Jean Baptiste Chautard: 3 books

Few people have ever seen or heard of The Spirit of Simplicity: it has been hidden for almost seventy years after quietly being published by the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1948. Anonymously translated and annotated by a young monk named Thomas Merton, the book’s author—who also is not mentioned by...

Ceux qui prient font plus pour le monde que ceux quicombattent, et si le monde va de mal en pis, c'est qu'il y aplus de batailles que de prières. "L'âme de tout apostolat, classique parmi les classiques,propose des indications précieuses sur le sens de la viechrétienne. Dom Chautard rappelle...

In this age of relentless activity it is easy for Christians, particularly those involved in good works, to fall into the pattern of the activist. But mere activity and material results are not sufficient for a successful apostolate.In his classic work The Soul of the Apostolate, Dom Chautard demonstrates...