Pire, Georges Henri - MSN Encarta Pire, Georges Henri (19101969), Belgian priest and Nobel laureate, who worked to help people suffering from the effects of poverty and war. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596117/pire_georges_henri.html
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Extractions: The search seeks the exact word or phrase that you type, so if you donât find your choice, try searching for a key word in your topic or recheck the spelling of a word or name. Georges Henri Pire Georges Henri Pire (1910-1969), Belgian priest and Nobel laureate, who worked to help people suffering from the effects of poverty and war. Pire was born in Dinant, Belgium. At the outset of World War I (1914-1918), when he was four years old, invading German troops forced his family to flee Belgium. The family remained in France for the duration of the war. Drawn to the Roman Catholic priesthood, Pire entered the Catholic monastery at La Sarte in Huy, Belgium, at the age of 18. There he took the religious name Henri Dominique. He was ordained in 1934 and earned a doctorate in theology at Collegio Angelica, a Dominican university in Rome, two years later. Pire returned to La Sarte in 1937 to teach sociology and moral philosophy. He spent much of his time working with poor rural families in the area. He established the Mutual Family Aid Service to help poverty-stricken farm children, and he created a program to expose city children to the fresh air of the country. After Nazi troops invaded Belgium during World War II (1939-1945), these open-air camps were transformed into refugee centers to help feed hungry Belgian children.
