Tag: Emmaus
Suffering, the Emmaüs online store takes on the giants Amazon, Shein and Temu
They clearly don’t play in the same league. Compared to the sales giants Amazon, Temu or Shein, the Emmaüs online store does not weigh much. Launched in 2016 and specializing…
Munich: The Emmaus Church is closed due to problems with the roof construction – Munich
After a church roof collapsed in Kassel, the Protestant Emmaus community also closed its church for safety reasons. In both cases, carriers and glue of the same type were used.…
The prefect closes an Emmaüs community for security reasons
This Wednesday, the prefect of the North issued an administrative closure order for the Emmaüs community of Halte Saint-Jean, in Saint-André, near Lille, due to risks linked to fire safety,…
“It’s good for the budget”, second-hand gifts from Emmaüs make people happy
Toys, books, board games, clothes… The shelves at Bric-à-Brac Emmaüs in Escalquens, near Toulouse, are getting in tune with Christmas as the holidays approach. And rightly so, because more and…
Two Emmaüs executives tried for embezzlement
Two Emmaüs executives are in turmoil. The unexplained disappearance between 2017 and 2023 of 57,000 euros from the association’s coffers in Tarn-et-Garonne was at the center, Tuesday evening in Montauban,…
Emmaüs initiates proceedings against two communities
Proceedings have been initiated against two Emmaüs communities in the North, accused of imposing unworthy working conditions, we learned on Thursday from the movement to fight precariousness founded by the…
A third Emmaüs community goes on strike for better working conditions
They join a movement from the branches of Saint-André-Lez-Lille and Grande-Synthe. Companions of the Emmaus community of Tourcoing, in the North, began a strike this Tuesday to obtain better working…
“It’s not volunteering, it’s exploitation”, an Emmaus community at the center of a scandal
Two sisters will be tried next August before the criminal court of Valenciennes, in the North, for, among other facts, “illegal practice of medicine”. They are accused of having practiced…
“It’s not volunteering, it’s exploitation”, an Emmaus community at the center of a scandal
Ill-ordered charity. “Do not submit, always act”, such is the motto of the movement founded in 1949 by Abbé Pierre and which the companions of the Emmaus communities of Saint-André…
An Emmaus workshop attacked by ramming car
Pierre’s workshop was the victim of a ram burglary over the weekend in Perpignan. “There was a time when Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. Today…