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To mark Cardinal Cardijn's visit in 1966, the YCW produced a commemorative record featuring Melbourne singer Judy Jacques. The record was sold through YCW branches as a fund raising exercise.

Unplayed Vinyl Record (Single) including cover

During the 1950s, it became a practice for YCW and NCGM embers to wear a YCW blazer on formal occasions. These blazers would feature the YCW patch with the branch name embroidered below. Members would often recommission second hand school blazers as YCW wear.

Men's green blazer with pocket trim and YCW patch.

'Clayton' is embroidered on the pocket.

During the 1950s, it became a practice for YCW and NCGM embers to wear a YCW blazer on formal occasions. These blazers would feature the YCW patch with the branch name embroidered below. Members would often recommission second hand school blazers as YCW wear.

This blazer features the Parkside branch name. Parkside was a branch in the Adelaide diocese.

Navy blue blazer with YCW insignia on pocket.

Parkside is embroidered on pocket

Photograph of YCW (Girls) delegates to national conference in Adelaide, 1963.

Black and white photograph pasted on black card

Group Photograph of delegates to the YCW Conference held in Lismore 1964.

Team Photograph of the Ascot Vale YCW Premiership Football Team 1958.

Fr Ernie Smith instigated the foundation of the Sacred Heart Mission in St Kilda. He is standing in the back row, far left.

In 1960, the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) conference was held in Accra, Ghana. The Australian YCW sent two delegates to the conference, Ernie Smith (back row, end right) and Betty King (second row, third from left). Around 400 representatives of youth organisations - including national YCW movements - from around the globe attended the conference. This photograph shows the YCW delegates the WAY 1960.

Father Ernie Smith, initiated the establishment of the Sacred Heart Mission in St Kilda, Melbourne. This photograph is copied from his personal collection.

This booklet was produced by the national YCW as a means of engaging new and existing members. Divided into sections, the booklet places the Australian movement in an international context and includes pictures of founding chaplain of the Australian movement, Fr. Lombard.

9pp. colour booklet

Two Black White Photographs

From 1957, the International YCW held a world council every four years. This document is the proposed schedule for the Third World Council which was held in Bangkok in 1965.

The document offers a glimpse into the workings of the YCW on a global scale. It also explores the international campaigns and the and proposes an agenda and schedule for the fourteen day meeting comprising young delegates from all over the world.

Nine page typewritten and copied document on yellow paper

ycw, iycw, world council

10 page booklet with blue card cover

Collection of seven programme booklets produced by the NCGM National Exectutive.

In 1944 the YCW launched its first national campaign. These campaigns were supported by Leaders' Programme booklets, produced by the National Executive and sent to the leaders of all parish branches around the country. With these Programme guides, leaders were asked to shepherd members through the campaign over a period of months. In this collection, the booklets cover: The Mass; Communism; Family; Home; Social Responsibility.

Series of six booklets.

ycw campaigns

The YCW had established cooperatives in the late 1940s, a manifestation of the movement's commitment to deliver a service for every need. The Co-Ooperator was a newspaper produced by the YCW sharing information regarding its activities in the co-operative sector. The extended publication details of the newspaper are unknown and this complete copy and fragment are the only surviving editions collected by the Archive.

One complete edition of The Co-Operator newspaper published March-April 1964 and a fragment of an edition dated 1962.

co-operatives, ycw melbourne, third sector

Throughout its history, the YCW movement produced numerous publications for members and for the wider community. Some of these were regular papers or newsletters with high production values. Others were short lived efforts, produced 'in house' on low budgets. Reading across the collections, these public expressions of YCW communication provide insight into the movement's methods, the concerns of young women and men of the period, and how these shifted over time and across location.

This four page document reveals the key concerns of the YCW movement in Melbourne in 1971; internal migration from regional Australia to the cities and road safety. It features photographs taken by chaplain Jim Nippard.

Black and white printed newsletter with photos over four pages.

Enba was a newsletter produced by the Melbourne Executive of the YCW (Girls) distributed to members in the Melbourne Diocese in 1963 - 1965.Throughout its history, the YCW movement produced numerous publications for members and for the wider community. Some of these were regular papers or newsletters with high production values. Others were short lived efforts, produced 'in house' on low budgets. Reading across the collections, these public expressions of YCW communication provide insight into the movement's methods, the concerns of young women and men of the period, and how these shifted over time and across location.

Enba contains references to campaigns on work; reports from branches in the city of Melbourne including sport and social events; profiles of Diocesan Executive Members and Presidents; letters from Chaplains including a report from Fr Brian Burke; dates regarding Pre-Cana Seminars and Summer Schools.

Five editions of newsletter

The Australian YCW ran a number of sporting services throughout its history. One of these was the amateur boxing Golden Gloves competition in Melbourne between 1945 and c.1960.

This promotional flyer produced for the 1958 competition was withdrawn from distribution due to a typesetting error on the reverse page, where it suggests accommodation could be found at Mulqueen and Sons rather than the Lomond Hotel.

boxing, ycw melbourne, sport

In the early stage of the Australian Young Christian Workers Movement the male and female members were separated into NCGM and YCW Boys. This was a reflection of society at the time as both groups campaigned on different youth realities to reflect their members, for example during the YCW's apprenticeship campaign YCW Boys looked at the topic of labourers and airport personal, while NCGM campaigned for changes to hairdressing apprenticeships.

9 black and white photos from the National Catholic Girls Movement's (NCGM) Easter float parade, and YCW Boys social events.

ycw, ncgm, ycw boys, social change, catholic action, national catholic girls' movement, apprenticeship, photographs, easter

Part of the Marg Armstrong (nee Moore) collection.

