Young Christian Workers

Saturday, January 25

A fair innings by long-serving sacristan

Queen of Angels Church community farewelled sacristan Bernard Dowd last month but it wasn’t the first time he’d retired from this position. He spoke to The Southern Cross about his long career serving the priests of the Adelaide Cathedral parish.

Cooking with compassion

Youth groups in Adelaide recently joined forces to provide support for the homeless by running a soup kitchen for Fred’s Van run by Vinnies.

Fr Bob Wilkinson with Joseph Cardijn in Adelaide in 1958.

Time for another global youth movement

Driven by his conviction that the Catholic Church needs a new social movement led by young people and centred on “humanity and its common home, earth”, Adelaide priest Fr Bob Wilkinson has documented his involvement in the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement founded by Belgian priest Joseph Cardijn.

Flying the flag for YCW premiers

Sixty years has passed since the Henley Beach YCW football team defeated arch rival Brooklyn Park by 15 points to win the Young Christian Workers (YCW) grand final in 1962.

See, judge and act in today’s world

To mark the 25th anniversary of his death, a memorial Mass for Fr Hugh O’Sullivan was celebrated at The Monastery on May 29. FR DEAN MARIN reflects on Fr Hugh’s work with the YCW, and the importance of the movement and the ministry of its founder, Cardinal Joseph Cardijn.