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The Emmanuel Community
The Emmanuel Community
is an international Catholic charismatic community
founded in France in 1972, by Martine Lafitte-Catta
and the Servant of God Pierre Goursat (1914-1991).
Its members strive to respond to the call of God :
to serve and to proclaim Christ in the contemporary
world.The Community has 8000 members in more than
70 countries.
The Emmanuel Community
includes all the states of life:
- lay people, both married
and single,
- consecrated men and
women,
- and diocesan clergy.
The daily life of Community
members centers on Adoration, Compassion and Evangelisation:Eucharistic
Adoration transforms our hearts, leading us
to share in the Compassion of the Heart of
Jesus for all the world, and thus making a commitment
to Evangelization as an expression of our Baptism.
The experience of the
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit common to all members
of the Community strengthens us in the graces of Baptism
and Confirmation. Convinced that He who is Emmanuel,
God-with-us, accompanies us, we strive for holiness
in everyday life.
The Emmanuel Community
was first granted recognition by the Holy See in 1992,
as a Private Association of the Faithful of Pontifical
Right.
On July 20, 2009, the
Community was recognized by the Holy See as an International
Public Association of the Faithful of the Catholic
Church.
With the agreement of
Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, the
cause for the canonization of Pierre Goursat, founder
of the Emmanuel Community and the Fraternity of Jesus,
was officially introduced on January 7, 2010.
For more information
on the Community or on the process of beatification
of the Servant of God Pierre Goursat, please visit
: http://en.emmanuel.info
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