At the conclusion of the 2025 UISG Plenary Assembly, we gather in this section the testimonies and reflections of several Superiors General on the key themes that animated our days of listening, discernment, and communion.

Through these weekly interviews, we wish to open a space of listening and communion, where the experience of those who, from diverse contexts, walk the synodal path in service of the Gospel and consecrated life in today’s world can truly resonate.

This week we share the words of Sister Simona CORRADO, Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Queen of Peace, on how consecrated life remains meaningful only when it is profoundly human, evangelical, and rooted in reality.

"The deepest challenge for consecrated life is to return to being in the midst of the people, listening to their cry, their thirst for meaning, spirituality, and care. This attitude also allows us to read our own challenges, since they are intertwined with the history and the incarnation to which we are called: a history that questions us and constantly provokes us.

In this context, I believe that one of the first — and by no means obvious — challenges is to recover the following of Jesus. This means walking with Him, sharing His evangelical choices, and allowing ourselves to be guided by them even in our concrete decisions, including economic ones. On this point, in fact, we are not always able to be a transparent and coherent sign.

Another challenge that I feel very strongly is the need to grow as adult persons, as mature women, overcoming infantilisms that certain systems of consecrated life sometimes foster. This maturity is not only for us: it becomes a testimony and a help for the world, because the more we are rooted in reality and in daily life, the more meaningful our presence can be.

Finally, a further challenge concerns the need for life. If humanity as a whole thirsts for life, we too, as consecrated women, are in need of life. For this reason, our institutes and congregations are called to create spaces and forms that foster life for each one within them. This may mean moving away from rigid uniformity and instead opening ourselves to a healthy differentiation, which allows each one to live the charism in an authentic and personal way."