We, the Ordinary People of the Streets

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"In these posthumously published texts, Delbrel draws from her own experiences living in Ivry, witnessing to the possibility of a life at one rooted radically in the Church and fully engaged in the world. Spanning the whole of Delbrel's life - from a piece she wrote as a seventeen-year-old atheist to an essay on the Christian life written just before her death - these passionate literary texts explore the Christian's role in a secular society, the difficulty of faith in an atheistic environment, the need for prayer, the centrality of the Church, and the fundamental importance of loving both God and our neighbors."--Jacket.

subjects: Catholic Church and atheism,  Communism and Christianity,  Catholic authors,  Christian life,  Catholic Church,  Witness bearing (Christianity),  Christian biography,  France, biography,  Church work with the poor,  Church and social problems, catholic church,  Women, biography