{"id":146,"date":"2011-05-26T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emmanuelcommunity.ie\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2025-02-17T23:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:40:30","slug":"servant-of-god-pierre-goursat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/?page_id=146","title":{"rendered":"Who was PIERRE GOURSAT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>WATCH<\/strong> a video about Pierre Goursat &#8211; \u00a0&#8216;<strong><em>Pierre et L&#8217;Emmanuel<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; (Pierre &amp; Emmanuel).<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rHJN_mgRvXY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/rHJN_mgRvXY \u00a0<\/a>(<em> French with English subtitles).<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;\">Pierre Goursat (1914-1991) is the founder of the Emmanuel Community. \u00a0On 18 December 2024, Pope Francis approved the publishing of a decree from the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints recognising the &#8220;heroic virtues&#8221; of Pierre Goursat and declaring him venerable. \u00a0Learn more about the life story of <\/span>Pierre Goursat\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/pierre-goursat\/\">here.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Written <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by Martine Catta, and published by EDITIONS DE&#8217; L\u00b4EMMANUEL, &#8216;Words of Pierre Goursat&#8217; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reveals Pierre as \u00a0&#8216;<strong><em>a man of prayer&#8230; his teachings and the advice he gave were words of fire. His words reveal his strong character and the way in which he introduced people to a Christian life of evangelization lived out in the real world. \u00a0It is the kind of book one needs to read slowly, and to re-read<\/em>&#8216;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/?attachment_id=2037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2037  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-27-at-00.25.00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paperback available through Bookstores, Amazon or other internet book suppliers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">ISBN: <\/span>978-2353892884.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Kindle edition<\/strong> available on Amazon.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a name=\"9782353892884\"><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Discover more about Pierre Goursat:<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8220;<em>Pierre Goursat and his Brothers &amp; Sisters<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/en\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2>&#8211; a website specially dedicated to sharing about his personal journey and teaching<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_993\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/?attachment_id=993\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-993\" class=\" wp-image-993 \" title=\"Pierre Goursat \" src=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5549791734_536eb63690_b-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5549791734_536eb63690_b-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5549791734_536eb63690_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre in conversation<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_990\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/?attachment_id=990\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"wp-image-990 \" title=\"Pierre in Dublin 1978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emmanuelcommunity.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5549120105_2152339ef1_b-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Goursat in Dublin 1978<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH a video about Pierre Goursat &#8211; \u00a0&#8216;Pierre et L&#8217;Emmanuel&#8216; (Pierre &amp; Emmanuel).https:\/\/youtu.be\/rHJN_mgRvXY \u00a0( French with English subtitles). 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