Jesus Caritas

Brother Charles' 'fraternity' at Béni-Abbés An account of a pilgrimage by members of the Lay Fraternity of Charles de Foucauld, to Algeria to visit the places where Brother Charles lived  read more »

The Lay Fraternities of Charles de Foucauld in Britain held their national general meeting on October 27 2007 to review the past few years and plan for the future. Here are some resources/information from that meeting.  read more »

National newsletters are available online in Acrobat pdf format.  read more »

When I was young I learned that prayer was "the raising up of the heart and mind to God." Since then nothing has happened to change this view of prayer although much has happened to expand it. I now see prayer as the expression of the relationship between me and God, a complete abandonment to him.  read more »

Introduction

One of the great characteristics in the life of Jesus which I pick up from the Gospels is that Jesus had many friends and loved parties. "Of course he loved parties", said a Jewish friend of mine - "He was a good Jew".  read more »

In Britain, the different Foucauld families, lay and religious, work together as the 'Charles de Foucauld Community in Britain'.

The national newsletters may be read online.  read more »

There are 6000 members of the Lay Fraternity of Charles de Foucauld in 49 countries around the world...  read more »

Marc hoped that I could adapt the language of this section of his letter, written within a community of men, all of whom aspire to be 'brother', for more 'inclusive' use  read more »