Dear brothers and sisters, members of the Emmanuel Community and of the Fraternity of Jesus.

Together with Catherine, I am happy to address you, as I do so traditionally, on August 15. I am writing this from Paray le Monial, where, since December 27, we have been celebrating the 350 years Jubilee of the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary. More and more pilgrims are coming here to the source! I would especially like to thank Etienne Kern and our brother chaplains, Bernard Pons, and the entire sanctuary team, for their involvement and generosity in the spiritual and practical organisation of the service of hospitality.

The annual governance seminar for all our Councils was also held from July 21-27. This seminar was particularly dense and rich, and you will find attached a summary of what we experienced, the results that can already be seen, and the concrete decisions taken, in particular, the setting up of monitoring groups which will, over the coming months, work on the steps that the Community needs to take.

Zone by zone, we are also going to spread the intuition received and worked on for several months on a community pastoral exhortation: “Heart to Heart” which is intended to nourish our community grace for the months and years to come. I encourage you, wherever the Community is present, to take hold of it and feed on it abundantly!

Dear brothers and sisters, in this time of the Jubilee of the Heart of Jesus, we entrust each and every one of you to Him; we entrust all your families to Him. And, on this beautiful Feast of the Assumption, to Our Lady of Prayer, we entrust the Church, the Community, and all our missions, so that they may be irrigated by God’s infinite mercy.

We send you all a fraternal embrace,

Michel-Bernard de Vregille
General Moderator of the Emmanuel Community