!!!Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholischer Verbände Österreichs, AKV Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholischer Verbaende Oesterreichs, AKV: Catholic lay organisation founded in 1954, comprises 20 member associations who work mainly in the youth supervision sector (e.g. the Austrian Kolpingwerk; members also include student associations, teachers´ associations, and recreational organisations. The approximately 1 million individual members form part of the lay apostolate and are active in society, in the workplace, the family and the church as recommended by the 2%%sup nd/% Vatican Council. The Arbeitsgemeinschaft awards the "Kardinal Opilio Rossi-Medaille" for outstanding services in the lay apostolate and the "Bischof DDr. Stefan László-Preis". %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Arbeitsgemeinschaft_Katholischer_Verbände_Österreichs,_AKV|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]