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Today is the anniversary of the death of Charles de Foucauld.  Foucauld
was the founder and spiritual father of the Little Brothers and Little
Sisters of Jesus.  Born in France in the late 19th century, Foucauld gave
up his life of privelege for the monastic life.  He lived with the
Trappists for a while and then was given permission to leave the community
and establish himself alone in the deserts of Northern Africa.  He lived
among the poor, and his own piety was greatly influenced by that of the
Muslims who he lived and traveled among.  One of Charles de Foucauld's
spiritual aims was to discover and live the anonymous life of Jesus, i.e.
those years between his presentation at the temple and the beginning of
his public ministry.  The Little Brothers and Sisters carry on this
tradition by living and working among the poor and working poor, with no
special habit except an emblem on their clothes of a heart and a cross. 
They do not announce themselves to the community, nor try to evangelize in any
traditional sense.  Their lives and ministry are much like the yeast within
the dough of which Jesus speaks: silently and without notice transforming
the whole loaf.  

	His was a special and holy life and his charism for trusting that the
presence of God would make itself manifest even without any great display
was the inspiration for the two orders which today can be found in many
countries throughout the world.

	There are many good books on his life which do greater justice than my
brief synopsis here.