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The streets are waiting for the Gospel

The Catholic Weekly joined us on our street mission recently! Read an account of the experience here!
Community lifeEmmanuel Youth

Ski & Pray 2025: An Unforgettable Week!

The 2025 edition of Ski & Pray in Serre Chevalier was a tremendous success, combining excitement and spirituality. "It wasn’t 50% Ski and 50% Pray, it was ...
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Solemnity of the Annunciation

Join us for Mass and dinner to celebrate this great Feast!
Emmanuel YouthEurope

An international forum at the Trinita dei Monti for the youth Jubilee !

The Emmanuel Community invites everyone between 18 and 30 years old for the youth Jubilee in Rome with an incredible proposition! 🌟 Dare to Hope, Dare to ...
AfricaNews

Goma: ‘We pray that the Lord will put an end to this war’.

Interview with Father Giresse, bursar of Goma At the heart of a regional conflict that has been going on for three decades, the town of Goma in ...
EuropeNews

Fraternity and Evangelization: a look back at the EEYM in Bratislava

This year, the European Emmanuel Youth Meeting, the family & friends meeting of Emmanuel youth, took place in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Around 150 young brothers ...
MissionNews

2025 – Save the Dates!

Take a look at the retreats, missions, and liturgy coordinated by the Sydney Emmanuel Community in 2025! Looking forward to seeing you join us as we find ...
HighlightsInternational

Let’s jubilate !

On the occasion of the Holy Year 2025, more than thirty events are planned in Rome. Don't miss out this opportunity !
AmericaCommunity life

Haiti: in the face of chaos, “keep on sowing love”.

Clinging to the cross of Christ, Guerda bears witness to her faith. It’s a war without a name. And yet the figures are there: in Port-au-Prince, more ...
AmericaEmmanuel Music

All My Soul – New Album

Emmanuel Music releases a typically American album. All my soul Unreleased tracks, covers with new arrangements… Bas Suijkerbuijk, head of Emmanuel Music, shares his experience of the ...
Sydney

You Are Not Alone – Retreat Day

Every year, the Emmanuel Community facilitates a Retreat Day for married couples who have been unable to have children due to infertility, miscarriage, or still-birth. This has ...
Sydney

7 Churches Pilgrimage

On Saturday 12 October 2024, 100 Pilgrims united for the annual 7 Churches Pilgrimage in Sydney. Organised by the Emmanuel Community in Sydney, pilgrims prayed at and ...
Community lifeFrance

Return to God of Father Dominique de Chanterac

Father Dominique died on Tuesday 27 August. His funeral will be held on Saturday 31 August at 10am in the church of Sainte Madeleine, Nantes. Dominique de ...
Community lifeEurope

Return to God of Father August Sparrer

On 14 August 2024, our German priest brother August Sparrer returned to his heavenly Father at the age of 93.
Community lifeInternational

Message from the General Moderator, August 15, 2024

On 15 August 2024, the General Moderator, Michel-Bernard de Vregille, addresses the members of the Emmanuel Community. In particular, he shares the exhortation called ‘Heart to Heart’.
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

Look, today I am setting you over nations and over kingdoms, to tear up and to knock down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

“These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; ...
Sydney

Emmanuel Community Pentecost Retreat

“The retreat was a grace-filled opportunity to celebrate the great liturgical event of Pentecost, with a focus on receiving God’s passionate love – the Holy Spirit – ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

“‘I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the ...
Sydney

Emmanuel Community Love & Truth Retreat

On the 27-28th April 2024, the Emmanuel Community in Sydney facilitated a Love & Truth weekend for married couples at Mount Carmel Retreat Centre in Varroville, NSW. ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to experience many hardships’ they said ‘before we enter the ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

There is nothing more good and beautiful than somebody laying down their life for another. We know this because this is what God did on the cross. ...
Sydney Events

Event: Fire & Hope

Fire & Hope is a prayer group for young people aged from 18-25. We will meet once a month at St Peter Chanel Church in Berala. Each ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that ...
Sydney Events

