Author: sgigacz.aci@gmail.com

Cardijn Research

Synodal Reflections

Video with Joe Broderick on Ivan Illich

New sites I’m working on

https://ivanillich.australiancardijninstitute.org

https://nz.josephcardijn.com

Article

Peter Maurin, the Sillon, and the Birth of the Young Christian Workers, Part I

Peter Maurin, the Sillon, and the Birth of the Young Christian Workers, Part II

This article is based on a talk given at the Peter Maurin Conference in Chicago in 2024:

See also

Synodal Reflections

Presentations

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQVeXn1uwtO1iNFqco9wXoFJExY7ARN9Avx1RdqVO2i6lMXSghgKywOA409T7dXBeAOJjtpcr2mclEb/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

On Radio 3CR Melbourne with Jacques Boulet and Jorge Jorquera to speak of the worker movement for May Day.

https://www.3cr.org.au/thinkagain/episode/personalised-history-workers-movement-emerged-within-catholic-church

Synodal Reflections

Cardijn Research

New website

Le Sillon in Belgium

This new mini-site will progressively the story of the Sillon’s influence in Belgium, including the Sillon group at Liège.

New websites

Much of my work this month went to setting up several new mini-sites.

Cardijn in his own words

This mini-site compiles Cardijn’s own autobiographical writings.

YCS-JEC History

With the YCS centenary coming up in 2028, IYCS Secretary-General Roshan Lobo asked me to trace the foundation steps of the YCS movement in Belgium

Le Sillon & Rome

Cardijn, the YCW and Rome

After a month in the Vatican archives, I began to compile two new websites documenting the relationship between Marc Sangnier’s Le Sillon movement and the Holy See, as well as Cardijn and the YCW’s relationship with Rome.

All these websites are works in progress.

Cardijn Research

Introduction to Study Day on Vocation and Mission of Lay People Transforming the World and the Church, Adelaide, 6 December 2025