A key element that often gets lost in the understanding of what Cardijn and others understood was the lay people are the drivers of the bus. The clergy are chaplains, liturgist, spiritual advisors. For example, the founding of the CFM movement, the first chaplains in Chicago, Fr. Louis Putz and Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand, taught Pat and Patty Crowley and the other founding couples a method of faith formation known as See-Judge-Act, they learned from Cardinal Cardijn. Cardijn said, "For me, laypeople are not formed ... through books, purely theoretical teaching or spoken lectures however magnificent, or even through discussions.... Laypeople are formed first of all by the discovery of facts, followed by a Christian judgment, resulting in the actions they plan, the plans they carry into effect, and the responsibilities they shoulder."
Today we need to weave the method into our innovation, educational efforts and always with collaboration among the community to bring about the kingdom of heaven here and now. Plan our work and work our plan.
A key element that often gets lost in the understanding of what Cardijn and others understood was the lay people are the drivers of the bus. The clergy are chaplains, liturgist, spiritual advisors. For example, the founding of the CFM movement, the first chaplains in Chicago, Fr. Louis Putz and Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand, taught Pat and Patty Crowley and the other founding couples a method of faith formation known as See-Judge-Act, they learned from Cardinal Cardijn. Cardijn said, "For me, laypeople are not formed ... through books, purely theoretical teaching or spoken lectures however magnificent, or even through discussions.... Laypeople are formed first of all by the discovery of facts, followed by a Christian judgment, resulting in the actions they plan, the plans they carry into effect, and the responsibilities they shoulder."
Today we need to weave the method into our innovation, educational efforts and always with collaboration among the community to bring about the kingdom of heaven here and now. Plan our work and work our plan.