A State of Emergency for Children
Since the end of the 1970s, and in particular during the Year of the Child in 1979, the (ATD) Fourth (…) Read more
Everything came from a shared life
In his interview with Gilles Anouil, Father Joseph Wresinski recounts the beginnings of the ATD Fourth World Movement in the (…) Read more
Take Justice To Heart
Just one month before October 17, “World Day for Overcoming Poverty”, this speech by Father Joseph Wresinski reminds us of (…) Read more
It’s Been Three Years Now Since They’ve Gone Anywhere
More than ever, rest, leisure and holidays are rightly considered as essential activities. In this 1986 text, Father Joseph Wresinski (…) Read more
Joseph Wresinski Centre and Memory of the World Register Nomination
Photo : UNESCO ambassadors visit the Joseph Wresinski Centre May 31, 2021. © Carmen Martos 👉 On May 31, 2021, UNESCO (…) Read more
June 22, 2021, 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk
On 22 June 2021, Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk would have been 100 years old. This anniversary gives us the (…) Read more
“Keep going, despite the challenges”
Maintain our ties and continue our missions Against the backdrop of a long and major crisis linked to the pandemic, (…) Read more
Rethinking Human Activity
Image above: The Strike, Robert Koehler, 1886, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. This message, intended for the General Conference on Unemployment (…) Read more
Women – the last line of defence against poverty
In this extract from a training session in 1962, Father Joseph Wresinski invites the volunteers working at the camp in (…) Read more
Facing my people
I arrived on the plateau called “Le Château de France” on the fourteenth of July, 1956. The sun was scorching (…) Read more