"eternal life does not begin after death." Start now, in this life, the choice we make each day of self-reliance or communicate the joys and pains of others. God will not have to judge. The trial is now in broad daylight where everyone will be made as: sufficient or communicant. "
(Mémoires d'un Croyant / 1997) L'Abbe Pierre
One of the figures most popular in France has died at the Age 94. But this time there is a hopeless singer of ballads, not a singer slight figure with a life sadder than the sum of its songs, a philosopher convinced of the dialectic of existence, or an investigator from the deep sea . This is L'Abbe Pierre .
well known even though his real name was Henri Grouès, as was the nickname that made him famous during World War II French Resistance, as forged passports for Jews to escape Nazi persecution for Switzerland. However, there were only those facts that were popular Dominican priest. It was in one of the most terrible winters of which France has memory, in 1958, when L'Abbe Pierre asked the French newspaper Le Figaro , to issue a message because this was the day they read the powerful in France. The message claimed the French to help the homeless, as a woman had just died on the sidewalk, hungry, almost naked, while about two thousand French succumbed to the cold. After that, the French mail service was inundated with help to collect half a million francs, two of which were donated by Charles Chaplin. After this, the Dominican priest I think the Emmaus community in order to help the people need to have a place to rest and a meal.
But it was only through his work as head of the Emmaus community to help the most needy L'Abbe Pierre has won the recognition of French village. Also for its intense political activity in favor of the disadvantaged not only French but from political persecution around the world. As his speech to the then Italian President Sandro Pertini along with the eight-day hunger strike conducted in front of the Cathedral of Turin for Vanni Mulinaris who without being brought to trial remained in prison on charges of collaborating with the Red Brigades.
Throughout his life his positions against the luxuries and the Vatican hierarchy, which pilloried the Catholic governing body, but the international acceptance of their work for the neediest prevented any step against the French priest . However
commitment was not only the most needy, while he had an unwavering commitment to nonviolence. Proof of this was his efforts to convince the then leader Habib Bourguiba Tunisiano of seeking independence for his country by non-violent.
Facts like these were what led to his being chosen for several consecutive years as France's most popular, even over popular personalities like the player Zinadine Zidane.
Despite his death, his work for the underprivileged, his tireless support to the movement Enfants de Don Quichotte The "fighting for the Sans Domicile Fix and its message remain us. Hollman Lozano
hollman.lozano @ yahoo.ca
(Mémoires d'un Croyant / 1997) L'Abbe Pierre
One of the figures most popular in France has died at the Age 94. But this time there is a hopeless singer of ballads, not a singer slight figure with a life sadder than the sum of its songs, a philosopher convinced of the dialectic of existence, or an investigator from the deep sea . This is L'Abbe Pierre .
well known even though his real name was Henri Grouès, as was the nickname that made him famous during World War II French Resistance, as forged passports for Jews to escape Nazi persecution for Switzerland. However, there were only those facts that were popular Dominican priest. It was in one of the most terrible winters of which France has memory, in 1958, when L'Abbe Pierre asked the French newspaper Le Figaro , to issue a message because this was the day they read the powerful in France. The message claimed the French to help the homeless, as a woman had just died on the sidewalk, hungry, almost naked, while about two thousand French succumbed to the cold. After that, the French mail service was inundated with help to collect half a million francs, two of which were donated by Charles Chaplin. After this, the Dominican priest I think the Emmaus community in order to help the people need to have a place to rest and a meal.
But it was only through his work as head of the Emmaus community to help the most needy L'Abbe Pierre has won the recognition of French village. Also for its intense political activity in favor of the disadvantaged not only French but from political persecution around the world. As his speech to the then Italian President Sandro Pertini along with the eight-day hunger strike conducted in front of the Cathedral of Turin for Vanni Mulinaris who without being brought to trial remained in prison on charges of collaborating with the Red Brigades.
Throughout his life his positions against the luxuries and the Vatican hierarchy, which pilloried the Catholic governing body, but the international acceptance of their work for the neediest prevented any step against the French priest . However
commitment was not only the most needy, while he had an unwavering commitment to nonviolence. Proof of this was his efforts to convince the then leader Habib Bourguiba Tunisiano of seeking independence for his country by non-violent.
Facts like these were what led to his being chosen for several consecutive years as France's most popular, even over popular personalities like the player Zinadine Zidane.
Despite his death, his work for the underprivileged, his tireless support to the movement Enfants de Don Quichotte The "fighting for the Sans Domicile Fix and its message remain us. Hollman Lozano
hollman.lozano @ yahoo.ca
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