Young Christian Independents (J.I.C.)
The Young Christian Independents (J.I.C.) emerged in French-speaking countries in 1925, addressing all young people from the middle class, bourgeoisie, aristocracy, commerce, industry, and the liberal professions—those tasked with contributing, through their prerogatives and spheres of action, to the creation of a harmonious society. It is organized into parish and inter-parish sections, federal or diocesan bodies that report to a national committee composed of 15 members.
The J.I.C. aims to provide its members with religious and moral, social and civic, professional and political formation through the implementation and study of a general program of the Movement. To this end, it establishes commissions for employees and officials to address issues concerning this category, as well as commissions for military personnel, and runs a training school for its leaders. The J.I.C. also endeavors to ensure that the leisure activities offered by society to youth—social gatherings, dances, and the like—do not pose a serious threat to morality but remain consistently Christian.
The organization’s publication is the *Bulletin*, intended for leaders. Its emblem is a shield bearing the letters J.I.C. and a thorn entwined around a central cross. Parallel to this movement, there exists a similar one for female students.