Ateitis

The Lithuanian Catholic Federation Ateitis (literally, 'future') is a youth organization in Lithuania uniting Catholic-minded schoolchildren, university students, and alumni. Members of the Ateitis Federation are known as .

The Lithuanian Catholic Federation Ateitis (literally, 'future') is a youth organization in Lithuania uniting Catholic-minded schoolchildren, university students, and alumni. Members of the Ateitis Federation are known as . ==Name and aims== The aim of Ateitis is the integral development of young people enabling them to be effective apostles of Christ and creative agents capable of changing society according to Christian values. For historical reasons another central aim is to preserve the national heritage and culture of Lithuania. The five principles of Ateitis are: Catholicism, community spirit, social responsibility, education and patriotism. The motto of Ateitis is To Renew All Things in Christ ( , ). The magazine is associated with the organization. ==History== published the first edition of "Ateitis" and article "Three Fundamental Questions". Ateitis was founded on February 19, 1910, the day on which the Executive Committee of the newly organized Lithuanian Catholic Student association was elected in the Catholic University of Louvain. In 1927 during the Palanga Conference the Ateitis Federation was formed, uniting the then three associations (High School students, University students and alumni). In the 1930s the authoritarian nationalist regime of President Antanas Smetona made it illegal to join Ateitis during the high school in order to slow down the growth of the organization, as many members of Ateitis later on had become leaders of the oppositional Christian Democratic Party. During both Soviet occupations, the Ateitis Federation was considered anti-state. There was barely any presence of Ateitis in Lithuania during this period; however, many members of the organization fled to Western Europe and the US during and after the Second World War. During the Lithuanian movement for Independence, the Assembly of Restoration occurred on November 25-26, 1989, in Vilnius, restoring the organization in Lithuania. By 1998 the governing body of the Ateitis Federation had returned back to Lithuania, and in the following year was followed by the official journal Ateitis. , 3 were members of Ateitis. Standing left to right, Kazys Bizauskas is on the very left, Aleksandras Stulginskis is the third person from the right, and Pranas Dovydaitis is on the very right. Ateitis is member of the international umbrella of Catholic youth organizations Fimcap since the General Assembly in Ghana in 2001. The first contact between Fimcap and Ateitis took place in Kehl, Germany, in 1999 during the Eurocontact seminar of Fimcap. After that, contacts between Fimcap and Ateitis became more frequent, ties grew stronger and this finally resulted in Ateitis being a full member of Fimcap. ==Notable members== Kazys Bobelis (1923–2013): Lithuanian surgeon and politician, member of the Seimas Vytautas Bogušis (born 1959¹): dissident and politician, member of the Seimas Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002): poet Pranas Dovydaitis (1886–1942): university professor and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania Vladas Jurgutis (1885–1966): cleric and politician, professor, Foreign Minister of Lithuania, member of the Seimas, first chairman of the Bank of Lithuania Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885–1969): President of Lithuania Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ (born 1938): Archbishop of Kaunas Gintaras Grušas (born 1961): Archbishop of Vilnius Stasys Šalkauskis (1896-1941): Lithuanian philosopher, educator, rector of Vytautas Magnus University Kazys Pakštas (1883-1964): geographer and political theorist Leonas Prapuolenis:(1913-1972): leader of the 1941 Lithuanian Uprising, economist Antanas Maceina (1908-1987): philosopher, theologian, educator, poet Vytautas Mačernis (1921-1944): poet Juozas Lukša-Daumantas (1921-1951): Lithuanian partisan ==References==

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