Event: Pentecost Retreat – From the Heart of Jesus

Come away for an experience of intimacy with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who sends us His Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This retreat, run by the Emmanuel ...
SydneyWords of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

I will establish my Covenant between myself and you, and your descendants after you, generation after generation, a Covenant in perpetuity, to be your God and the ...
Sydney

School of Prayer in the Catholic Weekly

Every first Friday of the month, the Emmanuel Community facilitates a School of Prayer at St. Peter Chanel in Berala. This has been featured in the Catholic ...
Sydney

Emmanuel Community facilitates parish Mercy Night

On 14 March 2024, the Emmanuel Community was invited by the parish of St Patrick’s in Sutherland to facilitate a Mercy Night. The evening captured the hearts ...
Sydney

Words of Wisdom

The angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced ...
Sydney

Ecclesia’M jeunes : un an pour devenir acteur de l’Eglise

Ecclesia’M Jeunes, c’est la nouvelle année missionnaire pour les jeunes 18-28ans qui débutera en septembre 2024 Un an au coeur d’une paroisse en France pour se laisser ...
Sydney

Find rest for your soul: an afternoon retreat

23rd Feb 2024 St John Bosco Parish Centre with the Emmanuel Community In 2018 and 2019, at the request of the Archbishop, the Emmanuel Community provided the ...
Sydney Events

Event: You Are Not Alone

A retreat day for married couples who have been unable to have children due to infertility, miscarriage or still-birth. Though you may experience pain, grief, and shame, ...
Sydney Events

Event: School of Prayer

The Emmanuel Community is facilitating a School of Prayer on the first Friday of each month. The School of Prayer is an invitation to console the heart ...
Sydney Events

Event: Love & Truth Retreat: Order in Chaos

Join us for a weekend away with your spouse to focus on:* Your relationship with the Lord* Your life as a couple, and* Raising children todayEngaged and ...
Sydney Events

Event: Emmanuel Mission Night

The Emmanuel Community hosts monthly Mission Nights at the church of St. Vincent de Paul in Redfern. The goal of the night is to spread God’s love ...
AustraliaCommunity life

Emmanuel Community National Gathering

“I have called you by name, you are mine” With great joy in being together, the Emmanuel Community National Gathering was held from 18 – 21 January ...
HighlightsInternational

Election of a new International Council for the Emmanuel Community

The Emmanuel Community's College of Prayer and Election elected a new council for a 5-year term. Michel-Bernard de Vregille was elected General Moderator for a new term.
EuropeNews

Hungary: Emmanuel priest appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Budapest

Kornel Fábry is hungarian and has just been appointed auxiliary bishop for the diocese of Esztergom-Budapest. Priest of the Emmanuel Community since 2000, he is now 51 ...
Sydney Events

Event: Pentecost Retreat 2023 – Prepare the Way for the Lord

At the great feast of Pentecost, God sent the Holy Spirit to encourage, enliven, and embolden the early Christians to love and to preach the Way. As ...
Sydney Events

Event: EC Youth Dinner – Sunday 16 October

Young Catholics between the ages of 18 and 25 are invited to a youth dinner on Sunday, October 16 at 6pm. The theme of the evening is ...

Emmanuel Mission Night – “Go, therefore, to the streets…” (Mt 22:9)

This coming Friday, September 23, the Emmanuel Community will be hosting its monthly Mission Night at the church of St. Vincent de Paul in Redfern. The goal ...
Sydney Events

Event: Love & Truth Retreat – Marriage: A Call to Happiness

This retreat is for married and engaged couples, and will take place on November 19-20, 2022 at Mt. Carmel Retreat Centre in Varroville (near Campbelltown). The theme ...
Sydney

What is ‘Love & Truth’?

