Youth Ministry - Gujarat Jesuits

Monday, 29 August 2022

34th AICUF National Council

12^th August to 15^th August 2022, 34^th National Council was begun with the theme of “Revisit and Renew AICUF Towards Centenary and Beyond” At the national secretarial of AICUF where 14 sates registered for the council. Inauguration was held on the 12^th in the evening. All participant marched in a procession towards the stage where the participants were made aware of the injustice faced by the Dalits, Tribals and the lower communities and they were also made aware of their rights by a skit play performed by the local youth. After that registration was done of each participants and they were divided into 5 groups.

13^th August, the first day of the council began with Holy Eucharist. Resource person of the day was Mr. Babu Mathew, former National AICUF President gave AICUF orientation. How AICUF originated, AICUF before independence, after independence, role of AICUF in independence and the challenges faced so far. Fr. Maxim SJ presented AICUF presentation in the second session of the day he explained the vision and mission of AICUF where he emphasized on few points such as need of collaboration, need of amendment in AICUF constitution, walking with the excluding etc. in an another session which was taken by Fr. Benjamine SJ he explained the meaning of AICUF logo, the logo stands for Church, University and society. He explained AICUF constitution and other bodies such as IMCS (International Movement of Catholic Students), CBCI (Catholic Bishops Conference of India), JCSA (Jesuit Conference of South Asia) in detail. Annual state reports were presented by South Zone (Karnataka, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) The day ended with talent hunt program where 5 groups presented different performances.

14^th August, the second day of conference began with meditation and Holy Eucharist. Resource person of the session was Dr. Paul Newman who is also a former AICUFer and a social activist. He talked about how a role of AICUF in our lives he also talked about sustainability. Second session was led by Sr. Jansi she presented women commission report. She talked about problem faced by women and the challenges of women empowerment. Sate reports were presented by central Zone (MP/CG, Ranchi, Dumka and AYCM report) and West Zone (Mumbai, Gujarat and Nation Report). The day ended with Cultural Night where every state present their culture.

15^th August. The last day of conference began with Inter-religious prayer. After that the flag hosting was done. After breakfast review of the last two days done and panel discussion was done where all 5 groups leader gave their point of view on the basis of each day group discussion. And then action plan of each of the sates was presented. At last the council ended up with valedictory and photo session.