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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.

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.

Aide-Mémoire - Archbishop Dell'Acqua 06 02 1961

Cardijn's notes for his meeting with Pope John XXIII's Substitute.

Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate 04 02 1961

The PCLA circulates a questionnaire seeking to better understand lay movements and organisations.

Marguerite Fiévez - Mgr Achille Glorieux 01 02 1961

The secretary of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate requests copies of one of Cardijn's documents (Note 4).

Cardijn - Netherlands JOC-JOCF 17 02 1961

Cardijn writes to the Dutch YCW movements requesting that they prepare a report on their activity for the Pontifical Commission on Lay Apostolate.

New cardinal says: 'No titles please!'

News report quoting Cardijn following his appointment as a cardinal.

Cardijn and Romeo Maione - Enrique Angelelli 06 04 1961

Cardijn and the IYCW president congratulate the Argentine jocist chaplain, Enrique Angelelli, on his appointment as auxiliary bishop of Cordoba.

Gleeson, James

Archbishop James Gleeson of Adelaide, was a key actor in promoting the development of the Cardijn movements in Australia.

Mgr Désiré Joos - Cardijn 27 01 1961

The vicar general of Tournai writes to Cardijn concerning his translations.

Mgr Désiré Joos - Fiévez 19 01 1961

The vicar-general of Tournai diocese sends his proposed corrections to and translations of Cardijn's documents to Marguerite Fiévez.

ExYCWs

Cardijn sets out his conception of the role of former YCW leaders.

Canon Joseph Cardijn, The Workers' Apostle

A short biography of Cardijn written in Canada at the time of the JOC World Congress in Montreal.

The Young Christian Workers

Cardijn's adjoint chaplain presents the YCW.

Roberto Bolton García

Fr Roberto Bolton García was a worker priest, chaplain to the Chilean JEC and a co-founder of the Christian Family Movement there.

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.

Rosemary Goldie - Cardijn 18 06 1959

COPECIAL official, Rosemary Goldie, responds to Cardijn indicating that his concerns will be taken into account.

Cardijn - Rosemary Goldie 09 06 1959

Cardijn writes to the secretary of the COPECIAL emphasising the need to focus on formation and ecumenical issues, particularly in light of the Council.

Mgr Alberto Castelli - Cardijn 23 04 1959

The vice-president of the COPECIAL Ecclesiastical Commission responds positively to Cardijn.

Cardijn - Mgr Alberto Castelli 25 03 1959

Cardijn urges the vice-president of the COPECIAL Ecclesiastical Commission to look at expanding the organisations role and resources.

John XXIII - Autograph Letter - 24 02 1959

The new pope writes to Cardijn.

Centrale Jociste

Postcard illustrating the Centrale Jociste in Brussels

Pierre Haubtmann, French priest (1912 - 1971)

A short biography by Paul (Cardinal) Poupard, who succeeded Mgr Haubtmann as rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris.

French priest Pierre Haubtmann was a chaplain to the French JOCF, the Action Catholique des Milieux Indépendantes (ACI), national chaplain to the Action Catholique Ouvrière (ACO), and the principal compiler of Gaudium et Spes.

Marguerite Fiévez - Pietro Pavan 23 12 1960

Cardijn's secretary writes to Mgr Pietro Pavan to send a copy of the notes Cardijn had prepared for John XXIII in view of an encyclical to mark the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum.

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.

Cardinal Cento - Cardijn 04 10 1960 - 02

Cardinal Cento writes to Cardijn inviting his proposals and suggestions for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

Cardinal Cento - Cardijn 04 10 1960 - 01

Invitation to Cardijn to join the first meeting of the Pontifical Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate and to take the oath of secrecy.

Cardijn - Mgr Glorieux 07 10 1960

Cardijn writes to the secretary of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate to ask if it would be possible to delay the first meeting for a few days.

Cardijn - Cardinal Cento 31 10 1960

Cardijn sends his Note 1 to the president of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

Cardijn - Cardinal Cento 18 12 1960

Cardijn sends his reflections to the President of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

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.

Mgr Glorieux - Cardijn 13 12 1960

Mgr Glorieux writes to Cardijn on behalf of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate requesting him to draft a paper on "Priests and Lay People in the Apostolate."

Ecumenical Council

Declaration by the International YCW following a meeting of its Executive Committee in November 1960.

Preparation for the Ecumenical Council

Proposal for a special meeting of the IYCW to discuss preparation for the Ecumenical Council

Note 3 - Reflections and suggestions

Cardijn's third note responds to the planned work program for the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

Cardijn - Mgr Désiré Joos 14 12 1960

Cardijn seeks advice in the drafting of his papers from the vicar-general of the Diocese of Tournai, a trusted theological advisor.

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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Originally published in 1955, Challenge to Action contains many of Cardijn's most famous talks.

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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

The opening ceremony of the YCW World Council and Nelson Mandela

Memoir by Fr Joe Falkiner o.p. of Mandela's speech in 1995.

Note 1 - The apostolate of lay people

Cardijn's first note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate for Vatican II.

Adieu Antoine

Homily for the funeral mass of Fr Antoine Sondag by Fr Robert Scholtus.

Antoine Sondag, a diaconal priest

Obituary for former IYCS and Pax Romana ICMICA chaplain, Antoine Sondag, by Stefan Gigacz