Henri Madelin Explained

Henri Madelin
Birth Date:26 April 1936
Birth Place:Guebwiller, France
Death Place:Lille, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Priest
Theologian

Henri Madelin (26 April 1936 – 8 April 2020) was a French Jesuit priest and theologian.[1]

Biography

Madelin was born on 26 April 1936 in a family of nine children.

His family moved to Blois in 1939, where Madelin practiced scouting.[2]

After studying philosophy at the Jesuit formation in Vals-près-le-Puy, two years at Collège Libermann in Douala, and studying theology in Fourvière, Madelin was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1967.

In 1973, Madelin became director of Action populaire, which became the Center for Research and Social Action (CERAS). After earning a doctorate in political science,[3] [4] he chaired the Centre Sèvres in Paris from 1985 to 1991, when he was appointed national chaplain of the Mouvement chrétien des cadres et dirigeants.

Madelin succeeded Jean-Yves Calvez as editor-in-chief of the Catholic journal Études. He worked as a lecturer at Sciences Po,[5] and was a member of the Catholic Office of Information and Initiative for Europe.[6] He also taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris.

Henri Madelin died on 8 April 2020 in Lille at the age of 83 during the pandemic due to COVID-19.[7]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Décès du P. Henri Madelin sj, homme de foi et de culture. 8 April 2020. Jésuites. fr.
  2. Book: Madelin, Henri. 2018. Heurs et malheurs de l'autorité. fr. Paris. Éditions jésuites. 9782872993321.
  3. Book: Pétrole et politique en Méditerranée occidentale. 1971. SUDOC. fr.
  4. Enjeux Planetaires des Conflits Petroliers Face aux Contraintes Politiques et Ideologiques dans la Societe Francaise. SUDOC. 1979 . fr. Madelin . Henri . Grosser . Alfred .
  5. Web site: Conférence du Père Henri Madelin, sj à l'occasion des 50 ans de l'OCIPE. 2007. Jésuites. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121013508/http://www.jesuites.com/actu/2007/ocipe.htm. 21 November 2008.
  6. Web site: Henri Madelin . Revue jésuite ""Etudes"". 2 January 1995. Libération. fr. 9 April 2020. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311081208/http://www.liberation.fr/france-archive/1995/01/02/henri-madelin-revue-jesuite-etudes_121594. dead.
  7. News: Le jésuite Henri Madelin est décédé. 8 April 2020. La Croix. fr.