HISTORY - INTRODUCTION

The history of the UISG is important for a
growing understanding of the last 40 years of
renewal and change in religious life. The
Timeline highlights ten of the most significant
events. If you wish to learn more about any one of those events, simply click on that statement to read more information. Anyone wishing to study UISG in depth is encouraged to conact the General Secretary.

Above: Pope Paul VI greets the Prefect of CRS while the UISG members attend the Papal Audience that occured during the first Plenary Meeting in 1967.

Right: Sr. Rita Burley, ACI during a meeting with the European Counci of Religious Leaders in Oslo, Norway, 2002. She was elected co-president of this organization.