This bulletin provides a guide to group leaders for conducting meetings. It belonged to Margaret Moore, who was an influential leader within YCW.

Booklet, 44 pp

Beacon April - May = June 1956 / Price 3/- / 'Margaret Moore' / Bulletin for Leaders of the National Catholic Girls' Movement / The Rosary

margaret armstrong (nee moore), beacon, national catholic girls' movement, bulletin, ycw, young christian workers

This vinal record includes devotional prayers in an audio format to guide study groups in prayer. The record has Devotional 1 on the A side and Devotional 2 on the B side. The accompanying booklet contains additional prayer script between a group "Leader" and the "group members" for Devotionals 1, 2, 3 and 4. The disc for Devotionals 3 and 4 is not currently available.

This Vinal Record belonged to Frank Sheehan (Member of the Victorian YCW leadership team).

A red transparent audio vinal record accompanied by a 5 page typed printed booklet.

Red Vinal Record - Insribed with "Group Devotion" and "Action For World Developemt" a and a picture of 2 Stick Figure people standing together. Booklet - Insribed with "Action for World Development" and "Study Group Devotions" and a picture of 2 Stick Figure people standing together.

action for world development, devotional, study group devotion

Past YCW member Peter Cox created this scrapbook to document the reach the YCW Road Safety Campaign had in State wide newspapers from 1970-1973. The campaigned advocated for youth education and public enforcement on wearing of seatbelts, drink driving limits, Australia's drinking culture and decreasing the Victorian road toll.

The road safety campaign undertaken by the YCW in the 1960-1970s was headed by Peter Cox.

Rectangle bound book, with brown felt edging and blue leather middle. 200 pages, with 114 pages used for pasting various newspaper clippings

Journal Collins 4394

the herald, scrapbook, ycw, bendigo, drinking, road safety, sandhurst, the sun, youth movements, the advocate, road toll

This canvas pennant was produced by the Argentinian YCW and given to participants on the 'pilgrimage' to Rome in 1957, for the first gathering of the International Young Christian Workers. YCWs from various nations exchanged pennants in Rome, gathered as souvenirs of the event.

This is a rare piece, collected by Bill Armstrong AO who was one of the young workers who visited Rome in 1957. When situated along side the pennants of other participating nations, it symbolises the internationalism of the YCW movement.

Decorated pennant with black background

ROMA AGOSTO 1957 - PARA FORJAR EN CRISTO UNA CLASE OBRERA NUEVA - ARGENTINA

youth movements, ycw, catholic action, formation, education

This canvas pennant was produced by an international JOC and given to participants on the 'pilgrimage' to Rome in 1957 for the first gathering of the International Young Christian Workers. YCWs from various nations exchanged pennants in Rome, gathered as souvenirs of the event.

This is a rare piece, collected by Bill Armstrong, AO who was one of the young workers who visited Rome in 1957. When situated along side the pennants of other participating nations, it symbolises the internationalism of the YCW movement.

Small white pennant with red cross featuring a stalk of wheat. Design repeats on the reverse.

On the left edge of the pennant are the letters 'JOC'. Letters repeat on the right edge on the reverse.

This canvas pennant was produced by the Portuguese YCW and given to participants on the 'pilgrimage' to Rome in 1957, for the first gathering of the International Young Christian Workers. YCWs from various nations exchanged pennants in Rome, gathered as souvenirs of the event.

This is a rare piece, collected by Bill Armstrong, AO who was one of the young workers who visited Rome in 1957. When situated along side the pennants of other participating nations, it symbolises the internationalism of the YCW movement.

Small canvas pennant featuring a caricature of people praying at the base of the Virgin Mary with a small village in the background.

The tip of pennant features the words 'Fatima Portugal'.

This canvas pennant was produced by the KAJ Falnders and given to participants on the 'pilgrimage' to Rome in 1957, for the first gathering of the International Young Christian Workers. YCWs from various nations exchanged pennants in Rome, gathered as souvenirs of the event.

This is a rare piece, collected by Bill Armstrong, AO who was one of the young workers who visited Rome in 1957. When situated along side the pennants of other participating nations, it symbolises the internationalism of the YCW movement.

Orange, Red and White Small Pennant featuring a picture of the World marking with the YCW flag Rome.

In the centre of the pennant are the letters KAJ and on the edges of the pennant it reads: 'Internationale Romebedevaart'. In the tip of the Pennant are the letters FIDRA. On the reverse side in the centre are the letters VKAJ.

This felt pennant was produced by the Australian YCW and given to participants on the 'pilgrimage' to Rome in 1957, for the first gathering of the International Young Christian Workers. YCWs from various nations exchanged pennants in Rome, gathered as souvenirs of the event.

This is a rare piece, collected by Bill Armstrong, AO who was one of the young workers who visited Rome in 1957. When situated along side the pennants of other participating nations, it symbolises the internationalism of the YCW movement.

Small, felt, green and gold pennant flag featuring the logo of the Australian YCW, superimposed over a map of Australia.

Between 1959 and 1962, the Melbourne YCW (Boys) participated in local campaigns to allow sports to be played on municipal ovals on a Sunday. A key battleground was in the suburb of Camberwell in 1959. This collection of material relates to the campaign and includes newspaper clippings, leaflets and internal reports and memos. It is a sample of the materials held in collection (Contact the Archive to access MO_4_24). It features materials produced by the YCW and other parties involved in the campaign.

The debate around Sunday sport campaign revealed Victoria's growing suburban sporting culture, the developing concept of youth, and the YCW position on leisure as a break from work rather than 'dour' Sabbatarianism.

Discoloured newspaper clippings and documents. Some with sharp cut edges and others attached to non-related articles.