Jong Nederland

Jong Nederland is a Catholic youth organization in the Netherlands. Jong Nederland is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations "Fimcap".

Jong Nederland
AbbreviationJong Nederland
FormationDecember 6, 1944 (1944-12-06)
TypeDutch non-profit youth organization
PurposeCatholic youth organization
HeadquartersTilburg,  Netherlands
Membership
12,000 members
Websitewww.jongnederland.nl

History

Jong Nederland was founded on the sixth of December 1944, right after the southern provinces of the Netherlands were freed of the Nazi occupation. The purpose was to create an organisation for all Catholic youth in the Netherlands and to unite all the different Catholic youth organisations that had existed before the war and that were forbidden after 1941. Not all Catholic Youth Organisations joined Jong Nederland. However, for a long time Jong Nederland was the most important Catholic Youth organisation in the Netherlands.[1]

"Maxioren" group at a camp of Jong Nederland

Organization

Jong Nederland is structured in the following sections (based on age-groups):

Age group Name of section
4 – 5 years "Minioren"
6 – 9 years "Maxioren"
10 - 12 years "Junioren"
13 - 15 years "Senioren"
16 - 18 years "16-plussers" (not in all local groups)
18 years and older "Leiding" (leaders)
gollark: Well, we have 9 people here (2 bots) and 11 people in the class, no?
gollark: Oh, hmmm.
gollark: Thomas?
gollark: Or possibly two people.
gollark: Oh, we may be missing one person.

References
  1. Homepage of Fimcap: jong nederland Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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