Opening of the 12th General Chapter | July 14-26 2025
The 12th General Chapter of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great began on July 14, 2025 with the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Gregory Komar in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. After the formal opening of the proceedings by Mother Marcela Runcan, OSBM, General Superior, approval of the secretaries, tellers, and presentation of the agenda followed, as well as the selection of the members for the Chapter Steering Committee. The work will continue for the next two weeks.
38 Sisters from all the territorial units along with 8 Sisters as auxiliary to the Chapter body are gathered on the Gianicolo Hill in Rome, Italy.
The theme of this 2025 General Chapter is Building Bridges of Hope and indeed the logo which has been chosen brings together many elements: the stylized pectoral cross recalls to us that we are one body, the four colors that we are from four continents but one group of religious and following the same spirituality, while bringing hope in our lives and works during this Jubilee Year which bears the motto Pilgrims of Hope.