First Woman On A Senior Synod Post, Here Are 8 Things To Know About Sister Nathalie Becquart

On Saturday, Pope Francis broke off the traditions by electing a woman for the senior synod post. Pope Francis appointed sister Nathalie Becquart as one of the under-Secretaries to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.

Here are eight things to know about Sister Nathalie Becquart-

8 Things To Know About Nathalie Becquart

1. Nathalie Becquart was born in 1969 in Fontainebleau, France.
2. Becquart procured a master's degree in management from HEC Paris. She studied theology and philosophy at the Centre Sévres of Paris and sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).
3. Sister Becquart specialised in ecclesiology at Boston College and did her research on synodality.
4.  She took a theology and philosophy course at St. Joseph Jesuit University while working as a volunteer teacher in Beirut, Lebanon.
5. Sister Becquart worked as a consultant in an advertising and marketing agency for non-governmental organisations and Chrisitan groups in Paris post which she joined the Xavières sisters, Missionaries of Jesus Christ in France in the year 1995.
6. Nathalie Becquart played a huge role in the preparation for the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people. She played a role of a speaker, coordinator of the pre-synod, and observer at the synod. 
7. From 2012 to 2018, Sister Becquart was director of the national office for youth evangelization and vocations at the french Bishops' conference.
8. Recently, Pope Francis appointed sister Nathalie Becquart as one of the under-Secretaries to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.