Resources
In Video/DVD:
Seeds of the Desert: the Legacy of Charles
de Foucauld. 1998.
A 38 minute video presentation of the life
and spirituality of Charles de Foucauld and some of the
religious, clerical and lay communities which follow his vision
of a contemplative life in the world. Footage from
Bolivia, Italy, the USA, Cuba and the Philippines as well as
historical footage from North Africa.
Available from the Little Sisters of Jesus
Also available in Spanish.
Books in Print:
NEW!
Charles de Foucauld-In the Footsteps of
Jesus of Nazareth, Little Sister
Annie of Jesus, New City Press, 2005.
NEW!
Charles de Foucauld-Journey of the Spirit, Sr Cathy Wright, lsj, Pauline Books and Media,
2005.
The Call of the Desert - a biography of
Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus,
Kathryn Spink, Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd., London, 1993.
Contact Little Sisters of Jesus for info.
Charles de Foucauld ; writings / selected with an introduction by Robert
Ellsberg (Modern Spiritual Masters Series), Orbis Books,
Maryknoll, NY 1999.
Christian Hermit in an Islamic World - a
Muslim's View of Charles de Foucauld, Ali Merad, 1975, translated by Zoe Hersov, Paulist
Press, Mahwah, NJ, 1999.
Charles de Foucauld, Jean Jacques Antier, 1997, translated Julia Shirek
Smith, Ignatius Press, 1999.
Scriptural Meditations on Faith, Charles
de Foucauld, New City Press,
Brooklyn, NY, 1988.
Hope in the Gospels, Charles de Foucauld, New City Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1990.
Meditations of a Hermit, Orbis Books; Maryknoll, NY, 1930, 1981.
Articles in English:
"Be Still and Know," U.S.
Catholic, June 2001, p. 38-39.
"The Pain of Being an Outsider: the
Story of Magdeleine Hutin," Spirituality Magazine, vol. 7,
July/August 2001.
"Multicultural Community at the Heart
of Our Vocation," Review for Religious, June 2001.
"Nazareth as Model for Mission in the
Life of Charles de Foucauld," Mission Studies, Spring,
2002.
"Spiritual Childhood and
Mission", Spirituality, Nov/Dec 2002, p. 373-378. Dublin.
Other web links:
Jesus Caritas Lay Community Web Page and
English Language News from around the world.
Jesus Caritas Priests Fraternity
