Faithful Companions of Jesus elect new General Superior

Oct 29th, 2025

Sr Patricia Binchy, fcJ

The Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus, are delighted to share the news that Sr Patricia Binchy, fcJ has been elected General Superior.

Sr Patricia is originally from Charleville, Co Cork, Ireland, where she attended St Anne's Primary School, Charleville with the Sisters of Mercy. She then attended the FCJ school in Limerick City, Laurel Hill Coláiste.

She entered the FCJ Society in 1973 and made her novitiate in Broadstairs, Kent.

Later, she studied French and Irish at University College Dublin where she also completed her Higher Diploma in Education. At Columbia University, New York, Patricia studied for an MA in Educational Administration. She then completed a Masters degree in Pastoral Studies at Heythrop College, London.

Patricia has lived and ministered in several of the countries in which FCJ sisters are present. These include Ireland, England, France, Canada, Bolivia, Argentina and the USA. She has worked as a secondary school teacher in FCJ Bunclody, Ireland, and as school principal at Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Ireland. She has also worked in pastoral ministry in Argentina. Patricia speaks several languages including Irish, English, Spanish, and French.

She has experience in leadership as local leader in Salta, Argentina and Paris, France; Province and Area Leader in the Americas and Europe; and most recently, as General Assistant.

For the last six years, she has also worked closely with the International Coordinators of FCJ Companions in Mission. She has generously offered them support and encouragement in developing their own unique identity. In addition, she has helped Companions to grow in their understanding of how to live out, and give expression to the FCJ charism as CiM.

Patricia has shared her many skills generously in leadership for several years. She is a woman of deep faith with a capacity for holding complex situations peacefully and with wisdom.

The FCJ Sisters look forward to the coming six years of her leadership with hope, and offer her their full support.

The General Chapter also elected three General Assistants (Members of the General Council): Sisters Afra Primadiana, Clare Hand and Judith Routier. They will take up office in a few months, on a date still to be decided.

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