Semaines sociales de France
The Semaines Sociales de France (SSF) (French Social Weeks) is a social initiative founded in France in 1904.
The Semaines sociales de France were founded at the beginning of the 20th century by two committed Catholics, Marius Gonin from Lyon and Adéodat Boissard from Lille. The aim was to react to the massive change in the world of work. The ethical basis was the encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII. who with this writing from 1891 is considered to be the founder of the modern social teaching of the Catholic Church. The first president was Henri Lorin .
The SSF is now considered an independent observatory for social life in France that is discussed in detail at the annual meeting. Around 3,000 participants take part in the conference. The German partner organization is the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) .
In 2007, Jérôme Vignon took over the presidency from Michel Camdessus , who had held office since 2000.
