Sofia Alejandra Gonzalez made her first profession as a religious Sister Adorer, Handmaid of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, on November 25, 2023. The ceremony, presided over by the Archbishop of Tucumán, Monsignor Carlos Sánchez, took place in the chapel of the Adorers in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

In addition to the Sisters Adorers of the communities of Tucumán, Villa Progreso, Córdoba and Rosario (Argentina), Sofia was accompanied by her mother and her brothers and sisters with their respective families at this special moment in her life. Close friends, benefactors, friends of the community of Tucumán and of her parish were also present.

The sisters who received Sofia’s vows are: Sister Gabriela Valot, Superior Provincial of the Province of America; Sister Marta Trejo, Superior of the community of Tucumán; and Sister Laura Accaputo.

With her “yes”, Sofia becomes a Junior Sister in our Congregation and joins the mission of Eucharistic Adoration and Liberation, of personal integration, promotion and social reintegration of women in prostitution and other contexts of violence.

You can relive the Eucharistic celebration of Sophie’s first religious profession by following this link:

Below, we share the thanksgiving prepared especially by Sister Sofia for this important moment in her life.

1st religious profession of Sofia as Sister Adorer: Thanksgiving

“I no longer have a heart, I gave it to my beloved and I don’t have to ask Him for it” (St. Maria Micaela).

I give thanks to the King of kings who called me to serve him in a life of Adoration and Liberation, especially today when we celebrate feast of Christ the King and Lord of the whole universe.

It is the same Lord who called me and ratifies me every day in a very particular way where He wants me to serve Him. Thank you, Lord, for calling me to be part of this great Congregational Family which today I have joined as a sister Adorer, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity. For me it is a great joy and I have only words of gratitude.

Today my heart is full of love that does not fit in my chest.

I would like to thank the Archbishop of Tucumán, Mgr. Carlos Sánchez, who is presiding over this celebration. Thank you for coming to share with us this very special moment for me and for the Congregation. To the fathers who accompany you, thank you very much for taking the time to come, because today we are also on the eve of such a beautiful feast where we give thanks to the King of kings.

Gabriela Valot, Provincial Superior, who was able to accompany me on this day. Thank you very much for your affection and for having escorted me throughout my formation process, for being present in every detail of this celebration.

Marta Trejo, Superior of the community, Sister Juanita Monasterio and Sister María del Valle Velárdez: Thank you for all the preparations for this celebration, I know that you did everything with great affection, I cannot thank you enough for every sign of affection that you had for me.

To the sisters who were able to come to accompany me from other communities, thank you very much for the effort to be here today, for having left your activities to be able to accompany me.

I want to show gratitude to the whole Congregation that has accompanied me from the beginning of my formation, I am the fruit of your prayers, thank you for supporting me and I ask you to continue to pray for me and I will pray for you.

I would like to give a very special thanks to my first formation community, the community of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. To Sisters María Luisa Gisbert, Silveria, Adalgida, Maria Edita and Dora Liz, who was my formator in the pre-novitiate, Mary Cruz Chugara, who was also my formator in the pre-novitiate, Sister Rosa Inés, Marie Flore. The Sisters who shared very pleasant moments with me: Gloria Torres, Mercedes Martinez Germán, Marina Chaco and Gladys Molina, in the Dominican Republic it was a time of learning what it is to live in community and what fraternal love is.

I would also like to thank the sisters who presided over my first steps in the community when I met them in the Congregation and who are now rejoicing at the side of their Beloved Jesus: women full of God who taught me to go forward without faltering and who I am sure accompany me here today. Angélica Ibarra, Victoria Murillo Basquet, Juana Maria Alcatuc and Soraya Matus, women who left a deep mark on me and I thank God and the Virgin for having allowed me to know them, thank you Lord.

I am grateful to what was my community during all this time of formation, to my Novitiate community where I learned to grow as a human being.

Josefa Portillo España, a woman with incredible virtues, thank you for every piece of advice, love and patience. Sister Bindu Paul, an extraordinary woman, modest, humble and loving, thank you for having taught me so many things. Sister Sumi Thomas, her particular joy, understanding and patience. The truth is that each and every one of you helped me to grow every day and, above all, to continue to grow in love for Jesus in the Eucharist,

A very special thanks to the one who was my teacher in this time of acceptance and self-knowledge, thank you Sr. Maria Laura Accaputo, for her docility, her understanding, her affection and her advice. Today I can say that she helped me a lot to be able to continue responding to the call that God gave me 10 years ago, thank you.

To my companions with whom I shared a part of my formation: Dumg, Huyen, Thao, Huyen, Honorine, Marcela, Mimose, I thank you for having shared a part of this journey with you. Also, for those who remain in the novitiate: Ann, Yeraldine and Isis, I encourage you my sisters, God alone is enough, thank you for sharing with me a part of the journey.

I want to thank the Theological Institute of Consecrated Life of the Claretian Brothers where I was able to be formed during this time and where they not only taught me theological studies but also to share and be family with other congregations; to my companions of the Institute. And a special greeting to Father Emeterio Chaparro, teacher at the Centre and private guitar teacher, thank you for your simpleness and closeness and your patience in teaching us.

To the parish of San Sebastián Mártir of Carabanchel, Madrid, to Father Alberto and Father Manuel, who we were able to meet and share in the beautiful parish community, and to all those who form it, thank you for welcoming us and accompanying us on a stretch of the road, we remain very united to you in prayer and Adoration.

I would like to thank the community of Peñagrande, Sister Ramona, Sister María Fe, Sister Lumi and Sister Consuelo. In this community I was able to have an apostolic experience with our women, thank you sisters for the closeness, the simpleness and the welcome, I always felt that it was also my community.

I would also like to express my gratitude and thanks to the community of Cordoba, Spain, to Sister Herminia, Sister María José and Sister Aurelia with whom I had the joy of having my apostolic experience.

Thank you, Sisters, for all that you have experienced, shared and learnt, you have undoubtedly left a very deep mark on my heart. That time in the project with the women and the workers was a time of great grace from the Lord, I can only say thank you.

I show my appreciation to all the sisters and people who follow us virtually, thank you for accompanying me in this special moment, they are for me a hug from afar.

And finally, and not because I am forgetting, but because you are the most precious thing in my life, thanks to my family. To my mother, María Eugenia González, thank you for the fact that I am the woman I am today because of her, who was my mother and father, who gave me the greatest gift of all: my 6 brothers and sisters.

Thanks to them who, although they did not understand my decision to follow Christ, they supported me unconditionally: Eugenia, Guillermo, Roberto, Gladys, Elba and Ezequiel. They are my treasure and, as a priest told me, never forget your roots because that is what will keep you in your life. Thank you for your support and unconditional love, I love you with my soul.