Book Extracts

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 →

On 22 June 2021, Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk would have been 100 years old. This anniversary gives us the (…) Read more →

In the introduction of his book “The Poor are the Church”, after having evoked his childhood in the text “A (…) Read more →

“We need to be simultaneously in proximity to extreme poverty and distant from it. Proximity, because the poorest are our (…) Read more →

In this time of crisis, this message, written in 1984, is as relevant now as in the plea made by (…) Read more →

In this extract from a training session in 1962, Father Joseph Wresinski invites the volunteers working at the camp in (…) Read more →

I arrived on the plateau called “Le Château de France” on the fourteenth of July, 1956. The sun was scorching (…) Read more →

An extract from “Tomorrow Will Be Different” ( Paroles pour demain) Tomorrow Will Be Different How can I express the (…) Read more →

An extract from “Tomorrow Will Be Different” (Paroles pour demain) documents The Chlidren of The Market Place

An extract from “Tomorrow Will Be Different” ( Paroles pour demain) documents Who Will Roll Away The Stone