Xaveri Congo is a Catholic youth organization in the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. Xaveri Congo 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 organizati ...

History

Xaveri Congo was founded in 1952/53 in Congo. The foundation of Xaveri Congo was also the beginning of the African Xaveri Movement that spread also to different other African countries like Burundi (

Xaveri Burundi Xaveri Burundi is a Catholic youth organization in the Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country ...

), Rwanda ( Xaveri Rwanda) and South Africa (

Xaveri South Africa 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 ...

). Unlike the scouts Xaveri considers itself an apostolic movement.

References

{{Catholic youth work Catholic youth organizations Youth organisations based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Fimcap Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo