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Note 9 - Reflections on documents

Cardijn is concerned that the Sub-Commission on Social Action of the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate is ignoring the work of the YCW.

Note 8 - Reflections on the Notes of the Commission

Cardijn insists on his understanding of animation, the apostolate of the laity and Catholic in this note for the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate.

Note 7 - Religious formation and support for Catholic Action leaders

Cardijn insists on the role of the SCA movements in this note for the Prep Com on Lay Apostolate.

Note 5 - The International YCW

Cardijn presents the International YCW in this note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate.

Joseph Cardijn - Bishop EJ De Smedt 03 1961

Cardijn presents his reflections on a draft pastoral letter by Bishop Emile De Smedt of Bruges.

Note 6 - Canonical Mission and Hierarchical Mandate

Cardijn presents his conception of canonical mission and hierarchical mandate to the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate

The Study Circle and its methods

This is the first systematic presentation of the See-Judge-Act in the first edition of the Girls YCW Manual (Manuel de la JOCF) 1926.

Cardijn - Glorieux 27 09 1960

Cardijn proposes the creation of a sub-commission of the Pontifical Commission on Lay Apostolate that would include lay members.

Cardijn - Cento 07 09 1960

Cardijn acknowledges receipt of his appointment to the Pontifical Commission on Lay Apostolate.

Workers and students

Cardijn's address to the 1938 conference of Pax Romana in Bled, Yugoslavia.

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.

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.

ExYCWs

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Note 1 - The apostolate of lay people

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

Trip to Rome of Mgr Cardijn and Romeo Maione

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

Visit to Rome, February - March 1960

Notes taken by Cardijn during his stay in Rome.

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.

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.

The priest in the YCW

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

Jocism

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

YCW founder calls for 'intense apostolate' among Indian workers

Report of Cardijn's visit to Calcutta in 1958.

Fight Communism with more than $$$

Cardijn tells US journalists that Communism must not be fought negatively.

The workman and his family

Cardijn's speech to the Christian Social Week in Ballarat, Australia in 1966

No host without human work

Another classic Cardijn axiom.

The priest is everything but also nothing in the movement

One of Cardijn's favourite axioms.

The need for an adult apostolate

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

Looking at the Ecumenical Council

A July 1960 note by Cardijn with suggestions for Vatican II, including reviving the diaconate and restoring the meaning of charity.

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).

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.

Cardijn - Fr Henk Schram 18 06 1955

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

Cardijn - Archbishop Dell'Acqua 05 09 1962

Letter from Cardijn to Archbishop Angelo Dell'Acqua, Substitute at the Holy See Secretariat of State, on the eve of Vatican II.

Interview with Torenblazer magazine

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

The holiness of Tonnet and Garcet

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