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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. -
Haubtmann, Pierre
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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Launch of a new e-book version of Cardijn's classic -
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