Today, May 9th, is World Fair Trade Day. OMAEC supports Fair Trade as a way to achieve a better world.
During this Lent, we have been surprised by this COVID-19 pandemic that in an unpredictable way, is changing our lives; it does not understand borders, people, religious beliefs, governments, or skin color. Most of us are at home, following the advice of health and political authorities, gazing in awe and helplessness the large number of (more…)
Alumni of Lasallian ministries worldwide gathered for the 7th Congress of World Union of Lasallian Alumni (UMAEL), which was held November 21-23, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with the theme “Beyond the Borders: One Heart. One Commitment. One Life.” The 7th World Congress marked the first time that the international gathering was held in the United States and (more…)
Dear Alumni and Friends of Don Bosco, I am very happy to be able to share some reflections in this new publication. In the year 2020, it is for us Ex-students and Friends of Don Bosco memorable to celebrate the jubilee year of the Ex-students as it is the 150th anniversary of the foundation of (more…)
Dear Rector(s), President(s) and friends of the International Foundation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), To assist presidents and all staff members involved in management and strategic planning, IFCU has developed the training program “Applied Foresight Workshop : The Future of our Universities” that will introduce the benefits of futures studies methodologies, with an emphasis on trend (more…)
UNESCO, 40th GENERAL CONFERENCE: THE YOUTH FORUM 11th SESSION OF THE YOUTH FORUM The 11th session of the Youth Forum , parallel to the 40th General Conference , took place at UNESCO headquarters on 18 and 19 November 2019. The young people worked on the theme “Youth spaces in action” and they were invited to give their contribution to UNESCO’s strategic (more…)
“In November this year, Mr. Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra, President of UNAEC AMERICA, visited Argentina in his first official visit to an American Confederation. Visit was organized by CONFAEEC Chapter Santa Fe and the Our Lady of Lourdes Educational Complex. From November 7 to 10, during his stay at Buenos Aires, he was received by CONFAEEC, (more…)
I am pleased to inform you that His Holiness Pope Francis has conferred on me the honor of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. The presentation took place in Rome on Saturday 23 November 2019. Giuseppe Mariano From the OMAEC we want to express our gratitude and recognition.
Once completed remodeling and conditioning of ecclesial organizations offices from Spanish Episcopal Conference, inauguration and blessing was carried out. The ceremony was presided over by H.E. Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez, president of the conference, accompanied by the General Secretary of the same, current Ecclesiastical Assistant of OMAEC, Monsignor Luis Argüello. It was attended by the representatives (more…)
Dear friends of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) “In all countries, universities constitute the main centres of scientific research for the advancement of knowledge and of society; they play a decisive role in economic social and cultural development, especially in a time like our own, marked as it is by rapid, constant and far-reaching changes in the fields of science and technology.” (more…)