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Charles de Foucauld lived as a
hermit in Northern Africa. The black rocks
behind him in the icon (above) represent the volcanic formations of the Hoggar highlands. Although he was a hermit, he lived in
the midst of the Muslim Tuareg tribes. He was shot
in the village
of Tamanrasset
on December 1, 1916. After his death, others have been inspired by his
example to take the ancient ideal of monastic life and reapply it to the
peculiar needs of our age. Rather than live in secluded cloisters, these men
and women live in the midst of the world... a gypsy caravan, industrial
slums, poor villages. Like Charles, they were
contemplatives, not aggressive missionaries. They show the world that the
deserts of our time are not natural environments, but products of industrial
civilization.
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