Love & Truth is a worldwide outreach of the Emmanuel Community for couples seeking to grow in their Christian vocation to marriage. The outreach takes the form ...
Sydney Events

Event: 7 Churches Pilgrimage

Come and join us this May 15th, for the Seven Churches Pilgrimage in Sydney. Following in the tradition of St Philip Neri of Rome, the Emmanuel Community ...
Sydney Events

Event: Pentecost Retreat 2022 – Streams in Dry Land

Where is God? Where is the Holy Spirit? Our lives are so rich, and yet, there is often a darkness – there is so much mental anguish, ...
Sydney Events

Event: Together we are Called

“Together we are Called” is a retreat day for married and engaged couples organised by the Love and Truth Team of the Emmanuel Community. This day is a great opportunity to ...
AfricaCommunity life

Rugamba family: closure of the diocesan phase of the beatification process

Further progress in the beatification process of the Rugamba family: on 23 September 2021, their file was sealed and sent to Rome, marking the end of the ...
AfricaFidesco

Volunteering: Fidesco sends 4 volunteers to France!

Fidesco also sends volunteers to France. On Thursday 30 September 2021, the second promotion of these volunteers from the South coming to help in the North was ...
InternationalNews

July 25th: 1st World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly!

The theme of this day is based on the words of Jesus Christ “I am with you always”. An initiative of the Pope at the heart of ...
AfricaHighlights

A look back at the episcopal ordination of Bishop José Likolo of Lisala

Appointed Bishop of Lisala on 15 February, Bishop José Likolo, a priest of Kinshasa and a member of the Emmanuel Community, was ordained on Saturday 29 May ...
Emmanuel YouthESM

This summer, how about volunteering in Altötting?

The summer is coming quickly and in the Emmanuel Community we are starting to prepare some spiritual options for you to spend in a different type of ...
EuropeMissions

‘Be silent’ for 10 minutes a day

It is the audacious yet straightforward proposal made by Otto Neubauer, a member of the Emmanuel community in Austria, responsible for the Academy for Dialogue and Evangelisation. ...
Emmanuel YouthESM

Youth mission and Schools of mission updates

We want to give you some news about the youth formation we reflected up on the last years and the ESM missions across the world. What changes ...
InternationalNews

Pope urges for the Rosary prayer in May

On 1 May, the Holy Father will open a month of prayer to ask God for an end to the pandemic. He invites the faithful to pray ...
FidescoInternational

“Responding to God’s Mercy” – FidesCo encounter with the Pope

On Saturday 20 March 2021, a delegation from FidesCo was received in audience by the Pope on the occasion of the association’s 40th anniversary. Testimony During the ...
InternationalMust read

Let us dream by Pope Francis, a personal book

“We never come out of a crisis unscathed… we come out better or worse,” says the Pope in his book: Let us dream (December 2020). In this ...
Cyprien & Daphrose RugambaInternational

Cyprian and Daphrose Rugamba – The battle of Love

Having weathered the harshest of storms, this Rwandan couple appears to be a model of mutual sanctification. Portrait by Amaury Guillem Article originally published in Il est ...
Community lifeFight against abuse

Progress report on the work of the Commission for the Prevention and Fight against Abuse

In 2019, the Emmanuel Community created a ‘Commission to Prevent and Fight against Abuse’ (CLA) to make formal the efforts and procedures already adopted. To keep you ...
Community lifeInternational

Pierre Goursat: 30 years from his death

The General Moderator, Michel Bernard De Vregilles, is sending his message related to the process of beatification of Pierre Goursat, the founder of the Emmanuel Community. Dear ...
AfricaCommunity life

Mgr Joseph-Bernard Likolo named bishop of Lisala (R.D.C.)

Great joy! The Holy Father has appointed Joseph-Bernard Likolo, priest of the Emmanuel Community, ordained for the diocese of Kinshasa, bishop of the diocese of Lisala (Democratic ...
Fight against abuseInternational

Interview with Michel-Bernard de Vregille, the moderator of the Emmanuel Community

For this begining of the year, Michel Bernard de Vregille, answered some of Louis-Etienne’s questions about the Emmanuel Community and the Church actuality. 0:00 What is the ...
Community lifeEvents

HORIZON -what counts the most?

The Emmanuel Youth France are living a 7 days course to discover the new Horizon ! No event in Paray le Monial for the Winter Forum, instead ...
Community lifeInternational

[Lent Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ!

