Title: Cardijn Center Records
Inclusive Dates: 1948-1961

Creator:

• Cardijn Center (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BR; Disc 67A; Audio 1888A

Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes), 1 disc recording, and 12 tape recordings

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a center established in 1948 as a headquarters for Catholic lay apostolic work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which ceased operations in 1961. The records document activities in social action and religious education including correspondence, newsletters, annual reports, board of directors minutes, and committee and program records of the Center and its associated organization, the Young Christian Workers Federation. Also includes recordings made by various clergy and lay persons at the Center.

Language: English

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The Cardijn Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1948 as a headquarters for Catholic lay apostolic work in the city. It took its name from Monsignor Joseph Cardijn, a Belgian priest who started the Young Christian Workers (YCW), an international group of Catholic lay workers. The YCW's Milwaukee chapter was loosely allied with the Cardijn Center and shared headquarters with it, first at 787 North Water Street, and then at 1304 West Wisconsin Avenue, to which it moved in 1958. Also affiliated with the Cardijn Center was the Cardijn Bookstore, a semi-autonomous corporation. It too shared the Cardijn Center headquarters.

The Cardijn Center engaged in social action and religious education (Study Days and Days of Recollection) programs. It employed a priest (“Spiritual Director”), an executive secretary, and several clerical workers. The Cardijn Center was most active in the latter half of the 1950s, but lack of funds and manpower, as well as the fact that most of its programs could be equally well administered by other offices of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, caused it to cease operation in 1961. The Cardijn Bookstore, however continued to exist.

The Cardijn Center Papers include the correspondence (1949-1961), newsletters (1949-1960), annual reports (1951-1960), articles and by-laws (1948-1960), board of directors' minutes (1952-1961), and the committee and program records (1949-1961) of the Cardijn Center and its associated organization, the Young Christian Workers. The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject heading, and chronologically within each folder. The audio is listed after the paper records.

Cardijn Bookstore Records (Milwaukee Mss 114)

Acquisition Information

Presented by Florence Weinfurter of the Cardijn Bookstore, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 25, 1966. Audio presented by Eugene Bleidorn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1995. Accession Number: M99-060

Processing Information

Processed by APZ, July 11, 1967.

Milwaukee Mss BR Box   1	Adult Apostolate, 1957-1959
Box   1	Advertisements, 1959-1961
Box   1	Anniversary, 1959
Box   1	Annual Meetings, Reports, 1951, 1956-1960, 1961
Box   1	Articles and By-Laws, 1948-1960
Box   1	Board of Directors, Minutes, 1952-1961
Box   2	Catholic Council on Working Life, 1958
Box   2	Chaplains, 1957, 1960
Box   2	Christian Family Movement, 1949-1950, 1956-1959
Box   2	Clippings, 1949-1954, 1959, 1968, 1960
Box   2	Committee Evaluations, 1958
	Correspondence
Box   2	Archbishop, 1949-1960
Box   2	Benefactors, 1950-1961
Box   2	Miscellaneous, 1953-1961
Box   2	Executive Secretary, 1956-1960
	Father Beix
Box   2	1948-1952
Box   5 Volume   1	1952
Box   2	Finances, Cash Deposits, 1956-1961
Box   2	Finance Committee, 1949-1961
Box   2	Historical Materials, 1957-1960
Box   2	Industrial Relations, 1955-1957
Box   2	Lay Mission Activities, 1958-1960
Box   3	Leadership Training, 1956-1959
Box   3	Meditation Book by Cardijn Center, 1956-1959
Box   3	Membership, 1958-1959
Box   3	Milwaukee Council for Adult Learning, 1955-1960
Box   3	Miscellaneous Materials, 1949-1961
Box   3	Move to New Office, 1955-1958
Box   3	National Catholic Social Action Conference, 1956-1959
Box   3	Newsletters, Cardijn Center, 1949-1961
Box   3	Priests' Meetings, 1957-1959
Box   3	Program Committee, 1958-1961
Box   3	Projects and Services Committee, 1956-1959
Box   3	Public Relations, 1957-1959
Box   3	Purpose and Goals, 1951-1959
Box   3	Queen of Apostles Social Action Group, 1959
Box   4	Reports to Archbishop, 1956-1959
Box   4	Reports to Archbishop, Notes, Correspondence, 1954-1960
Box   4	Retreats, 1956-1959
Box   4	St. John's University Chorus Concerts, 1957-1959
Box   5	Social Action Committee, 1956-1960
Box   5	Social Studies Programs, 1949-1957
Box   5	Study Days, Days of Recollection, 1953-1961
Box   5	Television Programs, 1956-1958
Box   5	USSR-Amerika Controversy, 1958-1959
Box   5	Young Christian Workers, 1955-1960
Box   5	YMCA, 1957-1958
	Audio Recordings
1888A/1	Price of Labor Management and Peace, 1950
1888A/1 (continued)	Julian Pleasants, 1951 October 26
1888A/2	Liturgy of Holy Week, 1951 April 14
1888A/2 (continued)	Days of Recollection, 1951? November 18
1888A/2 (continued)	Art and Man, 1953 March 20
1888A/3	Baroness F. Exchinecelu?, undated
1888A/3 (continued)	The Age of Secularism, 1951 November 23
1888A/4	Social Problems, undated
1888A/4 (continued)	The Christian in Politics, 1952 February 29
1888A/5	Social Teaching of Church, undated
1888A/5 (continued)	Christian Democracy, 1953 May 1
1888A/6	The True Meaning of Religious Tolerance, 1953 October 30
1888A/6 (continued)	The Challenge of the Church, 1958 March 1
1888A/7	Catholics and Modern Art, 1954 March 5
1888A/8	The Family and the Labor Union, 1954 October 8
1888A/8 (continued)	Understanding France, 1954 November 12
1888A/8 (continued)	Morality Strikes, undated
1888A/9	Theology of the Lay Apostolate, 1958 March 1
1888A/10	Spirituality in Today's World, 1960 December 15
1888A/10 (continued)	Country Living, 1960 December 15
1888A/10 (continued)	Role of Collective Security in International Politics, 1960 December 15
1888A/11	Psychological Differences Between Men and Women, undated
1888A/11 (continued)	Women's Role in the World Today, undated
1888A/11 (continued)	Family and Marriage, undated
1888A/11 (continued)	Ousting Communism, undated
1888A/12	In Xt and the Church, undated
1888A/12 (continued)	Spirituality of the Lay Apostolate, undated
1888A/12 (continued)	On Cardinal Schard, undated
Disc 67A	Father Beix Christmas message, 1951 December