International Federation of Catholic Universities

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The International Federation of Catholic Universities ( en . : International Federation of Catholic Universities , abbreviation: IFCU, fr . : Fédération Internationale des Universités Catholiques , official abbreviation: FIUC , after the initials of the French name) is the amalgamation of around 200 Catholic universities and colleges . It is recognized by the Holy See as an association of believers and represented internationally at the United Nations , ECOSOC , UNESCO , the UN Commission on Human Rights , the Council of Europe and the Catholic International Center for Cooperation at UNESCO .

history

The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart ( Milan ) and the former Catholic University of Nijmegen took the founding initiative in 1924 to establish a federation of Catholic universities. The first meeting of 14 representatives from Catholic universities took place in 1925 at the Catholic Institute in Paris . The first yearbook of Catholic universities was published in 1927. French was the language of all meetings and all publications.

The founding period was only completed after the Second World War , Pope Pius XII. (1939–1958) approved in 1949 the “Foederatio Universitatum Catholicarum” recognized by the Holy See in 1948. The federation gave itself its current name in 1965. It was admitted to UNESCO as an advisory member in 1967 and was included in the official register by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as an international association of believers under papal law .

Self-image

Each of the universities that have joined remains independent in its history and direction, the federation does not exercise any direction and therefore sees itself as a supporting organization. She wants to make a contribution to the progress and building of a just and humane world. The focus is on cooperation with international institutions and institutes of science and research . Particular concerns are the preservation of quality work in universities and a fair distribution of Catholic academic institutions in different parts of the world.

Organization and expansion

The seat is Paris. Members from Germany are the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , the Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Catholic University of Mainz .

The highest body is the general assembly. The board consists of the following persons: the president, the general secretary, the vice-president, the presidents of the regions (regional presidents) and the head of the scientific advisory board .

The regional groups are:

  • International Federation of European Catholic Universities (FUCE) for Europe
  • Association of Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACUHIAM) for Africa and Madagascar
  • Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) for North America
  • Association of Southeast and East Asia Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU) for Southeast and East Asia
  • Organización de Universidades Católicas de América Latina y el Caribe (ODUCAL) for Latin America
  • Xavier Board of Higher Education in India (XBHEI) for India

Awards

The FIUC awards two awards :

  • The "Ex Corde Ecclesiae Medal" to members, groups and people who have rendered services to the FIUC for over 25 years. The elect also include the ex-presidents, ex-vice presidents and ex-general secretaries.
  • The “Sciat Ut Serviat Award” is given to institutions and initiatives that have been particularly creative and internationally committed to justice and peace.

literature

  • Andreas Martin (Red.): The spiritual communities of the Catholic Church. Compendium . St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-7462-1995-7 , pp. 170–172 (No. 57: International Association of Catholic Universities ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.fiuc.org/page-membres_en.html
  2. ↑ Address to the lecturers and students of the Pontifical Universities in Rome and to the participants in the 23rd General Assembly of the FIUC, which Pope Benedict XVI. received in audience on November 19, 2009 .
  3. ↑ FUCE
  4. ↑ ACUHIAM ( Memento from February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ ACCU ( Memento from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ ASEACCU ( Memento from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ ODUCAL
  8. ↑ XBHEI ( Memento from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Awards of the FIUC Archived copy ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ The Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae ( de : From the Heart of the Church) was published on August 15, 1990 by Pope John Paul II (1978-2005). It is the order “About the Catholic Universities”.
  11. ↑ 2012 received z. B. the University of Bethlehem this award [1]