The lent period is almost here! We are proposing an every day prayer moment prepared by the Sanctuaries of Paray-le-Monial Dear friends, Lent is a providential time. ...
Community lifeEmmanuel Youth

Emmanuel International Youth Forum (EEYM) online from Brno (CZ)

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching ...
Community lifeEurope

“While participating in a TV game show, I clearly felt the help of the Holy Spirit”

Katarina works for Editions de l’Emmanuel (Emmanuel Publishing House) in Slovenia. To finance the translation of a book, she had a daring idea: participate in a very popular ...
AfricaEurope

Integral ecology – Two answers of the Emmanuel Community to Laudato Si encyclical

At the end of 2020, 5 years after the Encyclical Laudato Si publication, Pope Francis declared a Laudato Si year. It is time for us to see ...
Community lifeInternational

Glorious Cross – Emmanuel Community Internal Mission

The members of the Glorious Cross are the “Witnesses of Christ’s joy and victory»! Starting this month, new section where we would like to present you the ...
Community lifeInternational

Glorious Cross –Interview with Bruno Pouzoullic

What is the Glorious Cross? The Glorious Cross is a Mission of the Emmanuel Community created with the purpose to integrate the brothers and sisters who have ...

Taking care of the creation: interview of Pierre Yves Gomez

Speaking of integral ecology implies going back to the sources to understand what it is all about. This is what Pierre-Yves Gomez, founder of the Zaccheus course, ...
AustraliaAustralia

Love in lockdown – a testimony from Australia

In Australia, Love and Truth organised an evening to help couples renew their love experienced through confinement. “Last week we passed 100 days of Stage 4 lockdown ...
Emmanuel YouthInternational

All saints prayer night for youths organized by CHARIS

On the eve of the All Saints Day, CHARIS ( international service for all the expressions  of the current of grace that the Charismatic Renewal) has organized ...
HighlightsInternational

“Laudato Si” year: ecology at the center of the pandemic

“The pandemic has greatly amplified the cry of the poor and that of the earth” Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam is a priest and Coordinator of the “Ecology and ...
Carlos AcutisEurope

Carlo Acutis, the geek saint will be beatified by Pope Francis

Carlo Acutis, known as the cyber-apostle of the Eucharist, will be beatified on 10 October 2020! His body can be venerated from the beginning of October in ...
EuropeHighlights

Michel Lonsdale, the Artist in love with God

Michael Lonsdale was a British-French actor who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. Known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo ...
AmericaCommitted in celibacy

« To live with the youth, to mentor them, to encourage them »​

Let’s give the floor to Felipe! Felipe Arancibia, 38, Chilean, is director of the ESM Salvador (Brazil) since 2019. an interview by Laurence de Louvencourt for “Il ...
#Young adultsAfrica

“At the Synod, I saw a Church listening to young people”

Throwback Thursday! Almost a year ago, an International Youth Forum was held in Rome, Desfortunées, a young adult from Cameroon, tells “Il est Vivant” about her amazing ...
AustraliaAustralia

Ring the bells!

In just a few days, we’ll be celebrating Pentecost! Sarah, from Australia, tells us “let yourselves be prompted by the Holy Spirit!” In January, James and I ...
Claire-EmérentienneCommunity life

“God first” Claire Eméretienne Fichefeux

A charismatic youth, simple and joyful, living her life in the odor of sanctity – an article from Charis Magazine* – Born in October 9, 1986, in ...
AmericaCommunity life

The power of prayer and perseverance turns sadness into joy!

Nancy, one of the young adults in the USA is a nurse, she tells us about her real struggles but also REAL HOPE and PEACE! Nancy, you’ve ...
EuropeJa; Love triumps; Joy; Flanders (Belgium

“Ja” yes to the Lord, yes to each other, yes to hope and to joy!

We have heard “Love triumphs”! And it does! Laetitia and Maarten tell us the story about their marriage and how Love triumphed amidst the lockdown times Hi! ...
AsiaCommunity life

From the Continent of the rising sun: hope arises!

