Simone Weil and Father Marie-Alain Couturier Letter to a Priest

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Weber, Joanna

Journal

Cahiers Simone Weil

Volume

33

Number

3

Pages

433-440

Language

English

Keywords

Couturier, Marie-Alain
Catholic church

Annotation

Weber begins this short essay by describing who Father Couturier was, how Simone Weil came to meet him and what the nature of their connection was. Weber is especially interested here in identifying what she says are many points of agreement between Weil and Couturier. Weber then turns to offer some suggestions as to why Father Couturier, despite writing at least two drafts, ultimately did not publish the introduction to the publication of Weil’s letters to him as he had originally told her parents he would.