Enciclopedia Cattolica

Guide Italiane, Association of (A.G.I.)

GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE (A. G. I.)

Volume VI · p. 762 · 1951

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE delle (A. G. I.). — Association for the education and moral and physical formation of Italian girls according to the principles and practice of the scout educational method, adapted to the conditions of national life and to the principles of the Catholic religion. It had its statutes approved by the Holy See on 8 December 1944. It is an organization coordinated with Italian Catholic Action.

It brings together girls from 8 to 12 years of age (Coccinelle), young girls from 12 to 16 (Guide), and young women over 16 (Scolte). The A. G. I. has its headquarters in Rome and its units in 78 dioceses, with many thousands of members.

BIBL.: M. Mazza, Come si fonda un reparto, Rome 1946; A. Ruggi, Donne di oggi, guide di domani, there 1946; N. A. Paolini, Quello che una guida deve sapere, there 1946. Agostino Ruggi d'Aragona
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“GUIDE ITALIANE, ASSOCIAZIONE DELLE (A. G. I.).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 762. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/guide-italiane-associazione-delle-a-g-i.