Her name is going to figure in the history of the Catholic Church. Years from now, they will say she was the first woman to vote in a Bishops Synod. She is a French nun, called Nathalie Becquart.
Born in Fontainebleau, France in 1969, Nathalie completed her graduate degree in Paris in 1992. She volunteered to do social work in Lebanon for a year. In 1995, when she was 26, she chose to become a Sister in the Congregation of Xavières, an order that practices Ignatian spirituality. She studied philosophy and theology at the Jesuit-run Centre Sèvres in Paris and sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
Nathalie has a rich experience of working with youth. She started working for the Ignatian Youth Network, which is now called the Magis Network. “In France we collaborate a lot with the Jesuits. I have studied with the Jesuits and worked with them. I have many friends among them,” she said in an interview.
M.A. Joe Antony, SJ
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