The Catholic Youth Organization Nigeria (CYO Nigeria) is a Catholic youth organization in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. CYO Nigeria is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations

Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizati ...

History

CYO Nigeria was founded in 1985 to create a youth organization for young Catholics in Nigeria. CYO emerged in the context of a concern of the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria is the Catholic episcopal conference of Nigeria. See also * Catholic Church in Nigeria References Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, N ...

(CBCN) that the young Catholics and local Catholic youth organizations in Nigeria should celebrate the

International Youth Year The year 1985 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Youth Year (IYY). It was held to focus attention on issues of concern to and relating to youth. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1985, by United Nations Secretary Gen ...

(IYY) declared by the United Nations in 1985. Several meetings of chaplains responsible for youth affairs and youths leaders from the various dioceses of Nigeria took place to plan a national Catholic youth rally. From this type of rallies finally CYO Nigeria emerged as a nationwide umbrella for Catholic youth work in Nigeria. In 2010, at the General Assembly in Munich, CYO Nigeria was adopted as a full member to the international umbrella of Catholic youth organizations "

". Currently, CYO Nigeria is building up a cooperation with a Muslim youth organization to foster peace in the country and to begin an inter-religious dialogue.

Activities

* Workshops and seminars * Rallies and conventions * Camps * Skills Acquisition * Cultural and sports festivals * Exchanges, excursions and pilgrimages * Charity works and helping the needy * Visiting prisons and praying for inmates * Youth retreat, counseling

References

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