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Song Of Silence Journey Of St Jeanne Jugan
Éloi Leclerc entered the Franciscan novitiate in Amiens, France. At the age of twenty-two he was drafted into the Compulsory Work Service, which sent French citizens to work in German factories during World War II. Arrested and deported, he lived through the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.
"Éloi Leclerc has provided us a window into Saint Jeanne's soul."
From the Forward by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston
"Today in thirty-two countries on five continents, the Little Sisters of the Poor continue the work of our foundress, Jeanne Jugan. Éloi Leclerc has shown us the life of service to the elderly in need which Jeanne Jugan lived in humility, simplicity, and with total confidence in God."
Sr. Celine de la Visitation, Superior General, Little Sisters of the Poor
"A son of the poor man of Assisi, Father Leclerc proves himself well-equipped to open up for his readers the vast horizons of Jeanne Jugan's spiritual poverty. He convinces us, through his almost poetic prose, that deep spiritual growth is possible at every stage of life and in all circumstances."
Sr. Mary Richard, lsp, Formator, St. Ann's Novitiate, Queens, NY