René Voillaume
René Voillaume (born July 19, 1905 in Versailles , † May 13, 2003 in Aix-en-Provence ) was a French Roman Catholic priest and founder of the order.
Life
At the age of 21 Voillaume read René Bazin's biography about Charles de Foucauld , who died in 1916 and whose life inspired him. In 1925 he entered the novitiate of the White Fathers in Algiers and was ordained a priest in Paris in 1929. For further studies he went to Paris, where he received his doctorate in theology in 1931. Studies of the Arabic language followed in Tunis.
On September 8, 1933, in the Sacre Coeur Basilica on Montmartre , he and four men founded the community of the Little Brothers of Jesus , based on the rules written by Charles de Foucauld . The young community settled in El Abiodh in Algeria to lead a contemplative life in the desert.
In El Golea, where the grave of Blessed Charles de Foucauld is, Fr. René met little sister Magdeleine of Jesus in 1938 , who told him about her idea of founding a community of sisters based on the blessed's way of life. From this came the Little Sisters of Jesus . In 1956 Voillaume founded the Little Brothers of the Gospel and a few years later the Little Sisters of the Gospel.
In February 2018, Pope Francis recommended the work La seconda chiamata to the priests and deacons of the Diocese of Rome . Il coraggio della fragilita , P. Renés for reading.
Works
- Au Cœur des masses , Paris 1950 (German: Mitten in der Welt , Frankfurt 1955)
literature
- Literature by and about René Voillaume in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about René Voillaume in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jürgen Rintelen: Voillaume, René . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 10 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, Sp. 841 .
- ↑ René Voillaume (1905-2003). In: Little Brothers of the Gospel website. Retrieved January 19, 2014 .
- ↑ https://www.domradio.de/themen/vatikan/2018-02-18/papst-empfitzt-priestern-midlife-crisis-buch-von-anselm-gruen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voillaume, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voillaume, P. René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic clergyman and founder of the order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 2003 |