SECIS Reports 2005

26 February, Den Bosch (NL), Dot-painting workshop (45 participants)

March, Strasbourg, VIe Assises Nationales de la Mobilité Étudiante (400 participants)

26 April, UCSEI (Rome) presents its publication " Sguardi incrociati sul colonialismo " sponsored by the Italian Foreign Ministery

28 April - 1 May, Bonn, KAAD-Jahresakademie "Soziale Verantwortung neu denken" (318 participants from 58 countries)

5-6 May, Ascension Day Conference (Pastoral care for international students in the Netherlands, 35 participants)

August, Alger: Université d'été for foreign students in the Maghreb (participation of 10 European students and Chaplains)

16-21 August, Cologne, Weltjugendtag

19 August: special meeting for University Chaplains (3 SECIS participants and Mons. Marchetto)

23-25 September, Budapest: " Rencontre européenne des délégués nationaux de la pastorale des étudiants " (for SECIS : Charles de Hemptinne)

3-7 October, Strasbourg, KAAD-SECIS European Seminar: "Europe and the Human Rights" (37 participants from 20 countries)

4-5 October, Strasbourg: SECIS board meeting (planning of Rome-Congress)

26 November, Interfaith Conference, Utrecht (NL): "Meaning of my life - what is the contribution of religion?"

12-13 December, Rome, SECIS General Assembly and Colloque: "Ecumenical and interreligious encounter in institutions of Higher Education and University Chaplaincies", 12 participants from 9 member-countries

14-16 December, Rome, II World Congress of Pastoral Care for Foreign Students organized by the Pontifical Council for the Migrants and Itinerants. Active participation of all SECIS-members.


Some photographs from the december meeting in Rome

H.H. the Pope and Cardinal Hamao

With Can. de Hemptinne, chairman

With Dr Hermann Weber, vice-chairman