L.sr. Anna-Shosesharuwa and I had the joy of taking part in the inauguration of the Charles de Foucauld Small Christian Community (SCC) in Igwambiti, Tanzania. It was a great gift for us and we would like to share with you what happened in this little place that is so unknown and yet so alive. For […]
“Desire gives you the capacity”. What St Augustine says about desire captures what we experienced anew during the time we recently spent together. At the beginning of July, 22 brothers and sisters from the big Charles de Foucauld family met together in northern Italy. What a gift to spend a few days together to deepen […]
Many people live Br Charles’ intuitions: it’s what L Sr Norma from the community in Havana, Cuba discovers. « Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise… ». It’s with these words that we begin our prayer each morning, just as all kinds of noises surge surround us: the voice of the bread vendor, […]
Six months in, here is a patchwork of first impressions from this time of preparation for final vows. We wrote this together, each bringing her own personal experiences: So those are a few of our experiences. I sincerely hope you recognize your own life in ours. Don’t hesitate to write to us to share about […]
We are still basking in the joy of the canonization of Charles de Foucauld. Today, on the anniversary of his death, we’re celebrating his life and welcoming his message which is both still relevant and disconcerting: “be poor in everything, be brothers to the poor, friends of the poor,” because “true wealth lies in that […]