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Peter Maurin came into the world on May 9, 1877 in Outlet, a village in the Languedoc region of southern France. His devotion to religion came much earlier, as he joined the Christian Brothers, a teaching order which stressed simplicity of life, piety, and service to the poor [[sources|[1]]]. After leaving the order he took part in a Catholic movement called Le Sillon in France. The idea of this movement was that with strong Christian committment, love, responsibilty, and action for social justice, problems would be gone. Christian love would spread all over [[sources|[2]]]. | Peter Maurin came into the world on May 9, 1877 in Outlet, a village in the Languedoc region of southern France. His devotion to religion came much earlier, as he joined the Christian Brothers, a teaching order which stressed simplicity of life, piety, and service to the poor [[sources|[1]]]. After leaving the order he took part in a Catholic movement called Le Sillon in France. The idea of this movement was that with strong Christian committment, love, responsibilty, and action for social justice, problems would be gone. Christian love would spread all over [[sources|[2]]]. | ||
Peter faced a difficult time in his life when, because of law, he was forced to serve in the French military service. The army went against everything he believed and was, for him, a contradiction of religious and political duties. He got through this time, though, and in 1909 moved to Canada where he would not have to serve in the military. After a few years and odd jobs in Canada, he relocated to the United States where he continued the search for odd jobs. It was in these years of hard work that he came to embrace poverty as a gift from God. He had a lot of time for studying and prayer and he began to formulate his vision of a social order taken from the basic values of the Gospels [[sources[3]]]. | Peter faced a difficult time in his life when, because of law, he was forced to serve in the French military service. The army went against everything he believed and was, for him, a contradiction of religious and political duties. He got through this time, though, and in 1909 moved to Canada where he would not have to serve in the military. After a few years and odd jobs in Canada, he relocated to the United States where he continued the search for odd jobs. It was in these years of hard work that he came to embrace poverty as a gift from God. He had a lot of time for studying and prayer and he began to formulate his vision of a social order taken from the basic values of the Gospels [[sources|[3]]]. | ||
Peter found time to often visit NYC where he would spend time in the public library or telling his ideas to anyone he could. His natural humor, friendly nature, and teaching ability made it easier for people to want to listen to him. George Shuster of ''Commonweal'' magazine was one such listener and he gave him the address of Dorothy Day [[sources[4]]]. | Peter found time to often visit NYC where he would spend time in the public library or telling his ideas to anyone he could. His natural humor, friendly nature, and teaching ability made it easier for people to want to listen to him. George Shuster of ''Commonweal'' magazine was one such listener and he gave him the address of Dorothy Day [[sources|[4]]]. | ||
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Peter Maurin came into the world on May 9, 1877 in Outlet, a village in the Languedoc region of southern France. His devotion to religion came much earlier, as he joined the Christian Brothers, a teaching order which stressed simplicity of life, piety, and service to the poor [1]. After leaving the order he took part in a Catholic movement called Le Sillon in France. The idea of this movement was that with strong Christian committment, love, responsibilty, and action for social justice, problems would be gone. Christian love would spread all over [2].
Peter faced a difficult time in his life when, because of law, he was forced to serve in the French military service. The army went against everything he believed and was, for him, a contradiction of religious and political duties. He got through this time, though, and in 1909 moved to Canada where he would not have to serve in the military. After a few years and odd jobs in Canada, he relocated to the United States where he continued the search for odd jobs. It was in these years of hard work that he came to embrace poverty as a gift from God. He had a lot of time for studying and prayer and he began to formulate his vision of a social order taken from the basic values of the Gospels [3].
Peter found time to often visit NYC where he would spend time in the public library or telling his ideas to anyone he could. His natural humor, friendly nature, and teaching ability made it easier for people to want to listen to him. George Shuster of Commonweal magazine was one such listener and he gave him the address of Dorothy Day [4].
