YCS Movement

Theme: Witnessing Christ’s mercy through action

Y.C.S stands for Young Christian Students (Y.C.S or U.Y.C.S) called it Uganda Young Christian Students.

Young Christian Students’ movement was started by a young Belgian priest, Fr. Joseph Cardjin, who later became a cardinal. In Uganda, the Y.C.S movement was introduced by late Fr. Albert Fleskens, W.F in September 1956. He was the chaplain of St. Mary’s College Kisubi from where YCS spread to all the corners of the country. It enables students to discover, reflect, and act upon their problems by themselves for the good of student’s world and the society.

As a student’s movement: it is composed of students, centered on the students, affects students’ society. This brings out the fact that students know more about the life of the young people than any adult would assume. They know about the “INs” and “OUTs” of the life that streams past their teachers, parents and adults. The YCS people who are vibrant part of this life know it best and can affect it best. For better or for worse, it is students along who can bring significant change and improvement to the lives of their fellow students. The fact of being at school does not mean that students can just hide behind books and get ready for life beyond the school compound. It is in deep base that YCS is deeply involved in real life. Y.C.Sers concerns them with the everyday situation that confronts students and all people everywhere.

As a movement: people on motion. As young people, we are called to bring the world with us as we move at a rapid pace of modern youth. That is, we are moving towards change in all aspects in crucial issues that surround us. For example; spiritual transformation, moral decadence, academic excellence, etc. YCS is a movement of the students, by the students and for the students. By making the review of life (through our motto: see, judge and act/awareness, reflection and action) our way of life, a methodology advocated by Cardinal Joseph Cardjin, YCS strives to form students into leaders with Christ’s values, contributing to their families, schools and society wherever they are.

YCS gives students the opportunity to recognize that they are being called by God to be active participants in life, to have ideas and opinions, and to take actions that change their own lives and the lives of the people around them by following the example of Jesus Christ.

Motto: See, Judge and Act