APUEC HISTORY
In the beginning
In the year of millennium, 2000, the OSU ( RU ) General Chapter in Generalate, Rome, encouraged take place Ursuline regional conferences for Ursuline education issues.
APUC & APUEC
For Asia Pacific Ursulines we have two kinds of meeting:
APUC (Asia Pacific Ursuline Conference)
The first APUC was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1977. APUC has been held in Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan (twice), India, and Australia. In 2018, APUC will take place in India.
APUEC (Asia Pacific Ursuline Education Conference)
The first APUEC was held in Indonesia, 2006, responding the encourage of General Chapter in 2000, as an Ursuline regional conference for Ursuline education issues.
-2006 Indonesia
-2009 Australia
-2011 Thailand
-2016 Taiwan
The two Conferences are held every four years, with APUC and APUEC alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. APUEC has been held by Ursuline Sisters for years. In September 2014, the Asia Pacific Provincials Meeting in Japan pointed out there were fewer and fewer Ursuline Sisters in the schools, so whether the role of hosting the Conference should be passed to the school leaders remained an issue to be concerned by the Ursuline provinces. Therefore, in APUEC 2016 in Taiwan, the Province of China, who is in charge of the Conference, invited the school leaders to collaborate, in order to respond the calling of the Provincials Meeting.