ASEC News & Reflections
ASEC is serving Catholic 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.
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Open House welcomes community and partners to ASEC’s new offices
Sep 21, 2015: [none] ASEC held its first Open House in commemoration of its new Headquarters at Emmanuel Hall on the grounds of Marywood University.
Cottolengo Centre for Orphaned HIV+ Children in Kenya (SLDI Participants Visit Alumnae Project)
Jun 23, 2015: [Kenya] SLDI Administration class takes a field trip to the Cottolengo Centre in Nairobi Kenya.
Collaborating for Impact in Zambia
Jun 12, 2015: [Zambia] Members of the Hilton Foundation board and staff traveled to Zambia to visit ongoing Hilton Foundation projects carried out by grantee partners in two of our strategic initiatives: the Catholic Sisters Initiative and the Children Affected by HIV and AIDS Initiative. From the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
2015 Annual Board Meeting
Apr 21, 2015: [USA] Sisters Lina, Clementina, Florence, and Anna traveled to the U.S. from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, to participate in the Annual Board and Advisory Board meetings. The sisters also visited partner colleges and universities in Philadelphia and Scranton, Pa.
Site Visit to Kenya
Feb 18, 2015: [Kenya] 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.
Thanks to Hilton, sisters are trooping back to school!
Oct 30, 2014: [Kenya] From the National Mirror (in Kenya)
Take the Journey, Walk the Same Path - A GSR Article
Jul 14, 2014: [none] You never know where that “yes” will lead you, and who you will meet along the way. Sr. Jane Wakahiu has served in various capacities and countries, and have encountered the numerous cultural, social and economic challenges that women have to endure in Africa (from Global Sisters Report).
Challenges to sisters' education in the Global South
Jun 30, 2014: [none] Higher education for women in the Global South is discussed. Online education is mentioned as the most realistic way to educate sisters, yet there are still challenges to meet with that means of communication. ASEC's Executive Directior Sr. Jane Wakaihu, LSOSF was quoted within. From Global Sisters Report
Marywood University Partners with Kisubi Brothers University College to Educate Catholic Sisters
Jun 23, 2014: [Uganda] Marywood University president, Sister Anne Munley, IHM and Professor John Ssebufu signed a memorandum of understanding with a goal to provide education for the Catholic Sisters in Uganda.
Nairobi sisters up close
Jun 2, 2014: [none] Global Sisters Report (GSR) asked several sisters in Nairobi to describe themselves and their work, which includes teaching, broadcasting and advocating for women.
Site Visit to Kenya
Jun 2, 2014: [Kenya] In January of 2014 Sister Marcia Sichol, SHCJ, Executive Director of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters, and Sister Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, ASEC, Executive Director made a site visit to Kenya.
A Force for Good: Educating Girls
May 13, 2014: [none] GSR writer Colleen Dunne sits down with ASEC's very own Sr. Jane Wakahiu to discuss the education of the women and girls of Africa. The focus being the education of religious women from Africa for leadership in the African Church and in offering education to others in the community they serve. From the Global Sisters Report
2014 ASEC Annual Board Meeting
Apr 29, 2014: [USA] Representatives from each of the eight entities that comprise ASEC were in attendance at the annual board meeting held on Marywood's campus.
Hotelier Hilton supports sisters
Apr 16, 2014: [none] The 70 years of his foundation shows his admiration, says his grandson. (From the Catholic Herald)
Foundation embodies hotelier’s admiration for religious, says grandson
Apr 8, 2014: [none] "I am forever grateful to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for living out the legacy of Mr. Hilton and (its) willingness to continue championing in the support of the education of Catholic sisters in Africa," Sister Jane wrote. From the Catholic Sun
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