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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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  Cardijn - Mgr Achille Glorieux 20 12 1960

  Cardijn writes to the secretary of the Preparatory Commission to indicate that he has more copies available of his notes if need be.
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  Cardijn - Mgr Achille Glorieux 18 12 1960

  Cardijn writes to Mgr Glorieux expressing concern over the way the issue of lay apostolate was being divided among several schema.
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  Meeting with Pope Pius XI

  Cardijn recalls his providential first meeting with Pope Pius XI in Rome in 1925 in which the pontiff endorsed the JOC.
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  Why did you become a priest?

  Writing in a Spanish magazine, Cardijn attempts to explain his discovery of the problems of young workers and his call to the priesthood.
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  The JOC Retreat Service

  Cardijn recalls the important role of the JOC retreat and recollection service as a means of apostolic formation.
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  Confrontation at Malines - Notes

  Cardijn recalls the accusations against the embryonic JOC and the hearing before Cardinal Mercier that almost led to the condemnation of the movement.
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  Catholic Social Youth

  Cardijn recalls the Jeunesse Sociale Chrétienne or Christian Social Youth movement that he created for university students, which later morphed into the JUC.
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  The first worker apostles

  Cardijn recalls the heroic teenage girl workers who joined the first study circles in the parish of Notre Dame, Laeken.
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  Visit to England

  Cardijn tells the story of his first study trip to England in the summer of 1911 and his meeting with Ben Tillett and other trade union leaders.
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  Difficulties

  Cardijn recalls the opposition that he and the embryonic JOC faced, not just in Belgium but also later in Rome.
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  Beginnings

  Cardijn recounts the beginnings of the JOC in the parish of Notre Dame at Laeken, his work with the Christian Worker movement and the women's organisations.
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  Background

  Cardijn recalls his childhood in Halle, his seminary days, his time as a student at Louvain, including his study trips to Germany and France
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  My reading

  Cardijn lists principal sources of his reading at various stages of his life.
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  The suffering workers of the world

  Cardijn's third speech to the assembled bishops of Vatican II.
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  Religious liberty

  Cardijn's first speech to the assembled bishops of Vatican II.
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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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  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.