Information gathered from CharlesdeFoucauld.org
Birth: 1858Military Life: 1876-1881
"I was straying further and further away from you, Lord. All faith had disappeared from my life." - Retreat, November 1897
Journeys of Exploration: 1882-1886
"The encounter with Islam caused a profound upheaval within me." - Letter, July 8, 1901
Conversion: 1886-1889
"As soon as I believed that there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than to live only for him..." - August 14, 1901
Religious Life: 1890-1897
"My religious vocation dates from the same moment as my faith: God is so great..."
- Letter: Aug. 14, 1901
Nazareth: 1897-1900
"In order to be even more like Jesus..." - Letter: Aug. 14, 1901
"By the very fact of celebrating Mass, I will pay God the greatest tribute, and do most good to men." - Letter: April 26, 1900
Beni-Abbes and the Visits to the Tuarges: 1901-1906
"To lead in the Sahara the hidden life of Jesus, not in order to preach, but to live in solitude the poverty and the humble work of Jesus." April 1904
Tamanrasset - 3 Trips to France: 1907-1916
"My apostolate must be the apostolate of goodness. In seeing me, people should say to one another: 'Since this man is so good, his religion must be good'."1909
The Final Year - His Death: 1916
"Our self-abasement is the most powerful means that we have to unite us to Jesus and do good to souls." Letter to Marie de Bondy, Dec. 1, 1916.
"If the grain of wheat that has fallen into the ground does not die, it remains alone. If it dies, it bears much fruit. I have not died, and so I remain alone... Pray for my conversion so that in dying I may bear fruit." Letter to Suzanne Perret