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”.
On 18 and 19 November 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Confederation of Former Students of Catholic Schools (Confederex), a meeting was held in Milan, in the Basilica of S. Ambrogio, on the theme “Yesterday students, today responsible men and women in the Church and in society”. (more…)
On Saturday 3 June 2023, a working meeting took place between the OIEC – International Catholic Education Office, represented by its new Secretary General, Mr Hervé Lecomte, and the OMAEC, represented by its President, Mr Alfonso Giraldo and Executive Vice-President Mr José Ramón Batiste. The purpose of this meeting is to relaunch relations between the (more…)
On the occasion of the stay in Paris of the general Secretary of the Catholic schools of Lebanon, Father Youssef Nasr, who represents 310 Catholic schools, the OMAEC permanent delegate to UNESCO, Laurent Grégoire, organized a series of visits and meetings, in particular a conference entitled “Catholicity, Spirit of Universal Communion – Experience of Catholic (more…)
On 13 May 2023, CONFAEEC World Day of Catholic Education, the (Confederación Argentina de Alumni de la Educación Católica) Santa Fe Branch with UNAEC AMERICA (Unión de Alumni de la Educación Católica de América) have organised with the sponsorship of the COMPLEJO EDUCATIVO NSTRA. SRA. DE LOURDES EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX in Santa Fe a CATHOLIC EDUCATION (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 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…)
The American Union of Alumni of Catholic Education is in a phase of renewal; last December 18, 2020, an Extraordinary Assembly was held in which the Chairman Mr. Alfonso Giraldo (Colombia) presented his resignation after being elected Chairman of the OMAEC; the Vice-Chairman Mr. Alejandro Galván (Mexico) took over the presidency. A new Ordinary General Assembly has been called (more…)
Catholic schools serve close to 62 million students globally at the preschool, primary, and secondary levels, with in addition more than 6 million students enrolled at the post-secondary level. By managing the largest non-governmental network of schools and universities in the world, the Catholic Church plays an important role in efforts to achieve SDG4, especially (more…)
OMAEC ASSEMBLY 2020 As planned, the 2020 General Assembly was held on Saturday 28 November; for the first time the Online system was experienced, with a record participation. Chaired by José Antonio Cecilia Ferrón and coordinated by the General Secretary José Ramón Batiste Peñaranda, with the moderation of the Vice President Angel Gudiña, it began (more…)