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Catholic Action
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Speech to leaders of French Catholic Action movements
Pope Francis recalls the historic relationship of the Catholic Action movements with the pope going back to 1929, and offers his own insights in the see-judge-act. -
Workers and students
Cardijn's address to the 1938 conference of Pax Romana in Bled, Yugoslavia. -
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 1 - The apostolate of lay people
Cardijn's first note drafted for the Preparatory Commission on Lay Apostolate for Vatican II. -
Spirituality of Catholic Action
French Archbishop Emile Guerry explains the theoretical bases of (Specialised) Catholic Action -
Young Christian Workers - The policy of the movement in Australia
Melbourne Co-adjutor Archbishop Justin Simonds sets out the Australian bishops' policy towards the YCW. -
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. -
The JOC Retreat Service
Cardijn recalls the important role of the JOC retreat and recollection service as a means of apostolic formation. -
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. -
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. -
The future of the YCW depends on England
Returning from the Americas in 1946, Cardijn stopped in the UK where he made a flying tour of several industrial centres. -
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." -
Thoughts about the United States YCW
Following a trip to the US in 1964, Cardijn offers his thoughts and suggestions for the development of the US YCW, emphasising the need for chaplains. -
The hour of the working class - Lecture 3 - The worker movement
This is the third of Cardijn's famous 1948 Godinne lecture series. -
First impressions of a world tour - II
The second part of Cardijn's reflections following his 1948 tour of Africa and Latin America. -
First impressions of a world tour - I
Cardijn reflects on his first trip to Africa in 1946 and on the bankruptcy of existing forms of evangelisation. -
The working class problem
Cardijn explains the role of the JOC in this talk to French JOC chaplains. -
A YCW of the masses to the scale of the world
With World War II now over, Cardijn reflects on the role of the need to build a worldwide JOC movement. -
Seminarians' meeting
Cardijn's talk to seminarians who attended the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
The training of militants
Cardijn's third talk to the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
Allocution of Canon Cardijn
Cardijn's opening speech for the First International Congress of the JOC in 1935. -
The spirit of the Young Christian Workers
Cardijn authoritatively summarises the work of the YCW in this booklet. -
A new paganism
Cardijn explains the JOC as a response to modern forms of paganism, understood as Communism and Nazism. -
International YCS Congress Yugoslavia
Cardijn's speech to the international conference of the JEC or YCS in Yugoslavia in 1939. -
The YCW
Cardijn summarises the whole YCW method in this 1938 article. -
Sermon at the Lisieux Eucharistic Congress
Cardijn's talk at the Eucharistic Congress at Lisieux in 1937. -
The laity
This is perhaps Cardijn's earliest complete exposition of his conception of the specifically lay apostolate of lay people. -
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. -
Three touchstones of the genuine YCW
Cardijn explains the role of the JOC as the transformation of life, milieu (environment) and mass. -
Catholic Action with the working class
Cardijn explains the work of the JOC in terms of formation, action and organisation.