Tag: Yves Congar

Cardijn, Pius XI & the YCW: A prophetic encounter
This month marks the centenary of Cardijn’s first meeting with Pope Pius XI in March 1925 in which the pontiff gave his blessing and endorsement to the Young Christian Workers (YCW) saving it from condemnation.

Cardijn @ Vatican II: A new blog
Sixty years ago today on Monday 14 November 1960, Pope John XXIII launched the Central Commission and the 10 specialised preparatory commissions that were to work for the next two years to prepare the Second Vatican Council.

Yves Congar and the priesthood of the faithful
Twenty-five years this week since the death of the Dominican theologian, Yves Congar on 24 June 1995!

CathBlogs on Vatican II
A couple of years ago I wrote several blog posts for the CathNews CathBlog column dealing with various aspects of my Cardijn and Vatican II research.

The literary eclipse of Cardijn
Here are several more Ngraph Viewer comparisons of references in the literature (Google Books) to Cardijn and to several of his Vatican II contemporaries, including Helder Camara, Cardinal Suenens, Congar, Chenu.

No man is a prophet… in his own movement
Yesterday I was pleased to discover that all articles published in the Nouvelle Revue Théologique from 1958 to 2000 by the Belgian Jesuits are now online.

Congar and Cardijn: A long collaboration
As he noted in his Vatican II Journal, the late French theologian Yves Congar worked closely with Cardijn to assist the latter in the drafting of his speeches to Vatican II.

‘Vatican II canonised Cardijn’: Aussie bishop
A new blog post at CathNews today: ‘The saint at Vatican II’ on Cardijn’s role at the Council.

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.










