- AICUF
The All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) is an organisation of catholic university students. The movement was started in 1924, at St.Joseph's College,
Tiruchirappalli by Fr. Carty, SJ. Currently it operates in 14 states ofIndia . The organization is affiliated to Pax-Romana, an international association of catholic professionals.History
The Catholic Young Men Guild (CYMG), started by a group of college students with the guidance of Fr. P. Carty SJ at St.Joseph’s College, Trichy was an organization in the tradition of ‘Catholic Action’. The guild had the following principal aims:a) the spirit of Christian Brotherhoodb) informed catholic mindc) application of catholic principles to social problemsStudy clubs were main units for functioning. The Rally, the student magazine accompanied the guild from its inception. It was then merged with the MCYL (Malabar Catholic Youth League) that was founded by Fr. Honore SJ in 1915. CYMG was renamed as CYMF (Catholic Young Men Federation).In 1937 CYMF grew far and wide in the Southern part of India and got re-christened itself as SICUF. SICUF became AICUF in 1949 as a national level student movement and got recognised by CBCI (Catholic Bishops' Conference of India) . AICUF publishes an alternative student monthly 'THE RALLY' in English. The Rally is a mouth piece of AICUF. It delas with the current educational, social, cultural and political scenario of the country on various themes.
Members
The AICUF membership is open to university students who share the ideals of the movement as enshrined in the constitution. However, every member state has the autonomy to decide on its own policy regarding membership.
Every member is entitled to participate in all the decision making activities of the unit. However, a member can be selected as an office-bearer only on completion of one year in the AICUF, except in the case of newly formed units.
tructure
AICUF structure is geared to ensure it mass students movement character. The AICUF functions at the national, state, regional and unit levels. The state is the primary decision making body in AICUF. The various states are linked at the national level as members of a federation.
External links
* [http://www.aicuf.net AICUF Website]
* [http://www.sjctni.edu/aicuf.htm About AICUF (St.Joseph's College)]
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