Gemma Silvero
Script error: No such module "Draft topics".
Script error: No such module "AfC topic".
Mother Maria Gemma Silvero M.S.H. | |
|---|---|
 Silvero in 2021 | |
| Title | Mother Superior |
| Personal | |
| Born | Gemma Abunda Silvero May 1, 1936 Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Philippines |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Relatives |
|
| Order | Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (formerly Augustinian Recollect Sisters) |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | (1974–present) |
| Present post | Superintendent, MSH Sisters Academy Federation (1974–present) |
Search Gemma Silvero on Amazon.
Mother Gemma Silvero (born 1 May 1936) is a Filipino Roman Catholic nun, educator and pacifist. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (M.S.H.), a religious congregation of diocesan right that educates and administers to poor children.[1]
Biography[edit]
Silvero was born in 1 May 1936 in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, to a large observant Catholic family. The Filipino television host Boy Abunda is her newphew and the politician Maria Fe Abunda her niece.[2][3]
At a young age, she entered the Augustinian Recollect Sisters with her older sister, Flora Silvero. For nineteen years, she became among the order's vocation directors, social action coordinators, and religious formator for aspirants and postulants. Feeling the call to serve the underprivileged children through education, she left her order and established the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1974 at the encouragement of Cardinal Jaime Sin. It received the recognition as a society of apostolic life from both the Cardinal and Bishop Godofredo Pedernal of Borongan.[1][2]
On 1986, she was featured on newspaper headlines for making courageous negotiations with the New People's Army rebels in Eastern Samar to surrender in exchange for food security, social welfare programs and reconciliation. Her peace negotiations to end the conflicts between the government and its rebels became a success for years.[1][4][5]
Currently, she serves as the Superior General of her congregation since its foundation and the Superintendent of the MSH Sisters Academy Federation.[6][7] Her congregation is present in various parts of Samar (Sulat, Balangiga, Basey, Guiuan, Borongan), Leyte (Tacloban, Calubian), Negros Oriental (Dumaguete), and Manila (Marikina City).[1][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Xiao Chua (21 April 2022). "Kasaysayan, Kaysaya: Ang Madreng Nagpasuko ng mga Rebelde (The Mother Gemma Silverio, MSH Story)". YouTube. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Connie E. Fernandez (18 January 2015). "Oh, what a beautiful mornin' but storm 'Amang' cuts trip short". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ "MSH Sisters in San Matteo Mission". Este News. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ The Filipino Reporter. Si Sister Gemma at ang mga Rebolusyonaryo by Jose Ladema Santos. May 1986 Issue. Retrieved 28 September 2022
- ↑ "A group of courageous nuns of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, led by Mother Gemma A. Silvero, has taken it upon themselves to undertake a daring mission: yo convince NPA rebels in Eastern Samar to surrender and lead new lives. The sisters of mercy are doing the job on their own. That is, the government has not commissioned them. Believing that they can convince the insurgents to come down from the hills, they simply decided to "beard the lion in its den", so to say, unmindful of their personal safety and the rigors of the trip... [The Filipinos] applauded the nuns for their courage and their sense of civic and religious duty in seeking out the rebels and convincing them to give up. What they are doing is heroism of the highest level – a service not only to the nation but also to God." from Nuns lead the way, Philippines Daily Express, 13 May 1986. Retrieved 28 September 2022
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "[MSH] Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (F-1974)". claretianpublications.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ "Mother Gemma Silvero – Superintendent at MSH Sisters Schools". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
External links[edit]
This article "Gemma Silvero" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Gemma Silvero. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
