What is MKSU?
MKSU (Moviment Kattoliku Studenti Universitarji) is a student organisation which, through its dynamic presence and various activities on University Campus, brings to life its motto: 'Christian values through social commitment', thus sharing in a concrete way the Good News of God's love.
In a his annual address to university students (Christmas Day 2009), Pope Benedict XVI encouraged all of the heads of academic institutions to “continue to collaborate in the construction of a community in which all young people may develop into mature human beings who hold themselves responsible for the creation of a ‘civilization of love.’"
MKSU is committed to actualise these words working with and for fellow university students like a lamp which is placed on a stand to give light to everyone in the house (Mt 5, 15).
The movement was founded in 1929 and still serves as a reference point on campus for other Christian movements and communities functioning throughout the diocese. MKSU never ceases to voice a fresh dimension on the various levels at which it represents Catholic students:
- at the University of Malta on the Commission for Social Policy (KPS), and on the Chaplaincy Council;
- at national level on the National Youth Council (KNZ);
- at a diocesan level on the Forum for the Laity;
- and at international level, it enjoys full membership within the European Coordination International Young Catholic Students – International Movement of Catholic Students.
Statute
Our Statute is availabe for download here (.pdf)
Article
To download an article (in pdf) written in a previous edition of our Newsletter, One-2-One, about the History of MKSU please click here for an English version or here for the same article in Maltese.