Tag: Paul Garcet
People anniversaries 2025
Once again, this year’s list of “jocist” people anniversaries reveals an extraordinary range of movement leaders and chaplains who lived – and sometimes died – lives of incredible commitment and sacrifice.
Ten years since the launch of Cardijn’s canonisation cause
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of the official process to investigate the cause for the canonisation of Cardijn.
Remembering Paul Garcet (1901-1945)
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the death in the Dachau Concentration Camp of JOC co-founder, Paul Garcet, on 23 January 1945.
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.
Promoting saints
Back in January 1938, Cardijn sent a signed petition to Pope Pius XI backing the beatification causes of Margaret Sinclair, a Scottish young worker who became a nun, and Pier-Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian student and social activist.
