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Le paradis, c'est les autres

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149pages. poche. Poche. Très Bon Etat / Infimes usures d'usage sur les couvertures sans conséquence (lu) -Inté Très bien, propre, ok lecture.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2004

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Soeur Emmanuelle

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She was born Madeleine Cinquin in Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of a French father and a Belgian mother. Her parents were wealthy lingerie manufacturers. At the age of six she saw her father drown. She was educated at the Sorbonne, earning a degree in philosophy. In 1929, she professed vows and became a Religious Sister in the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion.

In the 1930s, Sister Emmanuelle started teaching at the Notre-Dame de Sion High School in Istanbul, where she lived until the 1960s, with teaching assignments by her congregation of several years in Tunis and Alexandria in between.

In 1971, Sister Emmanuelle witnessed the impoverished conditions of the trash collectors in Cairo, Egypt, and decided to live among them. She remained there until 1993, when she returned to France. It was upon her return that she gained the status of a media sensation in France, as she was well received by audiences and talk-show hosts.

In addition to her charity work, she was known for her unorthodox religious views, including her approval of the use of contraception and of the idea of allowing priests to marry. She was voted one of the most popular people in both France and Belgium, and was compared to Mother Teresa, although she herself regarded the comparison as "ridiculous". In 2003, a French television station broadcast the documentary, Soeur Emmanuelle: An Exceptional Woman. In 2005 she ended in fifth place in the Walloon version of Le plus grand Belge (The Greatest Belgian).

Sister Emmanuelle died on October 20, 2008, in Callian, Var, in France. She died in her sleep from natural causes at the age of 99, less than four weeks from celebrating her 100th birthday.

Les Amis de Soeur Emmanuelle (The Friends of Sister Emmanuelle) is a charitable organization based in Brussels.

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March 27, 2025
A chaque fois se dégage de son récit ( Soeur Emmanuelle ) un élan de vie, un désir de se mettre en route, d’entrer dans l’action pour faire changer le monde à notre échelle…Un sacré bout de femme qui a toujours dit tout haut ce qu’elle pensait tout bas👍
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June 19, 2020
Un vrai coup de cœur! Ce livre, contrairement à « Jésus, tel que je le connais », que j’ai lu juste avant, se concentre sur sa relation avec les humains et non plus sur celle avec la religion. Elle y explique comment, passé l’âge de 60 ans, elle est partie en Égypte, pour y vivre dans un bidonville avec les chiffonniers et ce qu’elle y a changé, les hommes qui s’entretuent, les enfants qui meurent de faim... Il est impossible de rester impassible face à cette lecture. J’en sors le coeur bien plus grand et l’esprit révolte devant tant d’injustice.
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August 13, 2025
ce livre raconte la vie de Sœur Emmanuelle et de comment elle la dédier à son prochain.
dans ce livre on la suit parcourant plusieurs pays où elle va vouloir faire bouger les choses, aider les plus pauvres, et venir en aide aux autres.
pour moi ce livre est une leçon de vie où on nous montre la pauvreté, la situation des femmes et aussi de mon point de vue l’idiotie de l’Homme.

j’ai réellement adoré ce livre qui nous apprend énormément et je pense que je ne verrai pas les choses de la même manière à présent
j’arrive même plus à trouver les mots juste pour décrire ce livre et à quel point il m’a touché.
c’est un livre à lire absolument, j’en suis persuadé.
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