Ateitininkai

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Ateitininkai
legal form Association
founding February 19, 1910
Seat Kaunas
main emphasis Catholic Youth Association
Chair Vaidotas A. Vaičaitis
Members 3,190 (as of 2018)
Website www.ateitis.lt

Ateitininkai is a Lithuanian Catholic youth association with around 3000 members. The name is derived from the word Ateitis and means something like "future". The aim of the organization is the holistic development of young people , which enables them to work in accordance with the Christian faith and to change society in accordance with Christian values.

Ateitis has been a member of fimcap since the 2001 General Assembly in Ghana .

Structure and activities

The 3000 members of the association organize themselves in local groups. Meetings take place every weekend. Ateitis focuses on working with school and university students. The association's weekend camps are very popular with young people in Lithuania. The majority of the members are in Lithuania; There are also local groups in Germany, Europe, the USA and Canada.

Basic principles

The association relies on five basic principles:

  1. Faith: Part of the association's identity is the common Catholic faith. This belief is also lived within the association. For example, daily services are celebrated together in the youth association's tent camps.
  2. Cultural identity: The maintenance of the Lithuanian cultural heritage also plays a central role.
  3. Family and community: It is also very important that the members make a special effort to maintain a good relationship with their own family and with other association members.
  4. Academic tradition: Ateitis also sees itself as an academic organization. The association tries to broaden the horizons of its members with its topics and events.
  5. Working in public: Under the motto “to renew everything in the spirit of Christ”, the association aims to actively contribute to society and to be a force for positive change.

history

The association was founded on February 19, 1910. After the provisional independence of Lithuania in 1918, the organization grew rapidly. Ateitis continued to work in exile during the Soviet occupation from 1945 to 1990. Since the independence of Lithuania and the end of the occupation by the Soviet Union in 1991, it can be openly active in Lithuania.

management

  • 1925–1927: Pranas Dovydaitis (1886–1942), lawyer and politician
  • 1927–1930: Stasys Šalkauskis (1886–1941), philosopher
  • 1947-1949: Antanas Maceina
  • 1946–1952: Adolfas Damušis (1908–2004), chemist, Minister of Industry
  • 1963–1967: Juozas Girnius (1915–1994), philosopher
  • 1967–1973: Justinas Pikūnas (* 1921), psychologist
  • 1973–1979: Petras Kisielius (1917–2008), doctor
  • 1979–1983: Juozas Bronius Laučka (1910–1993), journalist
  • 1983–1985: Kazys Pemkus (1920–1996), doctor
  • 1985-1997: Juozas Polikaitis
  • 1997-2000: Vygantas Malinauskas
  • 2000-2003: Vidas Abraitis
  • 2003-2006: Liutauras Serapinas
  • 2006–2010: Vygantas Malinauskas (* 1972), business lawyer
  • 2010–2014: Rozvita Liūdžiūtė-Vareikienė (* 1959), biochemist
  • Since 2014: Vaidotas Vaičaitis (* 1969), lawyer, lecturer (constitutional law)

Spiritual supervisors

Members

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report 2018
  2. ↑ KjG international
  3. ↑ Katinka Zötzl: Five principles of youth association work . In: BDKJ (Ed.): BDKJ . September 24, 2018 ( bdkj.de [accessed September 27, 2018]).
  4. ↑ History , Ateitis Homepage (English)
  5. ↑ Ateitininkų federacijos pirmininke išrinkta Lietuvos karo akademijos ramovės viršininkė R.Vareikienė. Lietuvos Rytas , August 8, 2010, accessed October 14, 2019 (Lithuanian).
  6. ↑ Vaidotas Vaičaitis: ateitininkų principai reikalingi Lietuvai , www.bernardinai.lt, July 16, 2014