Sister Wilma Molinari, SFP Congregational Minister Sr. Wilma Molinari earned a degree in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Trento. She also undertook Religious Studies at the Institute for Religious Studies in Padua. Sr. Wilma worked in youth ministry and helped in various ministries with the poor. She oversaw Project Miriam, an SFP ministry in Padua that helps women who have been victims of trafficking, for several years. Additionally, she worked with the Caritas of the Diocese of Assisi as a social worker and assistant director of the program for refugees in Assisi. She also coordinated shelters for poor women and their families. She has served on the Leadership Team of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor since 2018.
Sister Mara Bellutta, SFP Congregational Councilor and Foundation Treasurer Sr. Mara Bellutta obtained her high school diploma with a specialization in accounting and commerce in Trento and a degree in Nursing from the College of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Padua. She worked as a nurse at Azienda ospedaliera di Padova (Padua Hospital). She has collaborated in our Project Miriam ministry in Padua that aids women who are victims of trafficking as well as in the head office of our nonprofit Francescane con i Poveri (Franciscans with the Poor) in Rome. In addition, Sr. Mara collaborated on other ministries for the poor: a shelter for women who are victims of trafficking in Pistoia and pastoral outreach to the Romani people. She has also worked in religious formation, youth ministry, and vocational ministry in Rome.
Sister Michela Refatto, SFP, Congregational and Foundation Secretary Sr. Michela Refatto studied Theology at the College of Theology of Florence and she specialized in Biblical Theology at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. She has worked in youth ministry and in initial formation for the Congregation in the SFP formation house in Frascati, Rome. She was a professor of Sacred Scripture at the Theological Institute of Messina and has been involved in spiritual and Biblical formation activities for young people, adults, and men and women religious. Sr. Michela continues to be the director of the Colei che sa (She who knows) program for the advancement of women.
Sister Thalyta Pereira Lima, SFPCongregational Councilor Sr. Thalyta Pereira Lima, has a degree in Social Work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás – Brazil. She practiced her profession for four years in the Social Works of the Diocese of Jataí, working in the areas of Education and Social Assistance. She also works professionally in philanthropic institutions under the responsibility of Congregação Lar e Creche São Francisco in Ipameri – GO and Centro de Educação Infantil (CEI) João XXIII in Jataí – GO. He was responsible for the Education, Culture and Leisure Project (ECL) since 2019. He was a member of Municipal Rights Councils (Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Municipal Social Assistance Council and Municipal Food Security Council), all in the city of Jatai. She took a Franciscan summer course and worked in different pastorals such as: liturgical, youth, missionary and catechetical.
Sister Sophie Emilie Dioh, SFP Congregational Councilor Sister Sophie Emilie Dioh worked as the coordinator of the schools at the Samine mission in Casamance, within the diocese of Kolda. She was involved in youth ministry, particularly focusing on young girls. Additionally, she collaborated in the formation process, serving as a guide for the prenovices and later for the young sisters. Prior to this, she had undergone training in spiritual accompaniment in the Mater Christi style, as well as participating in summer courses associated with the IFIHM (Institute for Integral Human Formation of Montreal).