INTERNATIONAL FORMATION SESSION WEEK II

July 22, 2015 - Nairobi, Kenya

Now that the second week has already begun, we, the participants in the international session at Nairobi, are busy with the key convictions which inspire us: sharing them, taking notes, summarizing in groups, presenting to the assembly... It is as if we were at a Provincial or Congregational Chapter!

Our efforts are concentrated on six themes in three languages: 1 - Contemplative life and the experience of God. 2 – Community life and interculturality. 3 – Leadership and personal responsibility. 4 – Apostolic life: mission and work for the Kingdom. 5 – Ongoing formation, studies, integration, re-reading. 6 – The economic dimension of our life and solidarity. If all goes well, in several days we will be able to share this work with you...

After a year of preparation and expectation, on Friday, July 10, a group of teenagers from two Assumptionist high schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Instituto San Román and Instituto Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, left for Assumption College in  Worcester, some 50 kilometers from Boston.

It was a long trip, with a stopover in Houston, before arriving Saturday afternoon at Logan Airport in Boston. 

Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Estrada imposes hands on Brother Roberto Reyes Delgadillo, A.A., ordaining him a priest for the service of the Church.

July 18, 2015

 Our Lady, Empress of the Americas, Mexico City

Turning fifty in the summer of 2015, I’m married, with five children, aged 19 to 27.  I have a master degree from the Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Paris, with a specialty in marketing.  Fluent in English, I have more than 20 years of professional experience in journalism, book publishing, and multimedia, in regional and international organizations, as commercial director, responsible for marketing and subsequently director of marketing and communication for a number of different products in a business to business and business to consumer environment, and finally as Managing Director.

Since 2007, I have been General Secretary for Bayard Europe and Managing Director of Bayard’s 3 Belgian subsidiaries.

On a more personal note, I am involved in an organization that cares for the sick and the underprivileged.  I jog, play tennis, and love reading and enology.

1. My vision for Bayard in North America for the next few years

Bayard is an organization that, because of a deep connection to its readers, seeks to give meaning to life:  written and illustrated content, transmitted by various media, printed, digital and televised, makes it possible for each person to think about himself, about others, and about the society and the world around him, regardless of distances and differences.