February 2022
Australian Cardijn Institute
January 2022
December 2021
Merry Christmas to all my readers!
Bill Twitchett
This is a tribute to my late friend, Bill Twitchett, an Australian town planner and architect who spent most of his life working in France, promoting “convivial regions.”
https://billtwitchett.blogspot.com/
Cardijn Research
Pepe & Amalia Palacio and Enrique Angelelli: Synodality in action
Plenary Reflections
“Apostolate of the laity” vs “apostolate of the faithful”
Lay ministry and lay apostolate according to Pope Benedict
Lay apostolate and lay ministry according to Pope Francis
Lay apostolate in other countries
Social media posts
November 2021
Articles
Joseph Cardijn, Georges Guérin et le réseau jociste à Vatican II
Cardijn Research
Young domestic workers at Vatican II
Cardijn @ Vatican 2
Cardijn had a busy month in November with the International Council of the YCW in Rio de Janeiro.
It was an important event for the International YCW, which adopted a new vision and mission kind of document called “The Apostolic Nature of the YCW.” However it also provided the opportunity for a highly significant gathering of Jocist bishops, mainly from Latin America, who would become major players at Vatican II.
Read the blog posts for November 1961 here:
http://vatican2journey.josephcardijn.com/1961/11/
Plenary Reflections
Towards a reception of the Vatican II conception of lay apostolate
October 2021
Latest articles, posts, items…
Plenary Reflections
What model for an Australian Catholic Council for the Lay Apostolate?
Cardijn Research
Cardijn and the First World Congress on Lay Apostolate 1951: This was a major triumph for Cardijn setting the scene for the Vatican II vision of lay apostolate as well as anticipating Gaudium et Spes’ adoption of the see-judge-act.
New website
The Cardijn Movements in the Media: A compilation of articles and news items mostly found on the National Library of Australia’s Trove website.
The Young Catholic Workmen: Dating from 1930, this is possibly the early reference to the JOC in an Australian publication.
Joseph Cardijn Digital Library
Lima, Tito de Alencar: A tragic story
Georges Béjot, The Review of Life: The story of the origin of the Review of Life
See Judge Act
September 2021
Items from September
Cardijn Research
See, judge, act… with the Laymen’s League of New York
Paulo Freire and the Jocist movements
See Judge Act
1911: The Laymen’s League, New York: Facts, principles, solutions
Australian Cardijn Institute
Joseph Cardijn Digital Library: Call for volunteers
Reflections on the Australian Plenary Council
The non-reception of Vatican II teaching on lay apostolate
Representation of grassroots groups in light of Pope Francis’ call for synodality
August 2021
A compilation of August notes and articles.
Cardijn Research
Remembering Pierre Haubtmann, redactor of Gaudium et Spes
And the video of our ACI webinar with Philippe Bordeyne and Clara Staffa Geoghegan
Reflections on the Australian Plenary Council
More Reflections from a Cardijn Perspective
Pat Keegan
July 2021
Welcome to my new WordPress website after earlier versions as Blogger and Google Sites.
I’ll update this front page regularly with the latest posts and items I’m working on, not just on this site but on my other sites, including my own sites and others I manage or contribute to.
Here are a few to begin with.
Cardijn Research
Cardijn and Pax Romana: 1921 – 2021
Cardijn @ Vatican II
Cardijn’s back in Rome in July 1961 with more requests for Vatican officials and a significant intervention on the plight of young domestic workers (See photo above).
The plight of young domestic workers
Requests to Cardinal Dell’Acqua
Reflections on the Australian Plenary Council
A few more posts looking at the history of various concepts such as “lay apostolate”, “ministry,” “lay ministry”, etc.
Representation of lay groups at Vatican II vs the Australian Plenary Council
Why aren’t lay and other ecclesial groups and communities represented?
Ministry vs Apostolate: Where the confusion comes from
Lay apostolate in various languages
Ministry in the Vatican II documents