Tag: Léon Ollé-Laprune

Cultivating the virtue of prudence
In his 24 March 2024 General Audience, Pope Francis analysed the virtue of prudence, which he characterised as “the coachman of the virtues,” or as we might also describe it in a more modern terms, the “driver” of the virtues.

Léon Ollé-Laprune & the origin of the See-Judge-Act
Here is the video and slides of my Australian Cardijn Institute webinar talk on Léon Ollé-Laprune and the origins of the See-Judge-Act. Slides

Marc Sangnier, the Sillon and the YCW
My presentation for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marc Sangnier.

A letter by Léon Ollé-Laprune
Another letter today, this time from my own collection of papers and documents, a letter written by the French philosopher, Léon Ollé-Laprune, a great influence both on Marc Sangnier and the Sillon movement as well as on Cardijn himself.

Updated Jocist anniversaries 2023
We’re still at the beginning of 2023 but I’ve already missed one big jocist anniversary – the 150th anniversary of the birth of St Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of the YCW – so time to get to work.

Young Léon Ollé-Laprune
Today, I’d just like to share a “new” or in fact very old photo of French philosopher, Léon Ollé-Laprune (above top left), that I have “found” on the web.

The Crypt at Stanislas College: Friendship and facts
Here are a couple of great articles on the origins of The Crypt, the group of students from Stanislas College, Paris, whose work eventually blossomed into the movement known as Le Sillon.

See Judge Act or Harvard Business School?
“What’s happening within the synod is we’re seeing a more inductive way of reflecting, starting from the true situation of people and trying to figure out what’s going on here,” said Archbishop Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau

See, Judge and Conclude with Léon Ollé-Laprune
I initially stumbled across the role of Léon Ollé-Laprune in the development of the See Judge Act method while following Cardijn’s list of his reading.









