INSTITUTION
Ateitininkai (Catholic Youth/Student Organization)
Ateitininkai
· 1910· Foundational entity
Also known as: Ateitininkai
ABOUT
Founded 1910 in Lithuania with the motto 'Visa atnaujinti Kristuje' (Renew all things in Christ). Organized around five principles: Catholicism (Katalikiškumas), Nationality (Tautiškumas), Intellectualism (Inteligentiškumas), Sociality (Visuomeniškumas), and Activism (Veiklumas). Reorganized in exile after WWII — active in DP camps, then in the US. Operates through student (moksleiviai), young adult (jaunieji), and senior (sendraugiai) branches. Published the journal Ateitis. Summer camps at Dainava remain a cornerstone of Lithuanian-American youth formation.
TIMELINE
1910
Wave III: Economic Emigration
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