Board of Directors (2018-2019)
Chairperson- Mother Mary McGreevy, RSM
Superior General, Religious Sisters of MercyAssistant Chairperson – Currently vacant
Secretary- Sister Marie Bernadette Mertens, IHM
Vicar General, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of WichitaTreasurer- Sister Judith Ann Duvall, OSF
Major Superior, School Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
Mother Mary of the Immaculate Conception Ambrogio, SSVM
Provincial Superior, Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara
Sister Anne Catherine Burleigh, OP
Vicaress General, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
Sister Joanne Holloman, FMA
Provincial Superior, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Eastern Province
Mother Maria Catherine Iannotti, PVMI
Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate
Sister Margaret Mary Mitchel, OSF
Provincial Vicar, Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
Mother Miriam Seiferman, FSE
Vicar General, Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist
Sister Robert Francis Marie Tait, lsp
Provincial Vicar, Baltimore Province, Little Sisters of the Poor
Sister Megan Mary Thibodeau, SOLT
General Sister Servant, Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
Sister Margaret Mary Waldron, CK
Vicar General, School Sisters of Christ the King
Advisors to the Board
Mother Teresa Christe Johnson, MSSR
Superior General, Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
Mother Mary Ann Kessler, TOR
Reverend Mother, Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother
Mother Mary Clare Roufs, ACJ
Mother General, Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus
Founding Board Members
Sister Christine Born, OP
Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
Sister Vincent Marie Finnegan, OCD
Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles
Sister Mary Bernard Nettle, lsp
Little Sisters of the Poor – Baltimore Province
Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, RSM
Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan
Episcopal Liaison
His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia
Episcopal Liaison for CMSWR
Advisory Council - being updated
The CMSWR Advisory Council is assembled to advise the Board of Directors of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious in the advancement of its mission, bringing professional experience, ecclesial wisdom, and best practices to bear on the furthering of religious life in the Church in America.
Clark Baker
Retired Chief Executive Officer, YMCA
Most Rev. Andrew Cozzens
Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul/ Minneapolis
Most Rev. William E. Lori
Archbishop of Baltimore
His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia and Episcopal Liaison for CMSWR
Msgr. Peter Vaccari
Rector, St. Joseph Seminary
Honorary Advisory Council Members
Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap
Archbishop of Philadelphia
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Cardinal Archbishop of New York
