Message from the Union of former pupils of the French schools in Turkey Dear Unionists, We are terribly affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria last Monday. Our hearts and thoughts are with the victims and their families. Fortunately, many relief workers are at the bedside to provide emergency support in such cases. The (more…)
In countries where there is no National Confederation of Catholic Education Alumni/ae, the OMAEC appoints a Correspondent with the following main goals and scope: to represent the OMAEC in their country To disseminate and inform about OMAEC in their country. To promote the creation of a National Confederation in their country. The OMAEC is aware (more…)
The OMAEC Correspondent in Bolivia, Carlos Arroyo, has initiated the steps for the creation of a Bolivian Confederation of Former Students of Catholic Education. On 14 December 2022, a representation of former students from different religious congregations met: – Giancarla Quiroga (UCB) – Oscar Claros (Aleman Santa Maria) – Oscar González (LA Salle) – Oscar (more…)
The Youth Forum is a meeting space for reflection and participation that OMAEC is promoting so that young alumni of Catholic Education can share their concerns, experiences and creativity to support a fairer world, with greater solidarity. Since 2021, Marco Russo (Italy), Santiago Durini (Argentina) and recently Mariano Olivera (Argentina) have collaborated as directors (more…)
1 – 3 December 2022, Marseille – France In the legendary port city of Marseille, France, the OIEC held its WORLD CONGRESS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION, 1-3 December 2022, under the central theme of “The Catholic school as a body of hope to change the world – Building together the people of education”. Its outgoing Secretary (more…)
The Bulletin is published each quarter by OIEC with support from the Global Catholic Education team. This issue is a bit different from previous issues. Several reports have been published over the last two months under the Global Catholic Education project. To make insights from these reports more easily available to OIEC members, the issue (more…)
The 3rd Latin American Congress of Lasallian Alumni took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, under the slogan “Sharing our commitment to service”. The event was organised by the Association of Former Students of Colegio La Salle de Cochabamba and was held thanks to the support of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of (more…)
We are very glad with the news that Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Luis Argüello as Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain), until now Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid and Secretary of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Monsignor Argüello is an alumnus of La Salle and he was Ecclesiastical Assistant of the OMAEC from November 2016 to November 2020, (more…)
On March 30, 2022 OMAEC President Alfonso Giraldo Saavedra visited the city of Santa Fe, Argentina for the signing of an agreement with the Catholic University of Santa Fe UCSF, through the Institute of Social Doctrine of the Church and promoted by the Secretariat of Ongoing Formation of OMAEC. In an important ceremony presided over (more…)
From the Solidarity and Social Justice Secretariat, leads by Nelson Moros (Colombia), we have important news to share with all of you. During the month of April and taking advantage of a tour of Nelson Moros in Europe, he had a pleasant meeting in Spain with José Ramón Batiste, executive vice president of OMAEC, where (more…)