Little Brothers of the Gospel

The Little Brothers of the Gospel (French: Petits Frères de l'Évangile; abbreviated PFE[2]) are a male Catholic religious congregation of diocesan right.

René Voillaume was a priest and one of the founding members of the Little Brothers of Jesus, which was formed in 1933, inspired by the writings of Charles de Foucauld.

[5] The Little Brothers of Jesus first lived a monastic form of life, but after World War II began to set up small "fraternities" in working-class neighbourhoods.

[citation needed] As such, Voillaume decided to create a new congregation, branched off from the Little Brothers of Jesus, with a special focus on evangelising to the poor.

From 1956 to 1960, another four foundations were created in Cần Thơ, South Vietnam (1956), Bindua, Italy (1957), Jaffna, Sri Lanka (1959), and Portin Almos, Argentina (1960).