Joseph Wresinski

Joseph Wresinski (Polish Józef Wrzesiński ) (born February 12, 1917 in Angers , France , † February 14, 1988 in Suresnes , France) was the founder of the human rights movement ATD Fourth World .

Life

In 1956, the search for poor Jesus led Joseph Wresinski to a homeless camp on the outskirts of Paris. As a clergyman , Joseph Wresinski shared the life of the camp residents who were despised as "anti-social" and repeatedly oriented himself towards the hopes of the most excluded in order to build sustainable relationships with people torn by poverty and with the rest of society. For this project he was able to attract people of all faiths and worldviews. The World Day for Overcoming Poverty (October 17th) goes back to his initiative.

One of his core beliefs was: “Misery is not immutable; it is caused by humans, and humans can overcome it too. "

Fonts

The poor - encounter with the living God . Faith and Life series, vol. 45. LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1461-8
Blessed are you poor . Faith and Life series Vol. 29. LIT Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-8258-8888-6
Père Joseph - The poor are the church. Conversations with Joseph Wresinski about the fourth world . NZN Buchverlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85827-119-5
The poorest people show that human rights are indivisible . Editions Quart Monde, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-904972-76-5
Poverty - a challenge for every family . Kanisius Verlag, Freiburg Switzerland 1995, ISBN 3-85764-437-0
Words for tomorrow . Editions Saint-Paul / Editions Quart Monde, Luxemburg / Paris 1994, ISBN 2-904972-65-X

Wresinski's estate is kept in the Center international Joseph Wresinski in Baillet-en-France (France) and made available to the public.

literature

Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: Wresinski, Joseph (Père Joseph). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 1575-1582. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: Joseph Wresinski. Spokesman for the poorest in theological discourse . Series Practical Theology in Dialogue Vol. 28. Academic Press Friborg, Freiburg Switzerland 2005, ISBN 3-7278-1535-3
Nelly Schenker: How the stone story got started . Colorful series vol. 1. University of Applied Sciences for Social Work in Basel, Basel 2000, ISBN 3-906418-80-4
Annelies Wuillemin: Joseph . Fourth World, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-913046-04-5
Jules Klanfer: The social exclusion. Poverty in rich countries . Europe, Vienna 1969

Footnotes

^ Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: The joy of the poor in the gospel - a provocation. A fictional dialogue between Pope Francis and Père Joseph Wresinski. In: Bible Today . ISSN 0006-0593 . Issue 199 (3rd quarter 2014), pp. 9–12, here p. 10.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Wresinski - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Wresinski, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Père Joseph; Wrzesiński, Józef (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French clergyman, founder of the ATD Fourth World human rights movement
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Angers , France
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1988
Place of death	Suresnes , France

[1] Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: The joy of the poor in the gospel - a provocation. A fictional dialogue between Pope Francis and Père Joseph Wresinski. In: Bible Today . ISSN 0006-0593 . Issue 199 (3rd quarter 2014), pp. 9–12, here p. 10.