Classics

  • How does a study circle work?

    In this early article, Cardijn explains his conception of a study circle.

  • Catholic Action with the working class

    Cardijn explains the work of the JOC in terms of formation, action and organisation.

  • The YCW and the parish

    Responding to criticism, Cardijn outlines the role of the JOC in the parish.

  • Three touchstones of the genuine YCW

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

  • Ite missa est

    Cardijn's talk to the Social Week at Reims in 1933 in which he explains the role of the JOC in transforming life, milieu (environment) and mass.

  • The Three Truths

    Cardijn's keynote speech to the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935, introducing the Three Truths Dialectic.

  • Jocism

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

  • The YCW

    Cardijn summarises the whole YCW method in this 1938 article.

  • The priest in the YCW

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

  • A new paganism

    Cardijn explains the JOC as a response to modern forms of paganism, understood as Communism and Nazism.

  • The spirit of the Young Christian Workers

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

  • The YCW, a movement that constantly needs to be re-imagined

    Talk by Cardijn to Priests' Training Week organised by the Belgian JOC on the theme "We priests and the growing dechristianisation of working youth" '"Nous, prêtres et la Déchristianisation croissante de la jeunesse travailleuse) Namur, Belgium, December 1948.

  • Recruiting for the YCW

    Cardijn reflects on the importance of continual recruitment for the YCW and the need to reach the masses by acting as "fishers of men."

  • The YCW: Its doctrinal foundation and essential characteristics

    In this document prepared for the 1950 JOC International Congress, Cardijn expands on his Three Truths Dialectic.

  • Reflections on the Enquiry

    In preparation for the first International Council of the JOC, Cardijn reflects on the meaning of the enquiry method and the importance of the Three Truths dialectic.
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