Indian nun is the speaker for an online course on religious Vows

An Indian nun will be the resource person speaking at the online course on religious vows on May 9 and 10.

Sr. Inigo Joachim is the former superior general of St. Anne’s Sisters of Madhavaram, near Chennai, south India. She is a resident of Delhi, India.

On May 9 and 10, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Rome Time), she will speak at the online course "The Vows in Line with the Signs of the Times."

The International Union of Superior Generals organizes the course. The International Union of Superiors General established itself in 1965 to encourage collaboration among female Apostolic Religious Life congregations. It currently consists of 1903 Superior Generals, distributed across 36 regional constellations.

Sr. Inigo did her formators’ course in Pune, Maharashtra, and was the formator for three years. Following that, the General Team elected her as Secretary-General, and she went on to lead her congregation for two terms. 

She underwent a year-long spirituality course in the United Kingdom. In 1994, South Asian religious women elected her as the only delegate to the Synod of Bishops in Rome on "Vita Consecrata" (On Consecrated Life).

Pope John Paul II penned this apostolic exhortation, which he published on March 25, 1996.

Sr. Inigo facilitated the General and Provincial Chapters of various Congregations and addressed various gatherings of priests, seminarians, nuns, and laity, both in India and abroad, on the following topics: women empowerment, leadership, consecrated life, prison ministry, formation of the priests and religious, and the power of the Word of God.

After completing her mission as the congregation's leader, she moved to Delhi to serve at Tihar Prison, one of Asia's largest prisons.

She has authored three books on consecrated life: “Called to Move Beyond," “Ever Evolving Consecrated Life,” and “Biblical Leadership: Exemplars of Synodality.”