rag picker with the rag pickers, Sister Emmanuelle

At over ninety years old, Sister Emmanuelle is one of France's most beloved figures. She embodies generosity, care for the poorest, and a love tinged with humor, nourished by her faith in Christ. This astonishing presence to others stems from a foundational experience: the adventure lived with the rag pickers of Cairo. In this book, Sister Emmanuelle recounts the shock of her encounter with the inhabitants of the shantytowns of the Egyptian capital. In 1972, at sixty-three years old, an age when Europeans begin their retirement, a nun tackled poverty head-on to resolutely fight it. Braving the mud, rats, diseases, and violence inflicted on women, Sister Emmanuelle initiated the creation of schools, cooperatives, and clinics, and revealed the dignity of Cairo's outcasts, the rag pickers. Thirty years later, retired in France, Sister Emmanuelle remembers: her revolt against injustice is intact, and love has worked miracles. Life at Heart: the commitment of men and women who put their faith into action to make the earth more human.

Price €15 including tax in France

9782708239005