Louis-Joseph Lebret

Louis-Joseph Lebret was born on 26 June 1897 in Minihic, Brittany, in a family of sailors, closely connected to the peasant farmers of the area.

[2] When his religious vocation became clearer (after his visit to a Jesuit convent in Zahleh), he left the marines in 1923 to become a Dominican priest and was ordained in 1928.

He was aware of the challenges posed to the Church and the Western by underdevelopment and pushed the argument for an increased solidarity with poor countries.

He was called upon by Pope Paul VI to participate as an expert in the Vatican Council and assisted in the drafting of Gaudium et spes.

Lavigne (Jean-Claude), Les écrits spirituel du Père Lebret, Paris, Cerf et Éditions de l’Atelier, 1996.

Malley (François), Le Père Lebret: L'économie au service des hommes, Paris, Cerf, 1968.

Becker (Charles), Missehougbe (Pierre-Paul) et Verdin (Philippe), Le père Lebret, un dominicain économiste au Sénégal (1957 - 1963), Paris, Karthala, 2007 Malsagne (Stephane), Chronique de la construction d'un Etat.