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…)
THE POINT OF AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION? KEYS TO SUCCESS: WITH LEARNERS FOR LIFE. By Manuel Zaragoza Oct 24, 2016 Emotion, speeches, tributes, tears for some past times, videos that awaken nostalgia, old photos, many smiles and some surprising and unexpected reunion. Surely if you are part of the Alumni Association -or Alumni, in Latin- of your (more…)
At first glance, it might seem like a normal Salesian youth camp, one of the many organized by Salesian youth centers and oratories throughout Europe; but just pay a little attention and you realize that all the posters are in Arabic! The reason is very simple: it is the first camp for young people of (more…)