Writings

From working to having a trade

Making the poor work at any job, whatever it may be, so long as they are useful, has always been (…) Read more →

Health represents a real dread for people in extreme poverty. This constant anxiety comes from them having no control over (…) Read more →

One event from my childhood
left profound repercussions in my life.
It happened at a time when horrible poverty had hit our (…) Read more →

The history of the poorest people is relayed to others only when they feature in the lives of the non-poor: (…) Read more →

When I arrived in the camp in Noisy-le-Grand, I encountered families facing defeat, families with the words ‘suffering’ and ‘misery’ (…) Read more →

Published as an editorial in the Revue Igloos, No. 44, January-February 1969, this text was announced as a “reflection on (…) Read more →

Time is pressing
It is time to understand that there is no celebration that is not a celebration for all.
It is (…) Read more →

Since the end of the 1970s, and in particular during the Year of the Child in 1979, the (ATD) Fourth (…) Read more →

In his interview with Gilles Anouil, Father Joseph Wresinski recounts the beginnings of the ATD Fourth World Movement in the (…) Read more →

Just one month before October 17, “World Day for Overcoming Poverty”, this speech by Father Joseph Wresinski reminds us of (…) Read more →