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  Eucharist and the New Man

  Cardijn's speech on the meaning of the Eucharist delivered at the International Eucharistic Congress in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1964.
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  The Church and the world of labour

  Notes prepared by Cardijn for Pope John XXIII to assist in the drafting of an encyclical for the 70th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, which became Mater et Magistra.
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  Education and the school-leaver

  Cardijn speaks of the role of the YCW in assisting young people make the transition from school to work.
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  Priests and laity in the Church's mission

  Addressing a gathering of Dutch priests, Cardijn emphasises the need for collaboration between priests and lay people.
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  The world today and the apostolate of the laity

  This is Cardijn's famous speech to the 1951 World Congress on Lay Apostolate in Rome which in many respects anticipates the Vatican II document Gaudium et Spes.
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  Person, family and education - Lecture 1 - The human person

  This is the first of Cardijn's 1950 Godinne lecture series.
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  The hour of the working class - Lecture 2 - The Church and the workers

  The second of Cardijn's famous 1948 Godinne lecture series.
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  The spirit of the Young Christian Workers

  Cardijn authoritatively summarises the work of the YCW in this booklet.
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  Sermon at the Lisieux Eucharistic Congress

  Cardijn's talk at the Eucharistic Congress at Lisieux in 1937.
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  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.