Dear friends, In order to know all our members better, you will find below an interview with our most recent member: UNION (Turkey) in the person of its President –Marc Buker-. 1) The Alumni Association of French Schools in Turkey will celebrate its 32nd anniversary. Marc, what do you think is the main contribution of (more…)
Dear friends, please find below message received from Liliana Beriozza, president of our member CONFEDEREX-Italy. Confederex, in line with its ecclesial dimension, has organised for 10 June at 8.30 p.m. a fine conference on “growth and substantial inequality in the light of the Church’s social doctrine”. Two very important speakers will be taking part: Prof. (more…)
Between May 5th and 22nd, our President -Alfonso Giraldo-, Executive Vice-President -José Ramón Batiste- and Secretary General -Vladimir Gomez- held working meetings with the Directors of all our Secretariats, in order to concretise the plan of action and the tasks in each area. Our first meeting, as it was considered of great importance for the (more…)
Dear Alumni and Alumnæ, dear Friends, As you probably know, from May 2021 until July 2022, the Society of Jesuscelebrates an Ignatian Year, which marks the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion, and in which we ask for the grace to see all things new in Christ. Father General expressed his joy for the active participation (more…)
The World Catholic Education Day was launched in 2002 at a Congress of OIEC in Brasilia. It has been observed on the Day of the Ascension, which is 40 days after Easter. The Day is being re launched by OIEC, with the support of OMAEC, IFCU, UMEC and other organizations this year for its 20th (more…)
Interview with Paola del Prete after the mid-term meeting of the Board of Directors of AMASC The AMASC Board had its mid-term zoom meeting on March 12 and 13, just over two years after being elected in Joigny in October 2018. How did it go? These mid-term meetings are usually the only opportunity for our (more…)
On April 10th of this year, the XLII Ordinary Assembly of CEAAAEC was held with a great attendance. Moments of work carried with joy and satisfaction for what has been achieved. We hope that we will soon be able to resume face-to-face meetings, which feel warmer than the distance of telematics. During the assembly, among (more…)
Renowned economist Sister Alessandra Smerilli is a religious of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, more commonly known as the Salesians of Don Bosco. In March 2021, Pope Francis appointed Sister Smerilli as undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Born in Vasto, Italy, in 1974, Sister Smerilli has been assisting the Dicastery and (more…)
As scheduled, the General Assembly (on line) was held on Saturday 20th March 2021, at 18:00 h in Rome, with the attendance of all Organizations Members, some Correspondents, Past Presidents and special guests. In the last General Assembly of November 28th, 2021, when Mr. Alfonso Giraldo was elected president, the assembly unanimously approved to grant a period of three (3) months for the (more…)
The Global Catholic Education Report 2021 on education pluralism, learning poverty, and the right to education is now available, together with a short 9′ video explaining some of the main findings of the report. The executive summary can be downloaded separately, as can an infographic with selected facts and figures. A short synthesis (just over (more…)