Nepal’s Student group gets recognition from European parent body

(August 24, 2011) In Nepal, the International Movement of Catholic Students - IMCS in Kathmandu has been granted full membership status by its European parent body, according to a statement received by the group on Tuesday. The IMCS secretariat in Paris, France, granted membership during its world assembly meeting last month in Germany, but only recently announced the decision because of staff members’ involvement in World Youth Day activities in Madrid, which ended on August 21. The Kathmandu branch of IMCS was informed by email on Tuesday of its acceptance.
Jesuit Fr.Paul Chemparathy, a former parish priest in Kathmandu who founded IMCS in Nepal and now serves in Moscow, said he was heartened by the announcement.
“I share in your joy to see the ‘tree’ that I planted and watered now growing and blossoming,” he said.
IMCS is the student wing of Pax Romana, founded in 1921 as a continuation of the International Union of Catholic Students first established in Switzerland in 1887. IMCS actively promotes student apostolate through its national federations in more than 85 countries.