Żgħażagħ Azzjoni Kattolika (ŻAK) ( English: "Youth Catholic Action") is a youth organization as part of the

Catholic Action Catholic Action is a movement of Catholic laity, lay people within the Catholic Church which advocates for increased Catholic influence on society. Catholic Action groups were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic cou ...

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. It is a wide national organization of the Roman Catholic Church in Malta. ŻAK 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 organizations ...

Status and organization

As the Roman Catholic faith is predominant in Malta, ŻAK, as youth branch of the Maltese Catholic Action, ŻAK is one of the most important youth organizations in Malta. The Youth Partnership of the

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and the

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listed ŻAK (together with the Maltese National Youth Council, the Maltese Scouts, and the Maltese Guides) as one of the major youth NGOs that has practical knowledge on needs and expectations of young people. ŻAK is one of only 38 chosen NGOs eligible for funding by the Malta Community Chest Fund. In 2005, ŻAK won the National Youth Awareness Prize 2005.

Description and activity

ŻAK is a branch of the Maltese Catholic Action and its purpose is to provide programs for spiritual, social and personal development. The aim of this process is to affirm an individual in his or her proper identity and involve him or her in a relationship with God and others. The structures of ŻAK assist youth leaders and other young people in the administration of youth work activities and support them to organize group meetings of young people as well as other activities like summer camps. In 2016 ŻAK organized the pilgrimage from Malta to the World Youth Day in Kraków, with a commission to coordinate the pilgrimage from Bishop Charles Scicluna. In 2018 ŻAK hosted the EuroCourse of

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 organizations ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zghazagh Azzjoni Kattolika Catholic youth organizations Fimcap Catholic Church in Malta Youth organisations based in Malta Birkirkara

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Description and activity

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