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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  Cardijn - Cardinal Cento 31 10 1960

  Cardijn sends his Note 1 to the president of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  Cardijn - Cardinal Cento 18 12 1960

  Cardijn sends his reflections to the President of the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  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.
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  Note 3 - Reflections and suggestions

  Cardijn's third note responds to the planned work program for the Vatican II Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.
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  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.
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  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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  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
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  Note 1 - The apostolate of lay people

  Cardijn's first note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate for Vatican II.
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  Trip to Rome of Mgr Cardijn and Romeo Maione

  Notes prepared for meetings in Rome in February - March 1960, including with John XXIII.
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  Visit to Rome, February - March 1960

  Notes taken by Cardijn during his stay in Rome.
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  Cardijn - Archbishop Dell'Acqua 13 04 1960

  Cardijn writes to John XXIII's Substitute enclosing the notes the pope had requested of him for the drafting of an encyclical for the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum.
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  Priests and the social doctrine of the Church

  Cardijn drafted this note in preparation for his trip to Rome in February-March 1960 during which he proposed to John XXIII that he publish an encyclical for the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum.
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  The priest in the YCW

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

  Cardijn offers a one-page summary of jocist principles on the eve of the first JOC International Congress in 1935
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  YCW founder calls for "intense apostolate" among Indian workers

  Report of Cardijn's visit to Calcutta in 1958.
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  Fight Communism with more than $$$

  Cardijn tells US journalists that Communism must not be fought negatively.
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  The workman and his family

  Cardijn's speech to the Christian Social Week in Ballarat, Australia in 1966
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  No host without human work

  Another classic Cardijn axiom.
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  The priest is everything but also nothing in the movement

  One of Cardijn's favourite axioms.
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  The need for an adult apostolate

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

  A July 1960 note by Cardijn with suggestions for Vatican II, including reviving the diaconate and restoring the meaning of charity.
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  Cardijn - Fr Henk Schram 23 09 1955

  Cardijn writes to Dutch Oblate Fr Henk Schram, a YCW chaplain in Sri Lanka, in relation to the forthcoming pilgrimage to Rome and the Australian NCGM (Girls YCW).
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  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.
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  Cardijn - Fr Henk Schram 18 06 1955

  Cardijn writes to Dutch Oblate Fr Henk Schram, a YCW chaplain in Sri Lanka.
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  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.
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  Interview with Torenblazer magazine

  Google translation of the transcript of Cardijn's final interview given to two schoolboys a few weeks before his death.
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  The holiness of Tonnet and Garcet

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

  An extract from an interview in which Cardijn speaks of the example of labour priest, Fr Adolf Daens.
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  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.
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  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."
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  The JOC Retreat Service

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

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

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

  Cardijn lists principal sources of his reading at various stages of his life.
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  The suffering workers of the world

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