Category: YCW
The lost property of the YCW
In many countries, YCW leaders have stories of properties – offices, camp sites, training centres and the like – that once belonged to the movement but have been lost to the Church or other entities.
Venerable Henri Caffarel, YCW chaplain and founder of the Teams of Our Lady
Pope Leo has approved a decree declaring venerable Henri Caffarel, a French YCW chaplain, who later founded the Teams of Our Lady movement.
1912: The first worker apostles
As we celebrate the centenary of the foundation of the YCW, let’s remember the extraordinary commitment and sacrifice of the “first worker apostles” at Laeken in 1912.
Peter Maurin, Le Sillon, Cardijn and the YCW
In September 2024, I had the privilege and pleasure of taking part in what was billed as the first ever Peter Maurin Conference.
Patrick Keegan, lay pioneer
On 13 October 1964, Patrick Keegan, pioneer of the YCW in England and with the International YCW, as well as co-founder of the World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW) became the first lay person to address the Second Vatican Council.
The best definition of the YCW
A beautiful definition of the YCW presented by Cardijn in his Godinne Lecture Series “La paix” in 1940.
The JOC, JAC and JEC in Algeria from the early 1930s
Uriel Gadessaud, a master’s student at the Université Sorbonne Panthéon in Paris has just completed an interesting research paper entitled “Les catholiques dans le diocèse d’Alger : un fragile apogée (1930-1939)”.
Fernand Tonnet and Paul Garcet – 75 years
On 27 January this year, the world will commemorate the liberation by Soviet troops of the infamous camp at Auschwitz, where so many people perished during the Second World War.
2020 in anniversaries – Updated
To start the new year, here is a starter list of significant anniversaries that fall this year.
The YCW and the Vietnam War I
For many of us (boomers) who grew up during the 1960s, the Vietnam War was perhaps the defining conflict of our youth. TV images of the 1968 Tet offensive remain engraved in our memories and hearts.
Easter Centenary for Cardijn, YCW
This Easter marks the centenary of Joseph Cardijn’s arrival to work in the parish of Our Lady at Laeken near Brussels.
Paul Dabin – Conscious and responsible
Paul Dabin was a Belgian Jesuit who died too young on 14 June 1949 at the age of only 58. In 1941, he published Le sacerdoce royal des fidèles dans les livres saints.
