Bonnie Thurston: Hidden in God: Discovering the Desert Vision of Charles de Foucauld
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Author: Bonnie Thurston
Number of Pages: 160 pages
Published Date: 30 Apr 2016
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Publication Country: Notre Dame, IN, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781594716591
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Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) was a complex man. Born into French aristocracy, he failed as a military officer, but rediscovered his childhood Catholic faith and eventually lived voluntarily as an impoverished priest/hermit in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. Foucauld wanted to emulate the hidden life of Jesus in Nazareth and in doing so, left a spiritual legacy that attracted such figures as Dorothy Day and author, poet, and spiritual director Bonnie Thurston. Published in celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of Charles de Foucauld's death on December 1, 1916, Hidden in God highlights the profound conversion that led Foucauld to embrace the life of a hermit in the Sahara, where he was eventually murdered by a band of marauders.