Writings
Every gesture of love fosters hope
The children huddle around Georgette,
pressing against her
like violets burrowing under moss.
Eleven little ones.
Jackie says, “I’m cold,” and Caroline, “It’s horrible (…) Read more
Turning history into fraternity
Humanity appears to be floundering in its history like a deaf, dumb and blind person desperately seeking their way forward. (…) Read more
The origins of the 17 October: marking a breakthrough in the thinking on human rights.
Poverty, extreme poverty, has become so glaring these days that it has become both inevitable and necessary that, at a (…) Read more
Now is the time for knowledge sharing
“Moral and political responsibility as well as scientific rigor demand that University turns its attention to the Fourth World, not (…) Read more
Chronic Poverty and Lack of Basic Security: The Wresinki Definition
Chronic Poverty and Lack of Basic Security
“A person’s or family’s security rests on certains foundations such as employment, health, housing (…) Read more
Participation or communion ?
“What delights me and the families again and again is finding Christ always fully participating in the life of those (…) Read more
Work That Procures Honour
Even the most disparaged jobs can give those who do them a sense of purpose and dignity in the eyes (…) Read more
Charity in the Fourth World – A Programme To Be Undertaken
A couple deprived of their love
Faith, hope and charity in the Fourth World: it seems that our meditation takes us (…) Read more
Hope in the Fourth World – An Illusion?
Making a mockery of all efforts for the future
If the Son of God was made man in our time, (…) Read more
Faith in the Fourth World : When Only God Remains
A life without rhythm or meaning
Let us put ourselves in the presence of those men and women, those families and (…) Read more