Sentence examples for a superior general from inspiring English sources

A superior general in Rome directs the activities of the members, who are located on every continent; their principal apostolate (religious activity) is still to the poor.

"I am a superior general.

Sister Sally Hodgdon, a superior general from the U.S., predicted women eventually will win the right to vote, according to The Associated Press.

"There have been a number of popes in succession with different personalities, but the structure remains the same," said a former superior general of a Roman Catholic religious order, who spent more than a decade in Rome.

In a statement, the Jesuit superior general, Adolfo Nicolás, said Bergoglio's election "opens for the church a path full of hope … at this crucial time".

The proposal was made during a meeting between Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, and Cardinal William J. Levada, the Vatican's chief doctrinal officer, to discuss elements of the "doctrinal preamble" that the group must accept before reconciliation can be reached.

Instead the cardinals chose this 76-year-old Jesuit whose order is headed by a priest called the superior general, in homage to the military origin of its founder.

In July, 157 Roman Catholic priests sent a letter to the superior general of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers supporting Father Bourgeois "and his right to speak from his conscience".

The superior general of an order displays a black galero with six tassels on each side, while provincial superiors and abbots use a black galero with six or three tassels on each side, although Norbertines (White Canons) use a white galero.

"There seems to be a kind of culture of secrecy in the Curia," said the former superior general of a religious order who, like many others interviewed for this article, asked not to be identified in order to speak frankly.

In 1886 Dehon was elected the congregation's first superior general, an office he held for life.