Board of Directors (2016-2017)
Chairperson- Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV
Superior General, Sisters of LifeAssistant Chairperson- Mother Mary McGreevy, RSM
Superior General, Religious Sisters of MercySecretary- Sister Cecilia Ann Rezac, MS
Superior General, Marian Sisters of the Diocese of LincolnTreasurer- Sister Mary Angela Highfield, OP
Vicaress General, Dominicans Sisters of St. Cecilia
Sister Catalina Avila, OSF
Provincial Superior, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
Mother Mary Francis Lepore, OP
Superior General, Dominican Sisters, Congregation of St. Rose of Lima
Sister M. Angela Mellady, OSF
Provincial Superior, Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
Sister Margaret Mary Mitchel, OSF
Provincial Vicar, Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration
Sister 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 Mary Elizabeth Wusinich, SV
Vicar General, Sisters of Life
Advisors to the Board
Sister Clare Matthiass, CFR
Community Vicar, Community of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal
Mother Mary Clare Roufs, ACJ
Mother General, Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus
Mother Mary Ann Kessler, TOR
Reverend Mother, Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother
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 (2016-2017)
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
William Burleigh
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, The E.W. Scripps Company
Mary Devlin Capizzi
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap
Archbishop of Philadelphia
Most Rev. Andrew Cozzens
Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul/ Minneapolis
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Cardinal Archbishop of New York
Most Rev. William E. Lori
Archbishop of Baltimore
Dawn Miller
Director of Consulting, Fund Development Services, Zielinski Companies
His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia and Episcopal Liaison for CMSWR
Msgr. Peter Vaccari
Rector, St. Joseph Seminary
