GRATITUDE

We thank the Catholic University of Santa Fe and the OMAEC for allowing us the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Diploma in the Social Doctrine of the Church. This is an excellent experience, packed with knowledge and learning, which further commits us to building a society of love, so that we can reach the (more…)

MEDICINE STUDENTS VISIT HOGAR SAN JOSE – PANAMA (June-2025)

Dr. Priscilla Acevedo, accompanying young people in providing medical care to patients at the San Jose Home in Panama, run by the Missionary Sisters of Charity of Calcutta. Inspiring others is a beautiful thing that builds over time and effort. I remember when I entered medical school and attended medical tours, I noticed that few (more…)

CATHOLIC EDUCATION DAY

May 29- 2025 –  CATHOLIC EDUCATION seeks the integral formation of the persons, open to dialogue with other cultures and religions promoting the common good and social justice. LET´S CELEBRATE!!!  

IMPROVEMENT OF THE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA DE LA SALLE CHAPEL – PANAMÁ

May 2025 – The Youth Forum, with the participation of Dr. Priscilla Acevedo, was present in the Darien Jungle (on the border between Panama and Colombia) to reestablish and improve the chapel named after Saint John Baptist De La Salle. Donations were obtained from Lasallian alumni and the collaboration of children and young people from (more…)

WELCOME HOLY FATHER LEO XIV

May, 2025 – OMAEC, the World Organization of Alumni of Catholic Education, is happy and rejoices at the news of the election of the new Pope Leo XIV and expresses its desire to accompany him on the path of the Gospel. He will be the second Bishop of Rome from America with a Latin heart (more…)

SECOND DIPLOMA FROM THE OMAEC WITH THE SFCU, ARGENTINA

February 2025 – The second OMAEC Diploma Program begins through an agreement with the Catholic participants from Spain, Colombia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela participated. The Diploma Program concludes on May 24 University of Santa Fe, Argentina.    

APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATE TO THE UNO BY OMAEC

APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATE TO THE  ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) OF THE UNITED NATIONS Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra, president of the World Organization of Alumni of Catholic Education (OMAEC), in strict compliance with its statutes, hereby appoints Mr. GEOVANNY DUFFER ORDOÑEZ, of Ecuadorian nationality and Lasallian alumnus, as DELEGATE TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) (more…)

SUMMARY YEAR 2025

January 2025 – The OMAEC Council approves the election of the new OMAEC Treasurer, Mr. Claudio Preto, a former Jesuit student from Italy. April 2025 – Ordinary General Assembly convened three months earlier. President Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra’s request for leave is received; in ted to his position for three months, extendable for an additional three (more…)

OMAEC PRESENT AT THE EIGHTH UMAEL WORLD CONGRESS

November 2024 – The World Union of Lasallian Past Pupils (UMAEL) invites OMAEC to its Congress to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. OMAEC’s Vice President, Evangelina García Richard, featured a presentation on “The Importance of the Alumni and the Catholic Congregations”.