on the right: Sr. Jolanda KAFKA rmi, President (2019-2022) on the left: Sr. Franca ZONTA fmi, Vice-President (2019-2022)
From 6 to 10 May 2019, about 850 women general superiors met in Rome under the overall theme “Sowers of Prophetic Hope” for the triennial UISG assembly, which gathered leaders of congregations from 80 countries representing more than 450,000 women religious around the...
Theme: The Catholic school and the intercultural and interreligious challenges Participation from UCESM: sr. Marjolein On 14 and 15 March, the European Committee for Catholic Education (CEEC) organized an international symposium in Brussels. The free movement of...
Sr. Marjolein Bruinen: A respectful coexistence is needed in and for a Europe in diversity [Vienna, 28.02.2019] The Dominican and General Secretary of the Union of European Superiors of Orders (UCESM) in Brussels, Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, stressed on 27 February 2019 on...
Last January, Fr. Frankie Cini mssp has replaced Sr. Mary Anne Sultana dsh as Secretary General of the Maltese Conference KSMR.
The members of the Conference of Major Superiors of Latvia LKDIPAK met on 4 February 2019 to elect a new Council. The elections took place in the Jesuit House of Mārupe near Riga in a happy and cheerful atmosphere. Archbishop Zbigņievs Stankevičs of Riga attended and...
The Conference of Major Superiors in Slovakia to be led by Fr. Václav Hypius by Františka Čačková OSF At the first Meeting of the Assembly of Members of the Joint Conference of Major Superiors of Slovakia (Konferencia vyšších rehoľných predstavených, in Slovak KVRPS),...
During the General Assembly in Snagov in March 2018, the Executive Committee noticed that an important question concerning the functioning of UCESM existed: “How could UCESM promote collaboration between national Conferences and with other institutions?”...
The Conference of Major Superiors of men religious of Austria decided at their plenary meeting on 26 November 2018 to appoint Mr Peter Bohynik fully-fledged Secretary General; so far he had ensured the General Secretariat a temp. He takes over from Fr Franz Helm...
During their Plenary Assemblies, the Conference of Major Superiors and the Association of women religious orders in Austria have decided by a majority well above the two-thirds of votes to “walk together”. “The Conference of Major Superiors and the...
On 19 November, Sr. Marie-Emmanuel MINOT, Sisters Hospitaller of Fribourg (CH), was elected new President of USMSR. Her councillors are Sr. Agnès-Thérèse DIÈNE osp, Sisters of the Work of Saint Paul, and Sr. Yvonne DUTOIT, Sisters Hospitaller of Sion. Our fraternal...
KVPZR from the Czech Republic have had elections in October 2018. A new President has been elected: Sr. Krista CHLÁDKOVÁ op, whom we know since her participation at our last General Assembly in Romania. Our sincere thanks go to Sr. M. Vojtecha ZIKESOVÁ cim conc for...
On 20 November, the Executive Committee of UCESM travelled to Rome, together with the General Secretariat, to pay a visit to CICLSAL (Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life). The aim of this visit was to get acquainted and to...
Sr. Marjolein Bruinen op, Secretary-General of UCESM, had of course been invited to this event. Here are some of her impressions…..
Fr. Zsolt Labancz, President of UCESM, and Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, Secretary General, participated at this year’s International Congress of Renovabis under the topic “Remembrance and Departure – Paths towards Reconciliation in Europe” which took...
Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, Secretary General of UCESM, was invited to the meeting of KOVOSS’CORISS on 24 September 2018 in Baar (CH). You may read her report here.
Sr. Marjolein Bruinen, Secretary General of UCESM, attended the three-day session on Europe’s current challenges organized by the Group “Passion for Europe” and JESC (Jesuit European Social Centre) on 21-23 September 2018 in Namur (B). She...
The National Assembly of USMI, which took place from 4 to 6 April 2018, has elected a new President in the person of Sr. Yvonne Reungoat, General Superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, as a substitute for Sr. M. Regina Cesarato of the Sisters Disciples...
The Members’ Assembly of the German Conference of Major Superiors DOK elected a new Board at their meetong on 11-13 June in Vallenda. The new President is Sr. Katharina KLUITMANN osf, Provincial of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Charity, Province of...
The new President of KORUS (Slovenia), who was elected on 7 May during this year’s General Assembly of the Conference, is Fr. Marjan ČUDEN ofm. He replaces Fr. Janez POTOČNIK sdb in this function.
