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One woman's shining example of Christian social action.

We, the Ordinary People of the Streets comprises the powerful reflections by Madeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964), an award-winning poet, writer, and Catholic layperson whose conviction and insight led her to a life of social work in the atheistic, Communist-dominated city of Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

Delbrêl draws from her own experiences living in Ivry, witnessing to the possibility of a life at once rooted radically in the church and fully engaged in the world. This posthumously published collection spans Delbrêl's life, from a piece she wrote as a seventeen-year-old atheist to her later Christian works. Her passionate essays explore the Christian's role in a secular society, the difficulty of faith in an atheistic environment, the need for prayer, the centrality of the church, and the fundamental importance of loving both God and our neighbors.

ISBN-13: 9780802846969

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Eerdmans - William B. Publishing Company

Publication Date: 09-28-2000

Pages: 270

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

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We, the Ordinary People of the Streets (from pages 54-58)

There are many places where the Spirit blows,
but there is one Spirit that blows in all places.<

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Fr. Jacques Loew
Prelude
God Is Dead . . . Long Live Death!

PART ONE The Missionary (1933-1949)

We, the Ordinary People of the Streets
Missionaries Without a Boat
Whoever Follows Me Does Not Walk in Darkness
The Dance of Obedience

PART TWO The Church (1950-1954)

The People of Paris Attend the Funeral of a Father
The Many Faces of the One Working Class
Understanding and Action
A New Cry
Church and Mission
The Poverty of the Mind
A Quick Dash to Rome
Forming an Alliance, or Working Toward Salvation
Love for the Church
The Risk of Submission

PART THREE A Path Between Two Abysses (1955-1960)

Goodness
Some Confusions about Obedience and Love of Neighbor
In the Wake of a Decision from Rome
Characteristics of a Missionary Parish
The Good News
An Examination of Faith
A Christian Manifesto to the Atheist World
The Church: A Single Life in a Single Body
Light and Darkness

PART FOUR The Battles of Faith (1961-1964)

Now Is the Time for Our Faith
Communist Hope and Christian Hope
Atheism and Evangelization
People of Good Will

PART FIVE What Ivry Taught Me (16 September 1964)

The Atheistic Environment as a Situation Favorable for Our Own Conversion