Items
Template
Cardijn's Writings
-
Priests' Day 10 July 2024
Meeting of 56 priests from various Walloon dioceses to discuss the proposed statutes of the Young Christian Workers and to plan its organisation. -
The YCW and the parish
Responding to criticism, Cardijn outlines the role of the JOC in the parish. -
The family in modern life
Cardijn's speech at a 1926 University Social Week in Belgium. -
The Study Circle and its methods
This is the first systematic presentation of the See-Judge-Act in the first edition of the Girls YCW Manual (Manuel de la JOCF) 1926. -
A Jocist Advent
Preparing for the coming of Christ -
The Jocist Centre
Cardijn celebrates the establishment of the first Jocist Centre at Rue des Palais, Brussels. -
Happy New Year!
Cardijn presents his wishes for the Jocist movement in 1929. -
A happy and holy jocist new year
Cardijn sets out the objectives for JOC teams for 1930. -
Manual of the YCW
-
A word of introduction
Cardijn's introduction to the new chaplains' magazine for the JOC and JOCF -
Three touchstones of the genuine YCW
Cardijn explains the role of the JOC as the transformation of life, milieu (environment) and mass. -
Ite missa est
Cardijn's talk to the Social Week at Reims in 1933 in which he explains the role of the JOC in transforming life, milieu (environment) and mass. -
Fundamental problems
Cardijn's 1932 lecture course at Godinne, Belgium -
Joseph Cardijn - Arthur Vermeersch SJ 1933
Cardijn writes to Fr Arthur Vermeersch SJ to ask his advice on an internal paper he wrote seeking to present the YCW and to respond to critiques. -
Report on the YCW Service for the Sick 1933
This is a 1933 report on the activities of the Belgian YCW's Service for the Sick -
Report on the YCW Service for the Unemployed 1933
A 1933 report by the Belgian JOC on its Service for the Unemployed -
Jocist organisation
This is an internal paper drafted by Cardijn to develop responses to various criticisms of the YCW movement and sent to his mentor Fr Arthur Vermeersch SJ. -
Penitence and mercy
Cardijn's reflections on the sacrament of confession (reconcilation), penitence and mercy. -
Allocution of Canon Cardijn
Cardijn's opening speech for the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
The Three Truths
Cardijn's keynote speech to the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935, introducing the Three Truths Dialectic. -
The formation of militants
Cardijn's third talk to the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
Seminarians' meeting
Cardijn's talk to seminarians who attended the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
The laity
This is perhaps Cardijn's earliest complete exposition of his conception of the specifically lay apostolate of lay people. -
A worker laity
Cardijn reflects on the role of lay working people in transforming life, milieu and world. -
Jocism
Cardijn offers a one-page summary of jocist principles on the eve of the first JOC International Congress in 1935 -
Sermon at the Lisieux Eucharistic Congress
Cardijn's talk at the Eucharistic Congress at Lisieux in 1937. -
The YCW
Cardijn summarises the whole YCW method in this 1938 article. -
The priest in the YCW
Cardijn explains the importance of the role of the chaplain in the YCW. -
The peace-making mission of Catholic Action
Cardijn's speech to the 1938 Congress of the Belgian Association of Catholic Youth (ACJB) -
The content of Catholic Action
Cardijn explains the concept of Specialised Catholic Action, particularly in relation to the lay apostolate and the YCW -
Workers and students
Cardijn's address to the 1938 conference of Pax Romana in Bled, Yugoslavia. -
International YCS Congress Yugoslavia
Cardijn's speech to the international conference of the JEC or YCS in Yugoslavia in 1939. -
A new paganism
Cardijn explains the JOC as a response to modern forms of paganism, understood as Communism and Nazism. -
My jocist prayer in my daily life
Preface to a brochure for YCW leaders and militants on prayer -
The Christian conception of work
Cardijn offers a brief outline of his theology of work. -
Revolution by revelation
Cardijn addresses a rally in Liverpool. -
The spirit of the Young Christian Workers
Cardijn authoritatively summarises the work of the YCW in this booklet.