I'd like to find out more about programs of industrial chaplaincy in
France in the 1950's or particularly the 1960's, especially after the
Vatican II (the second Vatican Council), especially about French
Catholic priests working and practicing in mines in the 50's and 60's.
I found one paragraph online that said:
"Programs of industrial chaplaincy and army chaplaincy---established
by both Catholic and Protestant churches in the 1950s--became more
prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. Within factories and mines,
industrial chaplaincy was established to spread Christianity among
ever increasing number of industrial workers. By placing a
worker-evangelist or a worker-priest in the workplace amongst the
workers, the program allowed evangelistic work to be carried out in an
informal, natural setting." Anything more would be great.

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 23 Aug 2005 09:10 PDT

Hello poony-ga,

Are you interested only in French Catholic industrial ministry in
mines in the 1950's and 60's? I've found other material about
industrial chaplaincy and would like to know what you meant when you
said, "Anything more would be great." Thanks.

~ czh ~

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Clarification of Question by poony-ga on 25 Aug 2005 01:19 PDT

Well yes, anything more on industrial chaplaincy in France would be
really great and anything more from other countries would be welcome,
but French specific is my main interest.

Thanks

The French word for what you are referring to is "prêtre-ouvrier", if
you can read French I would advise you to just google for 'pretre
ouvrier'.
I'm French, but born in 1979 and not too much in religion, so I can't
provide many details, just that they were famous in Renault, the
French car-maker. I can't even recall why exactly.