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Sr. Adrien Pekó ssnd (1949-2020)

Sr. Adrien Pekó ssnd (1949-2020)

Sr. Adrien Pekó has been a committed and concerned member of the Executive Committee of UCEM in the first years of the new millennium. In 2001, at the General Assembly in Salzburg, she was elected Councillor. Three years later, in Ljubljana, she was appointed...

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Ep. Nicolaus Dubinin

Ep. Nicolaus Dubinin

We wish Mgr. Nicolai every success in his new mission.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJljSR5FKmc

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Surprise at the EC

Surprise at the EC

It seems "risky" to be a major superior on the Executive Committee of UCESM: it is the second time within five years that one of its members has been ordained bishop. First, our president, Father Giovanni Peragine, was taken away to become a bishop in Albania, and...

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New Board at UISG

New Board at UISG

on the right: Sr. Jolanda KAFKA rmi, President (2019-2022) on the left: Sr. Franca ZONTA fmi, Vice-President (2019-2022)

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UISG Plenary Assembly 2019 in Rome

UISG Plenary Assembly 2019 in Rome

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...

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A respectful coexistence…

A respectful coexistence…

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...

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UCESM Study Days on 16-18 January 2019 at the Seraphicum, Rome

UCESM Study Days on 16-18 January 2019 at the Seraphicum, Rome

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 Committee...

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The Executive Committee visiting CICLSAL

The Executive Committee visiting CICLSAL

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...

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Annual Congress of Renovabis in Berlin

Annual Congress of Renovabis in Berlin

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 place on 26 and 27...

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Passion for Europe: a workshop about Europe in Belgium

Passion for Europe: a workshop about Europe in Belgium

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 reports….

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A new President at UCESM

A new President at UCESM

It is the Hungarian Piarist Zsolt Labanz who has been elected new President of UCESM on the last day of the 18th General Assembly which took place on 5-10 March 2018 in the beautiful Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Snagov (Romania). Fr. Zsolt thus succeeds...

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Our President has become a Bishop!

Our President has become a Bishop!

On September 7, 2017, in Lushnjë (Albania), the Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës George Anthony Frendo op has conferred the episcopal consecration to the President of UCESM since March 2012, Father Giovanni Peragine crsp. Bishop Giovanni Peragine is Apostolic Administrator...

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