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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Click to read the story of Cardijn's 1911 meeting
Cardijn visited Ben Tillett during his visit to England in the summer of 1911 to study trade unions. -
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Cardijn's monument
Cardinal Hume recalls Vatican II and the YCW as the monuments to Cardijn's vision. -
Workers and students
Cardijn's address to the 1938 conference of Pax Romana in Bled, Yugoslavia. -
Richard Buchhorn - Cardijn 06 02 1961
A note by Australian seminarian Dick Buchhorn to Cardijn helping to prepare the latter's talk to students at the Pontifical Gregorian University. -
Trips to Africa 1960-61
Cardijn's report for the Vatican of his travels in African in 196061. -
Aide-Mémoire - Mgr Samoré 07 02 1961
Cardijn's notes for his meeting with the secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. -
Aide-Mémoire - Mgr Sigismondi 07 02 1961
Cardijn's note for his meeting with the president of Propaganda Fide.
