{"id":67440,"date":"2019-12-20T08:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T08:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=67440"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:19:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T09:19:52","slug":"the-meeting-was-held-in-relan-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/the-meeting-was-held-in-relan-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"The meeting was held in RELAN (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elizabeth Moors Jodice
Christian Brothers Conference
Director de Comunicaciones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UMAEL is an international organization\nthat consists of alumni groups from Lasallian schools throughout the world.\nUMAEL is made up more than 50 alumni associations and federations and unites\nLasallian alumni on an international level to foster a sense of belonging and\nassociation while promoting the Lasallian mission. The next World Congress will\nbe held in four years, with the location being determined in two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni of Lasallian ministries worldwide gathered for the 7th\u00a0Congress of World Union of Lasallian Alumni\u00a0(UMAEL), which was held November 21-23, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with the theme \u201cBeyond the Borders: One Heart. One Commitment. One Life.<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> The 7th<\/sup>\u00a0World Congress marked the first time that the international gathering was held in the United States and with participants from all five Regions in the Congress and General Assembly. It also celebrated the 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of UMAEL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote speakers were Brother Superior General Robert Schieler, FSC, Brother William Mann, FSC, president emeritus of Saint Mary\u2019s University of Minnesota<\/a> and former Vicar General, and Dr. Mary Catherine Fox, AFSC, professor emerita at Saint Mary\u2019s University of Minnesota. Eleonora \u201cNora\u201d Munaretto and Laura Ballerini with De La Salle Solidariet\u00e0 Internazionale <\/em>\u2013 ONLUS<\/a> and Keane Palatino with Young Lasallians presented at the gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UMAEL General Assembly elected new executive committee members for the 2019-2023 period: Alejandro Galv\u00e1n Illanes, president (Mexico), Courtney Carmignani Lohmann, vice president (Saint Mary\u2019s College of California, Moraga<\/a>), Olivier Collett (France), \u00a0treasurer, Oswaldo Aguilar (Mexico) Rivera, general secretary, Keane Palatino (Philippines), PARC representative and Young Lasallians liaison , and Fred Ne Tiabu (Congo R.D.), RELAF <\/a>representative and Rumbek Solidarity Project liaison . Carmignani Lohmann is the first woman to be elected to the executive committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The General Assembly gave the new executive committee specific goals for the next four years: communication (website, branding, social networks, emails), involvement in solidarity projects, collaboration with other networks of the Institute (ONLUS, Young Lasallians, International Association of Lasallian Universities<\/a>), and structural and administrative organization (directory of associations, membership fees, efficiency). The General Assembly also approved new associations from the United States, Costa Rica, Argentina and Colombia, approved the activities and financial report for the 2015-2019 period, and approved the membership fees for the next period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new executive committee will launch\na campaign at the beginning of 2020 to invite new members to join and will meet\nwith Brother Robert in Rome to present the goals and objectives for the next\nfour years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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