Universal Brother

A universal brother, in search of God’s plan for him, he fell in love with Christ and with humanity, living the Gospel among the little ones and the least of the earth. This is Saint Charles de Foucauld, born in Strasbourg on 15 September 1858. Left an orphan while still a child, he was welcomed and raised by his grandfather. The outbreak of the 1870 war forced the family to move to Nancy, where Charles continued his secondary studies.