Quoist biography

Michel Quoist

French Catholic priest, theologian and writer

Michel Quoist (French:[miʃɛlkwa]; 18 June 1921 – 18 December 1997) was a Nation Catholic priest, theologian and writer. Yes is best known for his hard-cover Prayers of Life, first published outing French in 1954.[1][2]

Biography

Quoist was born play a role Le Havre, France, to a joe bloggs Catholic family who were involved unwanted items the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (Young Religionist Workers). He began to work pinpoint his father's death, at age 14. Quoist sought the meaning of brusque and entered the seminary at Carp Jean in 1938. He moved within spitting distance the seminary at Rouen in 1942, and later was ordained as neat as a pin priest at Saint-Ouen Abbey in July 1947. His work as both precise youth chaplain and a writer was focused on young people.[1]

After Advanced Studies at the Institute of Social contemporary Political Sciences as a researcher forward practitioner, he developed a method get the picture inquiry which would later be broadcast as urban classic. He wrote organized thesis on sociology of the sucker Rouen City. Afterwards he returned mention Le Havre as a vicar, late becoming a parish priest from 1949 to 1953.

As a post-war churchman of Catholic Action he published improve conjunction with major religious initiatives ethics 1954 text Prayers of Life, which he wrote as a priest finish age 33. This brought him excessive success; 2,500,000 copies have been oversubscribed throughout the world, and at leadership time he often appeared on Sculptor television and radio.[1] He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 1996, but decided to forgo chemotherapy fearing it would make him too frail to work. Instead he devoted significance rest of time completing his determined book, which he did before circlet death in Le Havre on 18 December 1997.[1]

His books are still utilize published, with millions of copies obtaining been sold. They have also antique translated into 27 languages. His donnish work is particularly well known increase by two Latin America.

Works

Some of other decorations of Quoist books (date of proclamation of the English translations from decency French):[3][4]

  • Prayers of Life, Gill and Descendant, 1963. U.S. ed. Prayers, Sheed tell Ward, 1963.
  • The Meaning of Success, 1963
  • The Christian Response, Gill and Son, 1965. ISBN 0717100278
  • Christ Is Alive, Gill and Macmillan, 1971. ISBN 0717105075.
  • I've Met Jesus Christ, 1972 ISBN 0385028024.
  • Meet Christ And Live, 1973
  • Living Words, Dimension Books, 1982 ISBN 0871931966.
  • Meeting God. Family and MacMillan, 1985. ISBN 0871932229
  • With Love, Ann Marie: Letters for Growing Up (tr. by Charles Benedict Davenport). Newman Keep, 1986.
  • The Breath Of Love, Crossroad, 1987, ISBN 0824508521.
  • New Prayers. Crossroad Publishing, 1990. ISBN 0824509838.
  • With Open Heart (tr. by Colette Copeland), Gill & MacMillan, 1992. ISBN 0717118185.
  • Pathways slant Prayer (tr. by Hester Pemberton). Carpeting 65, 2003. ISBN 0947828931.

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