Patrick Keegan

Patrick Keegan (born February 11, 1916 in Liverpool , † March 8, 1990 in Bristol ) was President of the Young Christian Workers (YCW).

Life

From 1960 to 1966, Patrick Keegan was the international president of the Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne / Young Christian Workers (JOC / YCW, German: Christian Arbeiterjugend CAJ), which was founded in 1925 by the Belgian and later Cardinal Joseph Cardijn and which quickly spread worldwide. Keegan was a founding member of the Young Christian Workers founded in England in 1937 and national president of the YCW until 1950. During his participation in the Second Vatican Council , he was the first lay person to give a speech at this council, at the 100th General Congregation on October 13, 1964, when the decree on the apostolate of the laity, Apostolicam actuositatem , was being discussed. He also worked on the creation of the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Our Times, Gaudium et Spes .

literature

Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Michael P. Hornsby-Smith: The Rise and Fall of the YCW in England . In: Journal of contemporary religion , vol. 17 (2002) pp. 87-100.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Patrick Keegan. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
^ Albert Raffelt : Keegan . In: Michael Quisinsky, Peter Walter (ed.): Personal Lexicon for the Second Vatican Council . Herder, Freiburg 2012, p. 152 .

personal data
SURNAME	Keegan, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English President of the Young Christian Workers (YCW)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 11, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1990
Place of death	Bristol

[1] Patrick Keegan. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .

[2] Albert Raffelt : Keegan . In: Michael Quisinsky, Peter Walter (ed.): Personal Lexicon for the Second Vatican Council . Herder, Freiburg 2012, p. 152 .