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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The laity and the Council
Cardijn's successor as chaplain of the International YCW reviews the Vatican II documents on laity and lay apostolate. -
Reflections on Proposals 50 and 51
Cardijn's very concrete reflections and proposals on family life and the problems of young workers for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate. -
Joseph Cardijn - Emiliano Guano 09 08 1961
Cardijn writes to the chaplain of the Italian Catholic Action movement seeking his support in advocating for more emphasis on lay apostolate in the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate. -
The lay apostolate - 06 1965
Reflections by Cardijn prior to the Fourth Session of Vatican II -
Note 29 - Schema Decreti de Apostolatu Laicorum
Cardijn's written intervention for the Fourth Session of Vatican II -
Joseph Cardijn - Fernando Cento 28 12 1961
Cardijn expresses his concern that the Preparatory Commission has not sufficiently the lay apostolate of lay people. -
Achille Glorieux - Marguerite Fiévez 23 11 1961
The secretary of the Preparatory Commission sends his best wishes to Cardijn's secretary. -
Marguerite Fiévez - Achille Glorieux 20 11 1961
Cardijn's secretary writes to the secretary of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate to explain that Cardijn is still in Latin America following the YCW World Council of Rio de Janeiro.
