OMAEC was invited through S.E. Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi and Mons. Vincenzo Zani (Congregation for Catholic Education) to participate in “The New Horizons of the Passion for Education” forum held in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University by February 8, 2017. OMAEC was represented by Ms. Federica Rossi Germani, OMAEC Correspondent to the Vatican. Different rectors (more…)

Sliema, Malta – March 2017 – Forty-eight young Salesian past pupils from Malta, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia, gathered for a four-day meeting, with discussion and conferences on the theme of Youth Inclusion: education, employment and opportunity. This project was organized by the National Federation of the Past Pupils and Friends of Don Bosco in (more…)

The Executive Council of OMAEC will meet in Madrid (Spain) on February 11&12, 2017 with various topics to be discussed; We highlight the most important: The new Ecclesiastical Assistant Strategic Plan of the OMAEC Preparation 15th Congress of the OMAEC in Rome

Following the Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee in Antananarivo (Madagascar) earlier this month, here are some of the main results: A new communication strategy was approved, including the launching of the new UMAEL website early next year and the creation of a regular news bulletin. • Reinforcement of the use of social media to (more…)

Zafferana Etnea, Italy – August 2016 – From August 4th to 7th, in Zafferana Etnea, close to Catania, 35 young people discussed on the role of the youth in the Italian Federation of Past Pupils of Don Bosco. Guided by the national Delegate, Fr. Gianni Russo,and by the Vice-President for the Young, Matteo Lai, they (more…)

Members from OMAEC PERU board attended a Mass for the 90 years of life and 60 of consecrated life of Father Marco Gonzales SBD (religious advisor of OMAEC Peru); He was accompanied by Monsignor Salvador Piñeiro, Bishop of Ayacucho and President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.

Welcome to the new OMAEC Correspondent in COSTA RICA, Daniel Langlois Haluza La Salle alumni. Pending appointment of ratification at the next Executive Council meeting

With great joy we want to communicate to all that, the next September 16, 2016, will be received in the Vatican our Chairman Jose Antonio Cecilia, by the secretary general of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Mons. Angelo Vincenzo Zani. The presence of Cardinal Prefect of that congregation is also expected S.E. Giuseppe Versaldi. Congregazione (more…)

OMAEC has great sadness to inform you of the death of Father Faisal, Director of Latin Patriarchate schools in Palestine and Israel. We present at the assembly of Catholic ordinaries of the Holy Land and the whole family of the Father Fayssal the expresion of our condolences and assure them of our prayers.

Today, June 4, 2016, the Holy Father Pope Francis, as proposed by the Council of Cardinals, has approved ad experimentum the Statute of the new Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life which will combine, from 1 September 2016, the current Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. On (more…)