A publicity leaflet for the Community of Charles de Foucauld in Britain.  read more »

This internationally agreed text outlines the vocation of the Lay Fraternities of Charles de Foucauld.  read more »

Brother IanLeaflets of Brother Ian's texts Downloadable texts of a series of talks given by Little Brother of Jesus, Ian Latham, to a group of priests in the Jesus Caritas fraternity. They present what the Gospel meant to Charles to Foucauld and how he came to discover his 'Nazareth' vocation.  read more »

A recent process has asked the different regions in the Fraternity to express themselves on their charism.
It’s surprising to see how, from varied milieus, experiences and very diverse expressions, some marks of this portrait come out everywhere with force.  read more »

"I lost my heart to Jesus of Nazareth”

I was invited to speak about “Nazareth”. Of course this is a central theme in the spirituality of Charles de Foucauld: like Brother Charles we were all seduced by the “human face of God at Nazareth” as Emmanuel Asi says. So I guess that nothing new will come out, but it is always important to come back to the source and drink fresh water.

My presentation will have 3 points:

- to look at how Charles de Foucauld’s conception of Nazareth evolved;

- to go through the Gospel and see what does that mean for Jesus to be a man of Nazareth;

- some fundamental attitudes to enter into the dynamic of Nazareth.  read more »