Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose renunciation in 2013 took the whole world by surprise, died on Saturday 31 December 2022 at the age of 95 in the monastery of the Vatican Gardens where he had retired. In the homily given on the celebration of Vespers and the Te Deum on the same day, Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor….
Recently, a new representative of OIEC at the Council of Europe has been nominated : Mr Patrick Krug, the diocesan director of Catholic schools of the Diocese of Freiburg in Breisgau/ Germany.
The Secretary General of the CEEC (the regional secretariat of the OIEC for Europe), Guy Selderslagh, who took office in 2015 following Etienne Verack, retired on 30 June 2022. On behalf of the OIEC, we take this opportunity to thank him very warmly and friendly for all of his work within the CEEC. With him, working relations between the OIEC…
The Representatives of the OIEC to UNESCO Michel Bertet and Gloria Parra accompanied by OIEC’s Secretary General Philippe Richard met on 11 July 2022 His Excellency Monsignor Eric Soviguidi, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO.
On May 27 and 28, 2022 took place in Mexico City the Congress of the CIEC (Confederación Interamericana de Educación Católica) which represents the OIEC region of the Americas.
The OIEC participated in the Pre-Summit “Transforming Education 2022” organized in Paris by UNESCO from June 27 to 29 to represent a network of 210,000 Catholic schools around the world.
The OIEC Secretary General represented the OIEC during the NCEA (National Catholic Education Association) Convention in New Orleans/ Louisiana (USA) on 17-19 April 2022.
The OIEC Council members met in Rome on April 6 and 7, 2022 for the 98th Council meeting. In this occasion they also participated in the general audience at the Vatican and met with Pope Francis in person, followed by a visit to the Congregation for Catholic Education.
On March 24, 2022 the OIEC met with GPEN Reformation and the OIDEL in order to work on the restructuring of the Christian schools’ representation within the Council of Europe.