Profile of Sr. Maria Socorro Pilar G. Evidente, DC

PRESENT POSITION: Administrator of Hospicio de San Jose (July 26, 2005 to the present)

Religious Life & Missions

1970 Entered Postulancy of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul at the age of 17

1971 Seminary Formation official entrance to the Company of the Daughters of Charity

1972 Juniorate Formation

1973-1976 Missioned to Sacred Heart College, Lucena City; Directress of the Music Department, Choir Director, Christian Living Teacher, Full Time College studies

1976 First Vows at Sacred Heart College, Lucena City. Missioned to Immaculate Heart of Mary College; Directress of the Music Department, H.S. Christian Living and Music Teacher, Choir/Chorale Director;

1982-2014 Missioned to the Provincial House of the Daughters of Charity, Parañaque

1984 Missioned to Concordia College, Pedro Gil St., Manila; St. Joseph’s Community Center, Olongapo City; Asilo de San Vicente de Paul

1995-2003 National Vocation Directress of the Daughters of Charity

2005 Principal of the Basic Education Department of Concordia College

2005-2014 Sister Superior of the Community of Sisters (from 2005-2014, for 3 consecutive terms)

2005-Present Administrator of Hospicio de San Jose

2005 National Coordinator of the Daughters of Charity for Disaster Management; Chairman of the DC Provincial Commission for Revision of Works; Member of the DC Advisory Commission for Social Services

2005-2007 Board Member of ACCAP (Association of Child Caring Agencies of the Philippines) till February 2007

2007 Board Member of the Inter-Country Adoption Board, up to the May 2015.

2013 Provincial Councillor of the Daughters of Charity; Councillor for Social Service Ministry and for NCR Provincial Assistant of the Daughters of Charity

2014 Chairman of the Preparatory Commission on Reconfiguration of the three Provinces of the Daughters of Charity: Japan, Chinese Province & Phils;

2014-Present Superintendent of the Social Welfare & Dev’t. Ministry of the Daughters of Charity as well as Superintendent for the DC Provincial Advocacies on Justice, Peace and Human Rights, HIV-AIDs, Migrants and Refugees, Disaster Management and Integrity of Creation (a position she holds up to the present)

49 years as a Daughter of Charity….celebrating her Golden Jubilee on March 8, 2021.

Education

Elementary, Secondary Tertiary Education @Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Iloilo City (1958-1970)

2 yrs. of Bachelor of Science in Social Work (not finished, entered the Daughters of Charity

in Sacred Heart College, Lucena City (1973-1976) Graduated in Bachelor of Science in Education; Major in English, Minor in Music

University of the East, School of Music & Arts (1976-1981, part-time studies) Graduated in Bachelor of Music, Major in Voice

Masteral Studies - Ateneo de Manila University (Summer 1983-1988) MA in Theological Studies (no thesis)

Ateneo de Manila University (2001-2003) MA in Pastoral Ministry, Major in Family Ministry and Counselling