THE MOTHERHOUSE OF THE INSTITUTE
Casa General
Calle Navazarza, 7
28260 Galapagar - MADRID - ESPAÑA
Telf. 91 858 05 66 - casageneral-es@hsmcj.org
The General House is the main headquarters of the Institute.
Initially founded as a Provincial House on December 23, 1996, it later became both General House and Mother House when, on September 8, 1998, the former Province was officially recognized as a new Institute of Pontifical Right.
All the Apostolic works belonging to the Institute, the Regions, and the Delegations depend on the General House. It is here where the General Secretary is located, and where all of the Institute’s administrative tasks are carried out with the spirit of communion that our Mother handed on to us.
Foundress
Here lived our Foundress, Mother María de Jesús Velarde, from the time of its foundation, up until her passing on March 9, 2021, only a few months before celebrating the 25th anniversary of the House´s foundation.
GENERAL COUNSEL
Currently residing in the Mother House is the General Curia: Our General Superior, Mother María Marta Simón, and our General Counsel:
- M. María Pastora (Vice Superior and Regional Superior of Spain)
- M. Ester de María (2nd Counselor and General Secretary)
- M. María Magdalena (3rd Counselor and General Economist)
- M. María José (4th Counselor)
- M. Montesclaros María (5th General Counselor and Mistress of Novices in Piedras Vivas)
They meet periodically in order to carry out their governing tasks for the Institute, to make decisions, and to consult on or to vote over various matters concerning the same.
Community
A Community of Sisters, in a spirit of service and prayer for the Institute, attends to the needs of the house through work.
"They constitute, from her immediate collaborators, a community of service to the unity and vitality of the Institute”
(Constitutions 169)
