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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.

Note 13 - Detailed remarks

Cardijn's critique of the draft documents prepared by the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

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.

A bishop calls for a more dynamic way of dealing with the lay apostolate

Report of an intervention on lay apostolate during the Third Session of Vatican II.

Next meetings

Calendar of meetings for 1962 of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate

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.

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.

The lay apostolate - 06 1965

Reflections by Cardijn prior to the Fourth Session of Vatican II

Note 29 - Schema Decreti de Apostolatu Laicorum

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

A worker laity

Cardijn reflects on the role of lay working people in transforming life, milieu and world.

The Leaven in the Council

The story of Cardijn's work and influence on the Second Vatican Council.

Cardijn's monument

Cardinal Hume recalls Vatican II and the YCW as the monuments to Cardijn's vision.

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.

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.

Pietralata Message

A message adopted by the group of jocist bishops at Vatican II who celebrated mass with Cardijn on the eve of the adoption of the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity.

Note 1 - The apostolate of lay people

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

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.

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.

The Decree on the apostolate of the laity

English Archbishop Derek Worlock recalls his experiences with Cardijn at Vatican II.

The great apostle of modern laity

English Cardinal Basil Hume osb recalls Cardijn's influence.

Cardijn - Fr Henk Schram 09 06 1955

Cardijn writes to Dutch Oblate Fr Henk Schram, a YCW chaplain in Sri Lanka on lay apostolate and the problems facing school-leavers.

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.

On missionary activity

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fatima and the YCW

Cardijn speaks to Portuguese JOC chaplains following a trip to Fatima.

Priests and laity in the Church's mission

Addressing a gathering of Dutch priests, Cardijn emphasises the need for collaboration between priests and lay people.

The world today and the apostolate of the laity

This is Cardijn's famous speech to the 1951 World Congress on Lay Apostolate in Rome which in many respects anticipates the Vatican II document Gaudium et Spes.

A commentary on the message of the Holy Father

Cardijn analyses and responds to Pope Pius XII's controversial radio message to the international congress of the JOC.

The young worker faces life

In one of his most famous Godinne lecture series, Cardijn reflects on the life, vocation and mission of the young worker and the role of the YCW.

The spirit of the Young Christian Workers

Cardijn authoritatively summarises the work of the YCW in this booklet.

The YCW

Cardijn summarises the whole YCW method in this 1938 article.

The laity

This is perhaps Cardijn's earliest complete exposition of his conception of the specifically lay apostolate of lay people.

Three touchstones of the genuine YCW

Cardijn explains the role of the JOC as the transformation of life, milieu (environment) and mass.