Welcome to our new, improved Joseph Cardijn Digital Library (JCDL) website.
The purpose of the library, which dates back to 1998, is to preserve and publish texts, documents and testimonies relating to the life and work of Cardinal Joseph Cardijn, founder of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC) Internationale or International Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement, as well of other leaders and chaplains who worked with him and/or with other Specialised Catholic Action or “Cardijn” movements.
Content
We now have over 150 original Cardijn documents available online in English including many of his most famous speeches. We have also added many testimonies from those who knew, worked with or were inspired by Cardijn.
Also published is a range of biographical material, including the well-known biography by Marguerite Fiévez and Jacques Meert, as well as many photos plus several videos and audio recordings.
We also welcome personal testimonies, letters, photos, even films, and any other original documents or primary sources that relate to the life and work of Cardijn.
Over 500 more Cardijn documents are available in the original French by clicking on the French flag icon below (French site still in development) .
And please keep visiting us to find the latest items uploaded to our repository (listed below).
Features
Developed using Omeka S, a "next-generation web publishing platform for institutions interested in connecting digital cultural heritage collections with other resources online," the JCDL now offers many new features, including chronological listing, a subject index, as well as the possibility of downloading documents in Word or PDF format.
Contact
For further information or to send us more items for inclusion, please write to us at: australiancardijninstitute@gmail.com
Stefan Gigacz
Coordinator
Joseph Cardijn Digital Library
Australian Cardijn Institute
Cardijn Community International
Latest additions
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Note 14 - General Remarks
Cardijn offers a series of general remarks on the draft documents prepared by the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate. -
Note 13 - Detailed remarks
Cardijn's critique of the draft documents prepared by the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate. -
Achille Glorieux - Joseph Cardijn 15 03 1962
The secretary of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate responds to Cardijn thanking him for his latest documents. -
Joseph Cardijn - Fernando Cento - 08 03 1962
Cardijn sends his latest notes for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate to its president -
Note 15 - The formally and materially lay apostolate of lay people
In this note to the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate, Cardijn insists yet again on the lay apostolate proper to lay people. -
Has anyone bothered to train young workers?
Cardijn laments the failure to provide formation for young workers. -
A bishop calls for a more dynamic way of dealing with the lay apostolate
Report of an intervention on lay apostolate during the Third Session of Vatican II. -
Joseph Cardijn - Achille Glorieux 28 12 1961
Cardijn sends his responses to the latest series of documents from the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate, noting that he feels obliged in conscience to insist on the lay apostolate.
