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  Joseph Cardijn

  Short biography of Cardijn by English YCW chaplain, Eugene Langdale.
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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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  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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  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.