INTRODUCTION TO SIESC
European federation of Christian teachers
A place for teachers to meet
SIESC, founded in 1954 as Secrétariat International des Enseignants Secondaires Catholiques,
has developed into a meeting-place for Christian teachers of all
denominations and of all forms and levels of schools in
SIESC is involved in the
developments in the world and in the churches of today. A special concern is
the understanding of cultural changes and their effects on teaching in the
SIESC wants to provide a European platform for the objectives of the various national associations of Christian teachers and their members, to promote their co-operation and friendship and to point out the close connection between professional life and religious life.
Its activities
- Annual international meetings in summer , every year organized in a different country.
- Contact with and participation in the
activities of NG0s : Pax Romana-ICMICA (International Catholic Movement of
Intellectual and Cultural Affairs) and meetings of international Catholic
organizations of education and teaching at
- A newsletter published several times a year
Its functioning
The members of SIESC
- Members of SIESC are the following associations : for
- Colleagues that are not members of a member association can become individual members of SIESC. They need only address a letter of application to the president of SIESC; it will be examined and accepted by the executive board; the fee for individual membership is 15 EURO at the moment.
The Council and the Executive Board of SIESC
SIESC is administered by a Council that consists of the
Executive Board and the delegates of the member associations.
The Executive Board is formed at the moment (since 2022) as follows:
President |
Alin TAT, Grigorescu 48, RO-400304 Cluj-Napoca |
Vice-Presidents : |
Cathérine LE COZ, 4 av. de Buissières, F-38360 Sassenage |
Alfonso BARBARISI, Via Petrarca 151, I-80122 Napoli |
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Secretary General: |
Rosa Maria FALA, Via Galliano 26, I-95045 Misterbianco (CT) |
Treasurer: |
Christine ANTOINE, 7 rue Georges Feadeau, F - 10300 Sainte Savine |
Honorary Presidents: |
Gabriele PEUS, Hittorfstraße , D - 48149 Münster |
Wolfgang RANK, Markt 210, A - 2880 Kirchberg / Wechsel |
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PLACES and TOPICS
of the preceding international meetings of SIESC
Please note! |
SIESC publishes the talks of the meetings provided by the speakers. Responsibility for the contents remains with the speakers. |
2024 Vipava (Slovenia) |
New challenges for teachers - Gender and sexuality education |
2023 Sätila (Sweden) |
Children's right to spiritual development |
2022 Tirana (Albania) |
Without memory no moving forward |
2021 Online |
Imagine the future. Let us dare to dream for Europe, for the Church and for teaching |
| 2020 | No meeting because of the pandemic |
2019 Tainach/Tinje (Austria) |
The contribution of schools to integration by reasonable inclusion |
2018 Trier (Germany) |
Law - Freedom - Responsibility |
2017 Vichy (France) |
Fraternity - a challenge for our time |
| 2016 Cluj (Romania) | Identity and Living together: Educating to Plurality |
| 2015 Rom (Italiy) | Otium et negotium: Educating young people to the human dimension of work |
| 2014 Kranj (Slovenia) | Art, spirituality, education |
| 2013 St.Pölten (Austria) | Chances, challenges and risks of preschool support for the development of 3 to 6 year-old children |
| 2012 Brussels (Belgium) | Position and role of religions and churches in a Europe of multiple convictions |
| 2011 Warszawa (Poland) | Spirit of community versus spectres of the past: the role of teachers, especially Christian teachers, in the purification of recent past |
2009 Strasbourg (France) |
Education to citizenship in our diverse European countries |
2008 Agrigento (Italy) |
Education
to spirituality and interculture - two great riches
of
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