Xaveri South Africa is a Catholic youth organization in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. Xaveri South Africa is part of the African Xaveri Movement and 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 organizatio ...

Activities

The main activities of Xaveri South Africa are: * Youth in Local Dialogue * Education for Intercultural Citizenship * Media and Arts for Social Change * Refugee and Migrants project * Youth Voluntary Service * Networking, exchanges and civic engagement

Patron

The patron of Xaveri South Africa (as well as from the Xaveri movement) is

Saint Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 1 ...

. The name of the movement originates from the name of its patron. Saint Francis Xavier is also the patron of African missions.

References

Catholic youth organizations Youth organisations based in South Africa Fimcap Catholic Church in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-stub