Category: ACI
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Video: Pax Romana: A movement, a message
Catalan writer and human rights activist, Carles Torner, and Korean human rights specialist, Anselmo Lee, joined us for the first ACI webinar of 2026.
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Pax Romana professionals elect new team
Pax Romana ICMICA has elected Catalan poet and human rights activist, Dr Carles Torner, as its new president, and Italian lawyer, Gabriella Serra, as secretary-general.
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Perth Cardijn Library opens
The Australian Cardijn Institute will open the Joseph Cardijn Library in Perth on 13 November 2025.
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Subscribe to the ACI Newsletter – Now on Substack
Friends, Our ACI Newsletter is now available on the Substack platform! Subscribe here:
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Laudato Si’ at 10 – Hope or Despair?
Watch the video of the webinar organised by the Diocese of Parramatta Mission Education Team and ACI to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’.
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Melbourne YCW a pioneer and powerhouse
Thanking organisers and participants in the YCW Centenary Mass in Melbourne, David Moloney recalled the contribution of the YCW over the years.
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Fr Bruce Duncan new ACI chaplain
YCS leaders Roy Ibrahim and Fared Azar, both from Lebanon, were guest speakers for the ACI Annual General Meeting on 26 November 2024.
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ACI AGM 2024
The Australian Cardijn Institute will hold its Annual General Meeting via Zoom at 7pm AEDT on Wednesday 26 November 2024.
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Save the YCW Camp
The ACI Board of Directors has expressed its opposition to proposals to divest the historic YCW Camp facility at Phillip Island in Victoria, and backed an alternative proposal to redevelop the camp in line with its original purposes.
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ACI submission to the Synod on Synodality
ACI has published its submission to the Second Assembly of the Synod on Synodality focusing on the mission and vocation of lay people. Full text here.
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Join the Joseph Cardijn Library
ACI’s most important initiative is the Joseph Cardijn Digital Library (JCDL), an online research and resource library, which already houses over 1500 original Cardijn documents.
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Mass at the Catacombs
On Saturday 21 October, ACI, the Cardijn Cardijn Community and the two YCW Internationals (IYCW and ICYCW) hosted a special mass at the St Domitilla Catacombs to celebrate the memory of Blessed Enrique Angelelli and Jose Serapio (Pepe) Palacio.
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ACI Annual General Meeting: 22 August
ACI will hold our fifth Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 22 August 2023. Since we launched in August 2018, we’ve held more than 30 webinars and co-organised one international conference in Leuven, Belgium.
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Katharine Massam to head Uni of Divinity academic board
The University of Divinity has announced the appointment of Professor Katharine Massam as Chair of the Academic Board for a term of three years, commencing in January 2024, Vox reports.
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Webinar: Catholic social justice and the Labor Party 1900-1940
Emeritus Professor James Franklin will address the subject “Catholic social justice and the Labor Party 1900-1940” at our next ACI webinar on Tuesday 13 June.
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Cardijn Lecture with Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ
Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will deliver the 2022 Cardijn Lecture, addressing the theme “Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis.”
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Coffees for Cardijn Appeal launches
In support of the Joseph Cardijn Digital Library
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ACI AGM: Sarah Prenger: The YCW’s missionary dimension
Originally from Germany, Sarah is the outgoing president of the International YCW, now completing a Master’s in Catholic Social Teaching.
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ACI AGM online Tuesday 30 August 2022
The ACI Annual General Meeting for 2022 will be held via Zoom on Tuesday 30 August 2022. Our first guest speaker will be Sarah Prenger, who has just recently completed her term as president of the International YCW.
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Invitation: Cardijn Memorial Mass Sunday 24 July
Commemorating the 55th anniversary of his death.
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LG31 Forum on Lay Apostolate: Next steps
Following the success of the first event, the next L31 forum will take place on 28 July.
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Congrats, Katharine Massam, professor at Uni of Divinity
Just appointed
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ACI calls for ‘revitalisation’ of lay apostolate
And for the establishment of an Australian Catholic Council for Lay Apostolate
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Joseph Cardijn Digital Library: Call for volunteers
Help us take the library to the next level