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The priest in the YCW

Cardijn explains the importance of the role of the chaplain in the YCW.

Challenge to Action - Introduction

Introduction to the Challenge to Action compilation of Cardijn's writings.

Jocism

Cardijn offers a one-page summary of jocist principles on the eve of the first JOC International Congress in 1935

Apostolic Spirit in U.S. Cited by Belgian Prelate

News report on Cardijn's visit to the US in January 1957.

YCW founder calls for "intense apostolate" among Indian workers

Report of Cardijn's visit to Calcutta in 1958.

Fight Communism with more than $$$

Cardijn tells US journalists that Communism must not be fought negatively.

The workman and his family

Cardijn's speech to the Christian Social Week in Ballarat, Australia in 1966

Cardinal Joseph Cardijn speaks at Catholic Social Week in Ballarat in 1966

A recording by John Molony of Cardijn speaking in Australia.

JOC Young Christian Workers in Rome (1950-1959)

Newsreel of the Rome Pilgrimage in 1957.

No host without human work

Another classic Cardijn axiom.

The priest is everything but also nothing in the movement

One of Cardijn's favourite axioms.

The need for an adult apostolate

Without an adult apostolate, all the efforts of young people will lead to a dead end.

Young Christian Workers - The policy of the movement in Australia

Melbourne Co-adjutor Archbishop Justin Simonds sets out the Australian bishops' policy towards the YCW.

The great apostle of modern laity

English Cardinal Basil Hume osb recalls Cardijn's influence.

The greatest Christian educator of the 20th century

South African Archbishop Denis Hurley recalls the influence of Cardijn at Vatican II and on the Church.

Memories of a Vatican II bishop

Canadian Bishop Remi De Roo recalls his meetings with Cardijn.

Preface to Laymen into Action

Edward Mitchinson's preface to Cardijn's book published for Vatican II.

Fr Thomas Joseph recalls meeting Cardijn

Recollections of former Indian YCW and Christian Worker movement chaplain, Fr Thomas Joseph.

US YCW leader Flo Triendl recalls her experiences with Cardijn

Video recording

Mike Coleman shares experiences with Cardijn and the US YCW

Video interviews

Experiences with Cardijn

Nancy Conrad recalls her meetings with Cardijn.

Memories from Belgian College, first residence of Karol Wojtyla in Rome

Among those who the future Pope John Paul II met at the Belgian College was Joseph Cardijn.

The Life and Times of Joseph Leo Cardijn

Animated video of Cardijn's life

Betty Villa recalls Cardijn during Vatican II

A talk by former JOC Internationale vice-president, Betty Villa, for the Vatican 2+50 Conference in Manila, Philippines, 2012.

Pilgrimage to Rome and First World Council of the International YCW 1957

Newsreel film of the event.

Cardijn: A message of truth

Australian YCW presentation outlining the origins of the Young Christian Workers and of its founder Cardinal Joseph Cardijn

Letter to Archbishop Dell'Acqua

Letter from Cardijn to Archbishop Angelo Dell'Acqua, Substitute at the Holy See Secretariat of State, on the eve of Vatican II.

The holiness of Tonnet and Garcet

Cardijn backs efforts to launch the beatification process for martyred JOC co-founders, Fernand Tonnet and Paul Garcet.

Cardijn and Daens

An extract from an interview in which Cardijn speaks of the example of labour priest, Fr Adolf Daens.

The man who made it all happen

Speaking to a Sri Lankan Catholic paper, Cardijn explains the problems caused by colonialism in Africa and Asia, the need for a native clergy and respect for people of colour.

Writing the history of the YCW

Cardijn explains how the history of the JOC should be written, beginning from 1912 or even before and emphasising the need to understand the movement from the "inside."

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.

Vanneufville and Vermeersch

Cardijn recalls the help he received in Rome from French priest, Fr Gaston Vanneufville, and Belgian Jesuit canon lawyer and sociologist, Arthur Vermeersch.

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.

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.

Women's social projects

In this interview, Cardijn recalls his meeting with Victoire Cappe, founder of the Needleworkers Union and the Christian Women's Organisations.

The JOC Retreat Service

Cardijn recalls the important role of the JOC retreat and recollection service as a means of apostolic formation.

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.

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.

The first worker apostles

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

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.

Difficulties

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

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.

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

My reading

Cardijn lists principal sources of his reading at various stages of his life.

The suffering workers of the world

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

Young workers and the Third World

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

Religious liberty

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

The life and ministry of the priest

Cardijn submitted a written intervention for the Vatican II schema on the priesthood.

On missionary activity

A note by Cardijn on the Vatican II draft schema on missionary activity.