Little Brothers of the Gospel

Little Brothers of the Gospel
French: Petits Frères de l'Évangile
AbbreviationPFE
PredecessorLittle Brothers of Jesus
Formation18 July 1956
(68 years ago) (1956-07-18)
FounderRené Voillaume, PFJ
Founded atCamargue, France
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Membership (2008)
71[1]
Andreas Knapp, PFE
Websitepetitsfreresevangile.com
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The Little Brothers of the Gospel (French: Petits Frères de l'Évangile; abbreviated PFE[2]) are a male Catholic religious congregation of diocesan right. The movement was founded in 1956 by René Voillaume, the first superior general of the Little Brothers of Jesus, to evangelise to the poor.[3][4] It is one of a group of communities founded on inspiration of Charles de Foucauld.

As of 2021, the prior of the Little Brothers of the Gospel is Andreas Knapp.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Little Brothers of the Gospel (P.F.E.)". GCatholic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ "'Au Coeur des Masses' and new developments | Jesus Caritas". www.jesuscaritas.info. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Founder of Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Gospel dies", Zenit News Agency, May 2003.