ASEC News
ASEC is serving sisters in 10 sub-Saharan African countries, providing access to educational opportunities. There is much to celebrate regarding the work of ASEC and the impact of sisters who are benefiting from our programs. We encourage our staff, sisters in the program, and friends of ASEC to contribute their own news and success stories. Below you will find impactful stories and reflections written in their own words.
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2015 SLDI Faculty Workshop
Mar 19, 2015: A total of 29 faculty and coordinators were present for the three-day workshop held at Donum Dei Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fourteen HESA sisters enroll at Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Mar 16, 2015: Cohort two at Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 14 sisters, enrolled in various degree programs.
2015 Bigwa Scholarship Recipients and Site Visit Report
Mar 12, 2015: 28 sisters were awarded an ASEC scholarship to study at Bigwa Sisters Secondary School. Professor Donald Miller & Sr. Jane Wakahiu visited Bigwa in January 2015.
HESA is recruiting sisters for onsite programs to begin in Summer
Mar 10, 2015: HESA is currently recruiting sisters to enroll in onsite programs at Saint Augustine University College (SAUT), Mwanza, Tanzania; Kisubi Brothers University College, Kisubi, Uganda; and Chemchemi Ya Uzima Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
HESA is recruiting sisters to begin August 2015 in Ghana
Mar 5, 2015: HESA is recruiting a second cohort of 18 sisters from Ghana and Nigeria for an online/onsite hybrid degree program. Sisters will begin courses online from Chestnut Hill College in August 2015.
Site Visit to Kenya
Feb 18, 2015: The purpose of this visit was to facilitate a two-week training course for the ASEC Staff in Africa, to explore the possibility of working with the Fund for Sisters to design a program whereby both ASEC and the Fund for Sisters could collaborate more closely with the Catholic Sisters Initiative (CSI), and to visit several SLDI alumnae ministries that have been funded by the Fund for Sisters.
Sisters in Africa break barriers via online distance learning
Feb 10, 2015: Catholic Sisters in Africa break the barriers to acquire higher education via online distance learning
2014 Leadership Workshop Schedule
Feb 10, 2015: Click to view the 2014 Leadership Workshop Schedule for all Financial and Administrative workshops of the 2014 year.
Catholic sisters: healing, nurturing and life-giving presence
Feb 5, 2015: During a recent site visit to the alumnae of the Sisters Leadership Development Initiative in Ghana, Uganda and Kenya, Nouwen’s reflections brought new meaning and understanding of the work that Catholic sisters are silently doing.
A Pragmatist's View of Religion
Feb 4, 2015: Article on USC by Donald Miller, who reflects on traveling to five African countries in the past six months with Sister Jane Wakahiu of ASEC. From the University of California’s Center for Civic Life and Religion.
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