Discovering God Through Action and Reflection

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About the book
The See, Judge, Act or Review of Life methodology, initially articulated by Fr (later Cardinal) Joseph Cardijn in the early 1900s, has become widely accepted in the Catholic Church and in many other churches as an effective method of evangelisation. However, unfortunately, See, Judge, Act has frequently become simply a slogan lacking precise content or it has been used to describe approaches that do not take all the elements intended fully into account. To address this challenge in its own ranks, the International Young Christian Students (IYCS) International Team of 2003–2007 commissioned the production of this book to assist the training of its students and chaplains in this methodology as integral to its spirituality of critical reflection and action within the perspective of transforming their local and global realities. It is therefore hoped that this book will contribute to deepening the understanding of See, Judge, Act as a timeless spirituality enabling effective evangelisation or communication of the Good News proclaimed by Jesus Christ in order to bring God’s justice and peace to our world.

About the author
Mike Deeb OP is a Dominican priest from South Africa. He was a founder and organiser of YCS in universities in South Africa in 1977, and served as National Coordinator of the whole movement (1979–1980) and as a lay chaplain to the movement in Cape Town (1981–1984). After joining the Dominican Order in 1986, he served as YCS National Chaplain (1992) and from 1999 to 2007 as the International Chaplain (Ecclesiastical Assistant) of the International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) and the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS–Pax Romana). Since then, he has served as the Coordinator of the Justice and Peace Department of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, as the Permanent Delegate of the Dominican Order to the United Nations and as the Dominicans’ General Promoter of Justice and Peace.