JeanPierre Evelin took its decision in good science

In the Court of the Diocesan House Saint-Vincent, near the theatre of Orléans, the door of the Chapel is open and invites to prayer. Jean-Pierre Evelin works in two steps away, on the floor of the building, in a small office where one sees the towers of the Cathedral. On the door, a simple sign: CCB, communication of the Diocese of Orléans. "I have my duties as Diocesan delegate last may, I am responsible for the communication on the Loiret. "Until then, I had my entire career at EDF", explains with simplicity this engineer deeply Catholic, married and father of three children. Of his previous life, Jean-Pierre Evelin retains an excellent memory. Brilliant student, this "pure Nantes beurré" follows an exemplary education, scientific preparation at lycée Clemenceau and Supelec at Gif-sur-Yvette. After graduation, the young engineer integrates EDF, a company that attracts him "for his spirit of public service."He there began in 1986 at the centre of distribution of Villejuif, incorporates branch to the defence and then leaves the field, number two of an agency in Paris region, then head of Agency of the Moselle is at Sarreguemines during three years - a "very engaging" area, even for a Breton who dreamed of back in the West! He finally arrived at Orléans, in 2002, where he became Director of the territorial development responsible for relations with the communities. Twenty years later, the record is more than positive. "EDF is a company so large that one is it feels not locked." The opportunities available to me, I had the chance to make several trades and I might as well have spend the rest of my life! ", fun. There is a reason that prompted him to leave, an inner motivation stronger than any career plan. It is his Catholic faith, which anime has always been and he lives particularly intensely since adolescence. Here again, everything has been matter of opportunity. "I am very involved in my parish and I was informed by my father that this position of communicating was free." He urged me to meet with the vicar general and it is then that I started to think about. Can I change, start, open a new chapter Until then, I I was never asked the question. You know, when working at EDF, going rarely, it's a bit like entering orders! "But at forty-six years, it may have been the time of the mid-term, the time of maturity...".

Jean-Pierre Evelin took its decision in good science. A paper, a pen, and two columns to weigh the pros and cons... He also took a few days from retirement to the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire to the next step. "We always abandon something, in this case a part of my income, but above all a certain social status, a network of relationships, the attendance of the elect...". "His wife, who herself left a few years ago his employment as a librarian to become a storyteller, supported him in his approach. And the choice is so imposed. In the closest entourage, this 180-degree turn was not surprised. "This suits you well", he told his friends. His colleagues and labour relations were more surprised. "Courageous", said one. "I would much the same thing", were entrusted, often weary of a privacy of meaning by the stress of everyday life. "It is true that here I have no pressure managerial, recognizes Jean-Pierre Evelin. "But I especially have the advantage of a trade to humanist vocation, in agreement with my Interior journey."Regret He has no, quite the contrary! And he even took with delight the way to school to further his education by going to courses of theology at the seminary...