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Website - International YCW

Published: April 25, 2012

The International Young Christian Workers is this year celebrating the celebrating of the founding of the first YCW team by Fr Joseph Cardijn in the Brussels suburb of Laeken.

“Our vision and action are based on the beliefs and values of our founder, Joseph Cardijn”, notes Geethani Peries, the International President of the YCW.

“He emphasised over and over again that “young people are worth more than all the gold in the world.” We try to live that belief in our own lives and in our solidarity with young workers across the globe.

"As the YCW is preparing for the International Council to be held in Ghana this year, it is opportune for us at this critical moment to return to our founding spirit and examine our original charter and vision.

"The International Council will provide a forum for young people from forty countries around the world to raise their voices for the rights of all young workers,” Ms Peries writes on the website.

www.joci.org

 

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  1. Anyone who is interested in this entry concerning Cardijn could learn more about his life and work on my website: srmarynoonan.wordpress.com - under the heading, Gifted, entitled Cardijn Spirit Lives O.

    It is inspiring to find that David Moloney has set up a group in Melbourne, called "Cardijn Community Australia", with the aim of re-kindling his spirit and his methods. I believe that the full revival of the Cardijn method could be the means of bringing Christ more fully into our lives, and bridging the ever-growing gap between the two groups, at present splitting the People of God" in our Church.

    Posted By: Sister Mary Noonan

  2. Well said, Mary; except that one of those groups would almost certainly be intractably opposed to Cardijn's method of 'See; Judge; Act'.
    In his lifetime, conservative forces within the Church were hellbent on shutting him down.

    Posted By: Mike Furtado

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