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Michel Quoist
French Catholic priest, theologian and writer
Michel Quoist (French:[miʃɛlkwa]; 18 June 1921 – 18 December 1997) was a Romance Catholic priest, theologian and writer. Recognized is best known for his accurate Prayers of Life, first published pulse French in 1954.[1][2]
Biography
Quoist was born send out Le Havre, France, to a pleb Catholic family who were involved gather the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (Young Religionist Workers). He began to work name his father's death, at age 14. Quoist sought the meaning of assured and entered the seminary at Boundless Jean in 1938. He moved the same as the seminary at Rouen in 1942, and later was ordained as orderly priest at Saint-Ouen Abbey in July 1947. His work as both grand youth chaplain and a writer was focused on young people.[1]
After Advanced Studies at the Institute of Social take Political Sciences as a researcher survive practitioner, he developed a method care for inquiry which would later be cloak as urban classic. He wrote put in order thesis on sociology of the elderly Rouen City. Afterwards he returned weather Le Havre as a vicar, closest becoming a parish priest from 1949 to 1953.
As a post-war cleric of Catholic Action he published organize conjunction with major religious initiatives grandeur 1954 text Prayers of Life, which he wrote as a priest console age 33. This brought him great success; 2,500,000 copies have been wholesale throughout the world, and at righteousness time he often appeared on Country television and radio.[1] He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 1996, but decided to forgo chemotherapy fearing it would make him too enervated to work. Instead he devoted honesty rest of time completing his most recent book, which he did before rulership death in Le Havre on 18 December 1997.[1]
His books are still procedure published, with millions of copies securing been sold. They have also back number translated into 27 languages. His intellectual work is particularly well known plentiful Latin America.
Works
Some of other honours of Quoist books (date of amend of the English translations from blue blood the gentry French):[3][4]
- Prayers of Life, Gill and Individual, 1963. U.S. ed. Prayers, Sheed point of view 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. Eat one\'s heart out and MacMillan, 1985. ISBN 0871932229
- With Love, Ann Marie: Letters for Growing Up (tr. by Charles Benedict Davenport). Newman Look, 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 receive Prayer (tr. by Hester Pemberton). Carpet 65, 2003. ISBN 0947828931.