Limited resources and food supplies, difficulty in social distancing and telework, low internet availability … these do not prevent brothers and sisters in Asia to become creative ...
AfricaCause of Beatification

Today, April 7th, we commemorate the death anniversary of Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba

“Murumve twana twanjye nabaraze urukundo” * “Listen my children, my legacy to you is love!” *Murumve twana twanjye nabaraze urukundo” or “Listen my children, my legacy to ...
Community lifeHighlights

Holy Masses live – online broadcasts!

“In the present situation, in which we find ourselves living more or less isolated, we are invited to rediscover and deepen the value of the communion that ...
Community lifeHighlights

Blessed Feast of Saint Joseph!

Husband of Mary After the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Joseph is our powerful intercessor before God. St Joseph faithfully cared for his little family, Jesus and Mary. ...
InternationalNews

Together, let us pray to the Holy Spirit until the end of the Coronavirus epidemic!

The consequences of the continuing Coronavirus epidemic around the world are already very serious. Vulnerable people are the most exposed. The consequences on the functioning of the ...
Committed in celibacyCommunity life

Feast of the Presentation of Jesus: Presenting — The Formation House of the Consecrated Sisters in Paris (France)

February 2 marks the Feast Day of Consecrated life – Here’s some news of the Formation House in Paris “Dear Consecrated brothers and sisters, you are simple ...
Community lifeEurope

Emmanuel Community European Advisory Council in The Hague, The Netherlands

Around 50 brothers and sisters of the Zone-Europe met from January 24-26 in The Hague, in the Willibrordushuis, a house of the Brothers of Saint John. They ...
Community lifeHighlights

Sunday of the Word of God

The Word of God should be at the heart of our life!
AmericaCommunity life

Encounter of leaders of the Emmanuel Community in Latin America

Between January 9 and 12, 2020, different leaders of the Emmanuel Community in Latin America were gathered in São Paolo (Brazil) to pray and discern together on ...
Archbishop Dominique-Marie DavidCommunity life

New Archbishop in Monaco: S.E Mgr Dominique-Marie David

On January 21, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Fr Dominique-Marie David as Archbishop of the Principality of Monaco. January 21, is the Feast of Saint Agnes, when the ...
Do not be afraidEEYM

5th EEYM in Kalwaria, Poland

Around 180 young adults from 20 countries gathered together in Kalwaria, Poland for the 5th Emmanuel European Youth Meeting or EEYM. “Do not be afraid” was the ...
52nd International Eucharistic CongressAmerica

The Eucharistic Miracle in Buenos Aires

Eucharistic miracles are often subjected to scientific expertise in order to be able to authenticate them or not. In Buenos Aires (Argentina), experts in the field have ...
Community lifeHighlights

Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

A Joyful Christmas and Peaceful New Year 2020! For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on ...
HighlightsInternational

52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary – Üdvözöljük!

The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress from September 13-20, 2020 Thousands of pilgrims and participants are awaited during this congress. Different activites, workshops, conferences, … are included in ...
AsiaHighlights

Our Lady of Kibeho helped our family to reconcile

Joefrey from the Philippines, tells us about how Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda), helped his family to reconcile. It is a testimony of hope and forgiveness that ...
52nd International Eucharistic CongressEvents

Join! The Worldwide Adoration!

   
#Young adultsCommunity life

5th EEYM!

Emmanuel European Youth Meeting in Kalwaria, Poland! After Brussels, Vienna, Budapest and Ljubljana, the 5th edition of the EEYM will be held in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Poland) from ...
AmericaEmmanuel Young Adult Gathering

Emmanuel Young Adult Gathering

Join us in North America for our Emmanuel Young Adult Gathering! From December 28-31, 2019, in St Paul, Minnesota (USA) there will be a gathering for young ...
Committed in celibacyCommunity life

“God alone is enough”: to live as a consecrated woman in the Emmanuel Community

I give myself to Christ and his merciful love Last October 27, three of our Consecrated sisters made their First Commitment (three years) in Consecrated Life, one ...
ESMESM

A Novena to St Thérèse of the Child Jesus for the Emmanuel Schools of Mission-Feast Day

Feast Day: St. Thérèse never doubted that her life had meaning Today, October 1st, is the Feast of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. She is one ...