Léon Ollé-Laprune and the origin of the See-Judge-Act

Webinar: Tuesday 8 August, 7.30pm Sydney time, 11.30am Paris

This year marks the 125th anniversary of French philosopher, Léon Ollé-Laprune, the French philosopher, who first articulated the method that we today know as the “see-judge-act,” a great lay apostle!

I'll be telling the story of his life and influence, including on Joseph Cardijn, at our August ACI webinar on Tuesday 8 August.

Below you'll find the registration details for the webinar as well as some biographical background.

Hope you'll be able to join us next week.

Stefan Gigacz

Léon Ollé-Laprune (1839-1898)

Born in 1839, Léon Ollé-Laprune studied philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris. As a student, he read the works of Alphonse Gratry, who had been chaplain at the ENS. As a Christian, he modelled his life on that of Frédéric Ozanam, seeking to make himself a “lay apostle.” As a social activist, he followed in the footsteps of Frédéric Le Play, the pioneer sociologist whose method of social enquiry so influenced Cardijn.

As an academic, he influenced a whole generation of future French leaders, including Jean Jaurès, founder of the French Socialist Party, the sociologist Emile Durkheim, and the philosophers, Maurice Blondel and Henri Bergson.

Writing in 1896, he advised students to learn to “see clearly, judge and decide” in order to address the challenges of the time.

Léon Ollé-Laprune died in 1898, 125 years ago this year. The method he inspired would sweep the world with Cardijn’s Young Christian Workers and its sister movements before being adopted by Pope John XXIII in 1961 and by the Second Vatican Council in 1965.

Webinar details

Tuesday 8 August 2023, 7.30pm AEST

Registration link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtd-GorTMvEtN7eaZbY_vWS09rNnXwqfzv

Read more

www.olle-laprune.net

Stefan Gigacz, Lamennais, Le Sillon & La JOC in The Leaven in the Council, Joseph Cardijn and the Jocist Network at Vatican II (Australian Cardijn Institute)