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The "Katholische junge Gemeinde" (short: "KjG") is one of the big German Catholic youth organizations. KjG has got a democratic structure and local groups in all over Germany (mainly in Catholic parishes) with in total about 80.000 members. The KjG is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap and the German umbrella of Catholic youth organizations BDKJ. ==History== See also: (Overview of the history of KjG on the homepage of KjG (on German) ) * 1896: The "Katholische Jungmännerverband" (translation: Catholic organization of young men) is founded. It is the predecessor organization of the "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" (KJG, translation: Catholic society of young men). * 1915: The national organization of "Katholische Jungfrauenvereine Deutschlands" (translation: Catholic organizations of young women in Germany), the predecessor organization of "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" (KFG, translation: Catholic society of young women), is founded. * 1938: Catholic youth organizations were forbidden in Germany by the NS regime. * 1947: The "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" (KJG, translation: Catholic society of young men) is founded. * 1954: The "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" (KFG, translation: Catholic society of young women) is founded. * 1970: The "Katholische Jungmännergemeinschaft" and the "Katholische Frauenjugendgemeinschaft" merge to the "Katholische junge Gemeinde" (KjG, translation: Catholic young society). * 2005: KjG organized with Fimcap the a centre for international exchange during the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne named „feel the spirit" and visited by more than 20,000 pilgrimmages. * 2010: KjG hosted the General Assembly of Fimcap in Munich. * 2013: More than 100 groups of KjG took part with projects in the 72 hours campaign, the biggest social campaign of young people in Germany. * 2014: In the year of the European elections 2014 KjG organized the nationwide project "YOUrope - Strippenzieher *innen für eine jugendgerechte EU". The aim of the project was to encourage young people to think about youth rights and to show them possible ways to participate in political processes.〔(Homepage der KjG: YOUrope )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katholische Junge Gemeinde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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