Oficialmente fundado a 4 February 1982, pelo Padre Belmiro Narino juntamente com o Chefe Joaquim Pinto de Sousa, somos o primeiro agrupamento português a ser criado fora de Portugal e o único lusófono que perdura até hoje no Grão-Ducado do Luxemburgo.

O Agrupamento tem assim a particularidade única de ser o grupo escutista de língua portuguesa no Luxemburgo, assim aberto a toda a comunidade lusófona do Luxemburgo e seus arredores. O nosso grupo tornou-se também num ponto de acolhimento e integração dos emigrantes de língua portuguesa que escolheram o Luxemburgo para trabalhar e viver.

Somos um grupo escutista local que é filiado ao British scouts and guides (LGS) (association reconnue d’utilité publique), a associação de guias e escuteiros católicos no Luxemburgo, que é por sua vez membro fundador da Organização Mundial do Movimento Escutista (em inglês, WOSM) e da Associação Mundial de Guias e Bandeirantes (em inglês, WAGGGS).

O Agrupamento de Escuteiros de Santo Afonso ou ainda chamado “AESA”, tem o estatuto juridico de associação sem fins lucrativos (“Scouts Saint Alphonse A.S.B.L.“), e procura contribuir para a educação integral dos jovens. Based on a system of values ​​in order to help them build a better world and which play an active and constructive role in society, thus feeling fulfilled either individually or in team work.

É com base no voluntariado dos seus membros e no método escutista criado por Lord Robert Baden-Powell que trabalhamos todos os dias com o objetivo de que os nossos jovens se tornem pessoas autónomas, take care, and responsible compromised. As actividades escutistas baseiam-se no desenvolvimento do jovem, por meio de um sistema de progresso que valoriza a honra, baseado na Promessa e na Lei do Escuta. Através da prática do trabalho em equipa e da vida ao ar livre, possibilita-se que o jovem assuma o seu próprio crescimento, tornando-se um exemplo de fraternidade, loyalty, altruísmo, responsibility, respeito e disciplina.

É com todo este trabalho que o AESA mantém sempre a sua força e a sua vontade em “deixar o mundo melhor do que o encontrou”. Relembramos que desde sempre os serviços dos nossos chefes e dirigentes foram e continuam a ser prestados por voluntários adultos, que seguem formações de animadores reconhecidas pelo Estado Luxemburguês. Um agradecimento muito especial para todos aqueles que nos ajudam todos os dias da melhor vontade.

É com muito orgulho que continuaremos a formar jovens para uma melhor da sociedade.

ALWAYS ALERT TO SERVE!

It was the year 1981 and we began to develop the idea of ​​creating a group of Portuguese Scouts in Luxembourg.

It was then on 4 February 1982, where our group was officially founded, filiated to the FNSL-Fédération Nationale des Scouts du Luxembourg. The name, Saint Alphonse, comes from the fact that the group has been initially hosted in the premises of St. Alphonse Church in Luxembourg City. The heads of the group were either, Chief Joaquim Pinto de Sousa and Father Belmiro Narino Figueira.

The years 90, marked a less good phase of the Group, because during that time scouting in the Grouping had stopped. so the groupe live a period of inactivity during a few years.

In the years of 2000, The AESA was relaunched. Thanks to the initiative of the Chief Dulce Pereira and some motivated Leaders, the group could finally reopen its doors to children and young people from Luxembourg. We returned to occupy the premises at the back of the St. Alphonse Church in Luxembourg. So we started again with the youngest Section, the Cubscouts, and gave a new direction to the Group. Given the strong adhesion, shortly after we opened the Section of the Explorers. Even if she has never been Scout before, the Chief Dulce, always knew 'rally the troops’ and show a lot of persistence over these intense years. It was step by step that the group has been growing and gaining more members. And so naturally we opened the section of the Pioneers and a few years following, also the section of Rovers.

After a good decade, the Chief Dulce decided to withdraw from the leadership of the AESA and in 2013 was elected Chief Ricardo Santos as the new group leader.. An experienced chief, who knew how to bring much of what was the mystical, symbology and the true spirit of Scouting back to the sections and the group in general. Unfortunately for professional reasons, He had to leave early his place of leader of the Group. The following year we elected a new Head of our Group, Eugénio Marques. The Chief Eugenio, He had also been Rover and Leader in Portugal before emigrating to Luxembourg.
We started the year 2014, with the difficult news that we would have to leave the headquarters that we were transferred. This would be used for other purposes. From now on, we began to meet weekly at the national headquarters LGS, in Eich. With all sections continue to operate in a follow-up of a single scout and high quality for all our young people. During the following years began to also notice the fruits of the fourth section, with young people involved both national and international levels as well as young people have integrated into animation teams in AESA to apply the teachings received.

The AESA of today is a young and fresh Group, very dynamic and with four sections in operation. currently, we have the youngest group Chief in all LGS, Bruno Martins Chief formed in AESA.
We are a non-profit association, which seeks to contribute to the education of youth. Based on a system of values ​​in order to help them build a better world and which play an active and constructive role in society. Feeling well performed both individually and in team work. It is based on voluntary work of our members and the Scout method created by Robert Baden-Powell who work every day in order that our young people to become autonomous, take care, and responsible compromised.

It has a long history in the formation of young people from the Portuguese community around Luxembourg, and voluntary movement and the Catholic Church. AESA currently has 70 Associate members. At this time our administrative headquarters is in the national headquarters of LGS and met the premises Scouts Bridel,