responsible for the Mission Office, as point of reference for the Association of the Figli della Chiesa, and for the communities dependent on the General Government.

Sr. Flomy Malakudiyil

Sr. Flomy of Divine Love was born on May 21, 1971 at Kolakkad (Kerala-India).

She entered the postulancy on May 31, 1989 in the Community of Valillapuzha Fons lucis (Kerala)and in the novitiate on September 8, 1990 in Bangalore Aurora valde rutilans (Karnataka), here she pronounced the First Vows on September 7, 1992. She made her Perpetual Profession at Valillapuzha on September 13, 1998.

In 1996 she graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Bangalore.

In 1999 she obtained the Baccalaureate in Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquino Angelicum in Rome and in 2005 the Magisterium in Formation at the Higher Institute for Formators.

From 2003 to 2009 she Served as Councillor and Bursar of the Delegation in India; continued her service as the Bursar of the Delegation up to 2012.

In 2010 she obtained the B.Ed (Bachelor of Education) from IGNOU and in 2011 the M.Sc in Psychology from Madras University and M. Phil in Psychology from Christ University, Bangalore.

From 2011 to 2013 she served in the department of Psychology and Counselling as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Student Councillor at St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science, Bangalore.

She also rendered her service in the Institute as the Delegate Superior from 2013 to 2019.

She participated in the Plenary Council in Rome in 2016. In August 2017, she carried out a survey in Viet Nam to evaluate the possibility of a foundation in that country.

Elected Second Councillor on 29 June 2019 at the XII General Chapter, she was confirmed in this role at the XIII General Chapter and continues to serve as General Bursar and as reference point for the communities in India.

Sr. Marquez Avila Flor Consuelo

Sr. Consuelo of the Child Jesus was born in Ramiriquí (Boyacá, Colombia) on 5 September 1955. She entered the postulancy at Tunja Regina Virginum on 16 July 1979 and began her novitiate on 16 July 1980 at the Generalate in Rome, Sancta Maria, where she made her First Profession on 16 July 1982.

After returning to Colombia during her juniorate, she served as a teacher of religion and catechist. Following her Perpetual Profession at Paipa Regina Confessorum on 9 July 1987, she continued her ministry as a teacher of religion and formator of teachers and catechists at the Juan de Castellanos Institute in Tunja. In 1990, at Bogotá Regina Immacolata, she was appointed assistant novice mistress, diocesan coordinator of catechesis, and accompanied the association of lay faithful Figli della Chiesa.

From 1991 to 1992 she pursued a course for formators at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome. Between 1993 and 1995 she served as novice mistress at Bogotá Virgo Fidelis. In 1996 she returned to Tunja, to the Regina Ecclesiae community, where she resumed teaching religion, directed Student Welfare at the Juan de Castellanos Institute, and once again assumed responsibility as diocesan coordinator of catechesis and religious education. From 1997 to 2005 she also served as Superior of the Community and Secretary of the Colombia–Ecuador Delegation.

In 2008 she was appointed Councillor of the Delegation, and in 2014 she became Superior of the Bogotá Regina Immacolata Community and Vicar of the Colombia–Ecuador Delegation. In 2015 she was again entrusted with the formation of novices at the Latin-American Novitiate, Virgo Fidelis. In 2020 she was appointed as Delegate Superior.

On 11 July 2025, during the XIII General Chapter, she was elected Third General Councillor, with responsibility for the sector of Ongoing Formation.

Sr. Garnica Miranda Sandra

Sr. Sandra of the Mother of Jesus in the Eucharist was born on 7 April 1974 in Sucre (Bolivia). She entered the postulancy at La Paz Regina Apostolorum on 2 February 1994 and began her novitiate on 2 February 1995 at Cochabamba Madre de los Pobres, where she made her First Profession on 2 February 1997.

During her first year of juniorate, she served as a teacher and catechist at Santa Cruz de la Sierra Nuestra Señora de Nazaret. In 2001 she obtained a degree in Literature from the Catholic University of Bolivia, and the following year, at La Paz Regina Apostolorum, she taught while also taking responsibility for the dining facility for the poor.

She then travelled to Italy in preparation for her Perpetual Vows, spending a year at Mestre Mater Christi to learn Italian, before attending the annual Course in the Theology of Consecrated Life at the Claretianum in Rome (2003–2004). At Rome Sancta Maria, she made her Perpetual Profession on 10 July 2004. Immediately afterwards, she began studies at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences Mater Ecclesiae at the Angelicum, obtaining her diploma in 2008. She subsequently continued her formation at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences.

On returning to Bolivia, she served as Superior and teacher in the La Asunta community (Santa Cruz) from 2012 to 2014. From 2015 to 2017, at Sacaba María Maestra de Vida Espiritual, she continued as Superior and was also appointed Councillor and Vicar of the Delegation. In the following years, she remained dedicated to teaching and to the accompaniment of young women in formation.

In January 2024 she was appointed Delegate Superior for the communities of Bolivia.

On 11 July 2025, during the XIII General Chapter, she was elected Fourth General Councillor, entrusted with responsibility for the sector of Initial Formation and Pastoral care of the youth and the Vocations.