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  YCW founder calls for 'intense apostolate' among Indian workers

  Report of Cardijn's visit to Calcutta in 1958.
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  Reception of the holy habit - Yvonne Tap

  Cardijn's speech at the ceremony where former JOC Internationale leader Yvonne Tap was received into a Carmelite community in India.
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  Fight Communism with more than $$$

  Cardijn tells US journalists that Communism must not be fought negatively.
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  The Church and the world of labour

  Notes prepared by Cardijn for Pope John XXIII to assist in the drafting of an encyclical for the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, which became Mater et Magistra.
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  Priests and the social doctrine of the Church

  Cardijn drafted this note in preparation for his trip to Rome in February-March 1960 during which he proposed to John XXIII that he publish an encyclical for the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum.
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  Trip to Rome of Mgr Cardijn and Romeo Maione

  Notes prepared for meetings in Rome in February - March 1960, including with John XXIII.
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  Visit to Rome, February - March 1960

  Notes taken by Cardijn during his stay in Rome.
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  Looking at the Ecumenical Council

  A July 1960 note by Cardijn with suggestions for Vatican II, including reviving the diaconate and restoring the meaning of charity.
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  Press release 29 08 1960

  Press release announcing Cardijn's appointment as a member of the Pontifical Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  Outline for Note 1 on the Lay Apostolate

  Cardijn's draft notes prepared in the process of writing his first note for the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate
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  Note 1 - The apostolate of lay people

  Cardijn's first note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate for Vatican II.
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  Note 4 - Priests and lay people in the apostolate

  Cardijn explains the distinct but united roles of priests and lay people in the Church and the world.
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  Note 3 - Reflections and suggestions

  Cardijn's third note responds to the planned work program for the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  Note 2 - The apostolate of lay people

  Cardijn outlines his conception of the lay apostolate in this note for the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  Aide-Mémoire - Archbishop Dell'Acqua 06 02 1961

  Cardijn's notes for his meeting with Pope John XXIII's Substitute.
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  Aide-Mémoire - Mgr Sigismondi 07 02 1961

  Cardijn's note for his meeting with the president of Propaganda Fide.
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  Aide-Mémoire - Mgr Samoré 07 02 1961

  Cardijn's notes for his meeting with the secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.
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  Trips to Africa 1960-61

  Cardijn's report for the Vatican of his travels in African in 196061.
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  Note 6 - Canonical Mission and Hierarchical Mandate

  Cardijn presents his conception of canonical mission and hierarchical mandate to the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate
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  Note 5 - The International YCW

  Cardijn presents the International YCW in this note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  Note 7 - Religious formation and support for Catholic Action leaders

  Cardijn insists on the role of the SCA movements in this note for the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate.
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  Note 8 - Reflections on the Notes of the Commission

  Cardijn insists on his understanding of animation, the apostolate of the laity and Catholic in this note for the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate.
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  Note 9 - Reflections on documents

  Cardijn is concerned that the Sub-Commission on Social Action of the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate is ignoring the work of the YCW.
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  Visit to Archbishop Dell'Acqua 03 07 1961

  Cardijn prepares a list of requests for Pope John XXIII's Substitute.
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  Request to Archbishop Dell'Acqua 03 07 1961

  Cardijn asks Pope John's Subsitute if it would be possible to transmit documents by diplomatic channels to JOC movements in countries like Cuba.
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  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.
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  Closing address to the YCW International Council in Rio de Janeiro 1961

  Cardijn's closing address to the delegates.
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  Note 11 - Reflections on the three documents of the Commission

  Cardijn offers his critique of several documents prepared by the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate, noting particularly the lack of distinction between the apostolate of the laity and the apostolate of the faithful.
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  Manchester Rally

  Cardijn speaks at a YCW Rally in Manchester, recalling his first visit there 55 years earlier.
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  The lay apostolate

  Cardijn summarises his thoughts on the lay apostolate around the time of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
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  The YCW and the Council

  Cardijn prepares a strategy document explaining how the YCW should advocate at the Second Vatican Council
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  Note 12 - The essential and irreplaceable apostolate proper to lay people

  Cardijn again presents his conception of the lay apostolate proper to lay people to the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  The coming Council

  Cardijn reflects on the significance of Vatican II and its work.
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  Note 13 - Detailed remarks

  Cardijn's critique of the draft documents prepared by the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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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.
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  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.
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  Letter to Pope John XXIII

  A letter from leaders of the JOC Internationale to Pope John XXIII the day before the opening of Vatican II.
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  During the reign of John XXIII: A New Pentecost

  Cardijn recalls his meetings with and pays tribute to Pope John XXIII following his death.
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  Love that keeps a heart young

  Cardijn reflects on ageing and solitude, the need to be closer to God, to allow space for one's successors and to accept change.
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  Reflections on dialogue

  As Paul VI prepared his first encyclical, Cardijn sent the pope as series of reflections on dialogue to aid in the drafting process.
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  Thoughts about the United States YCW

  Following a trip to the US in 1964, Cardijn offers his thoughts and suggestions for the development of the US YCW, emphasising the need for chaplains.
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  Eucharist and the New Man

  Cardijn's speech on the meaning of the Eucharist delivered at the International Eucharistic Congress in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1964.
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  Note 21: A Roman centre for the apostolate of lay people

  Cardijn's proposal during Vatican II for a Rome-based centre of dialogue between hierarchy and laity on issues relating to the lay apostolate.
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  On missionary activity

  A note by Cardijn on the Vatican II draft schema on missionary activity.
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  The life and ministry of the priest

  Cardijn submitted a written intervention for the Vatican II schema on the priesthood.
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  The holiness of Tonnet and Garcet

  Cardijn backs efforts to launch the beatification process for martyred JOC co-founders, Fernand Tonnet and Paul Garcet.
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  New cardinal says: 'No titles please!'

  News report quoting Cardijn following his appointment as a cardinal.
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  The lay apostolate - 06 1965

  Reflections by Cardijn prior to the Fourth Session of Vatican II
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  Note 34 - The lay apostolate

  As a Council Father, Cardijn's submitted a written intervention on lay apostolate to Vatican II since discussion in the Council plenary was already complete.
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  Note 29 - Schema Decreti de Apostolatu Laicorum

  Cardijn's written intervention for the Fourth Session of Vatican II