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Abbé Pierre
1912-2007
Founder of the Emmaus Movement
A LIFE OF STRUGGLES
Scout
1931
Family
1927
Capuchin “Brother Philippe”
1938
Member of the Resistance, Vercors (France)
circa 1940
Escapee, Madrid (Spain)
1944
Cherian Nagar (India)
Drawing,
Bessans (France)
1967
1928 - 1930
Watercolour,
Lac St Point (France)
1929
Citizens of the World
1970
Above all, Abbé Pierre was
Montreal (Canada)
Young people’s camp (Denmark)
1969
Assisi (Italy)
1955
1989
a man of action!
Burkina Faso
Bengal campaign
1991
1971
Beirut (Lebanon)
Emmaus GA (Belgium)
1997
1984
UNCONDITIONAL WELCOME
He welcomed others, without judgement
Georges Legay
First companion
Lucie Coutaz and Abbé Pierre
Lucie Coutaz
Co-founder of Emmaus
The first companions
1949
The first companions
help him help otherS
OPENNESS
TO THE WORLD
Italy
Japan
Cambodia
Rwanda
Bolivia
India
Indonesia
Sahara
Chile
France
Charlie Chaplin
Albert Einstein
Dalaï Lama
Vinoba Bhave
Sœur Emmanuelle
Dom Hélder Câmara
Josué de Castro
Mgr Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury
54
1 February
st
63
69
GA Bern (Switzerland)
May 1969
71
Sharing
Living and Working
Dignity and Independence
Social transformation
The Emmaus movement is all about people coming together, discovering the distress of others, and deciding to pool
their efforts
RAISING
AWARENESS
AND ENGAGING WITH DECISION-MAKERS
Power is blind and suffering is mute
Squat at Pont de Sully, Paris (France)
1955
Montreal (Canada)
1955
the voiceless
Indira Gandhi (India)
Kofi Annan (Switzerland)
2000
1962
Dwight Eisenhower (USA)
1955
Sylvanus Olympio (Togo)
Jacques Chirac (France)
1960
2005
What does politics mean? It means looking for ways
to ensure the common good and justice
“Ouvrons les yeux (Open our eyes)” symposium (Paris)
Florence (Italy)
René Cassin, Alphonse Bernasconi, UDHR, UN (Geneva)
FAO Assembly (Rome)
with Lord Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appeal for Democratic Renewal in Benin (France)
High-Level Committee for Housing, Paris (France)
Bosnia
1963
1947
1990
1984
1992
1995
2005
Abbé Pierre’s Christmas, (France)
2007
March in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
1973
1955
1991
1987
2003
1993
Chilean refugees, Esteville (France)
Support for squatters on Boulevard René Coty in Paris (France)
Support for Turks denied asylum, Grenoble (France)
Pont Saint Esprit, International
humanitarian meetings (France)
Squat at Pont de Sully, Paris (France)
duty to refuse to obey that which destroys what is good
Access to Water
(Benin)
World Social Forum
(Brasil)
World Water Day
(India)
Des Ponts pas des Murs (France)
Swimming the Mediterranean (Gibraltar) in support of Article 13
Ecotourism (Asia)
350 groups
37 countries
Together, we fight
Social and Environmental Justice
Ethical and Solidarity Economy
Freedom of Movement and Establishment
Peace
Universal Citizenship
Creation and design: PREZCREATION
Emmaus International would like to thank Ronia Ava for the voiceover.
Photos
© Emmaus International
Some of the photographs illustrating this presentation were taken by Abbé Pierre.
© Sébastien Gracco de Lay
© Vanja Čerimagić
© Jose Luis Iniesta
All rights reserved – 2018