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Amoris LaetitiaFather François Gonon

Father François Gonon on AMORIS LAETITIA

The Pope is calling shepherds to “adopt the demanding and merciful gaze of Christ, the Good Shepherd who is attentive to each one of his sheep and ...
Holy SpiritMust read

9 days till the Pentecost! Veni Sancte Spiritus!

Pentecost Sunday Sequence Here is a prayer that will help us on our way to Pentecost! Let us move forward together towards Pentecost and ask the Holy ...
Amoris LaetitiaMonsignor Denis Biju-Duval

Monsignor Denis Biju-Duval on AMORIS LAETITIA

Pastoral Conversion: Go out to people, renew their initial evangelization, offer them paths to human and spiritual growth. The scope of the possible initiatives opens up before ...
#ESMs#missionary apostles

ESMs: Empower to evangelize!

Walk together with the youth Last March, the ESM (Emmanuel Schools of Mission) directors, and their teams gathered at the Domus Emmanuel in Paris (France), to work ...
CharisMust read

Come Holy Spirit, come!

Prayer Campaign Since March, CHARIS has been organizing a major prayer campaign to prepare for a new outpouring of the Spirit. Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the Ecclesiastical Assistant ...
Amoris LaetitiaCARDINAL SCHÖNBORN

CARDINAL CHRISTOPH SCHÖNBORN on AMORIS LAETITIA

“Coming myself from a broken family, I read the exhortation with gratitude”     __________________________ Excerpts from the press conference at which the Apostolic Exhortation was presented, ...
HighlightsMaison Saint Joseph

A glimpse of the “Maison Saint Joseph”

Maison Saint Joseph (St. Joseph’s House) in Namur (Belgium), next to the Chapel of the Heart of Jesus, welcomes every year about twenty young people to discern ...
AlleluiaHe is alive!

Alleluia! He is Alive!

A Happy and Blessed Easter to all!  
Holy SaturdayMust read

Arise, O man, work of my hands, arise, you who were fashioned in my image

A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday
AfricaCause of Beatification

April 7th marked the 25th death anniversary of Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba

 “Murumve twana twanjye nabaraze urukundo” * “Listen my children, my legacy to you is love!”
HighlightsLent with Pierre Goursat

Lent with Pierre Goursat – Day16

With the help of Pierre Goursat, founder of the Emmanuel Community, let us move forward together during this Lenten Season Throughout Lent, let us ask Pierre  Words ...
HighlightsInternational

Emmanuel summer sessions – Paray

TAKE A FEW DAYS, AND HAVE A BREAK!   Come, relax, reflect, and regain momentum, during a session in Paray-le-Monial (France). Young or old, single, as a ...
AsiaESM

On this Solemnity of Saint Joseph, a testimony about the fruits of the ESM at a workplace

Last March 8, an ESM Roma alumni student, received the “Woman Achiever of the Year Award” from Nokia, in India.  Here’s her testimony: *It is an award ...
Community lifeLenten time

Lent with Pierre Goursat – Day1

With the help of Pierre Goursat, founder of the Emmanuel Community, let us move forward together during this Lenten Season Throughout Lent, let us ask Pierre  Words ...
SydneySydney 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 ...
AustraliaSydney 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, ...
AustraliaSydney

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 ...
AustraliaSydney 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 ...
AustraliaSydney

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 ...
Vocation

Marie : « I learned to love the World as God loves it »

Marie (Czech Republic), is a doctor. She shares her calling to love and serve God, leading a contemplative life in the middle of the World, and encountering ...
Vocation

Isabella: baptized at the age of 19, business Lawyer and consecrated sister

Isabella (Netherlands) is a business lawyer. She was not raised a Christian. She tells us how God made it possible for her to become a consecrated sister, ...
Vocation

Armelle : « I was looking for a place to give my life to the Lord »

Armelle (France) is a High School teacher. She explains why she chose to live her vocation to consecrated life within the Emmanuel Community, on mission with brothers ...
Vocation

Manon : « Why not consecrated life ? »

Manon (Germany) is an occupational therapist. She had always wanted to get married until the question of consecrated life popped-up one day and opened a path of ...
Vocation

Agnès : How I found my vocation

When I began my professional work, my life became extremely busy. A friend suggested I make a retreat in the Sinai Desert. Those ten days of walking ...
AustraliaMelbourne

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 ...
Vocation

Asuncion, a consecrated sister working with autistic children

I work as a nurse with autistic children who suffer serious problems with regard to relationships and communication. I consider my work as a special gift, which ...
unclassified

Co-responsibility between priests and laity for mission

« The future of the Church depends on it » Cardinal Kevin Farrell From 16 to 18 February, a congress was held in Rome, organised by the ...
Sydney

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

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

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

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, ...
AustraliaLove & Truth

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 ...
Fight against abuseMust read

Sexual abuses in the French Church: CIASE report submitted

The CIASE (Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church) submitted its report on sexual abuse in the Church in France between 1950 and 2020 to the ...
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 ...
Community lifeFight against abuse

Pope Francis addresses the moderators of ecclesial movements and new communities

On 16 September 2021, the annual meeting of lay associations, Church movements, and new communities was held in Rome, organized by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, ...
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 ...
NewsPriests

Priestly and diaconal ordinations 2021

The Emmanuel Community is happy to announce new ordinations to the priesthood and diaconate in 2021: Priestly ordinations • Mateusz SZYBIAK, 19 May in the Basilica of ...
MissionsMust read

Music: 2 priests of the Emmanuel Community in the Vocation Music Award Contest

This year, 2 German priests from the Emmanuel Community are participating in the Vocation Music Award, a prize created in 2019 around the theme of God’s call ...
Committed in celibacyMust read

5 new engagements in the women consecrated life

As the Emmanuel Community celebrates 40 years of consecrated life, five consecrated sisters have made, or are about to make, a commitment, whether temporary or permanent. Message ...
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 ...
Love & TruthMust read

In June, pray with the Pope for the Young Adults preparing for marriage !

This Family Year Amoris Laetitia is very concrete reflected in the Pope’s prayer intentions. With a particular focus on youth, his prayer intention for June is for young people ...
HighlightsMust read

Global Eucharistic Adoration for Corpus Christi 2021

In preparation for the World Eucharistic Congress to be held in September 2021 in Budapest, the event team is proposing a worldwide Eucharistic adoration on Saturday 5 ...
Emmanuel YouthESM

Missionary in Rome -want to know more?

Have you ever dreamed to live and do missionary work in Rome? No is your chance to spend 9 months, with other young adults doing just that. ...
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 lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! He is Risen!

THE PIERCED HEART Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The prayers ...
Love & TruthMissions

Interview with Véronique and Benoît Rabourdin, responsibles for Love & Truth mission

The special year of Amoris Laetitia desired by Pope Francis is an opportunity to highlight the mission of Love and Truth at the service of couples and ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 6

THE PIERCED HEART Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The prayers ...
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 ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 5

THE HEART (SPIRITUAL) PLACE OF MEETING WITH GOD Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 4

THE HEART IDENTITY Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The prayers ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 3

THE INTELLIGENT HEART Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The prayers ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 2

THE HEART THAT FEELS Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The ...
Community lifeNews

[Lenten Booklet] Closer to the Heart of Christ! Week 1

OUR HEART OF FLESH… Each day, the course includes a short word, a short text from the Bible and a small action for you to take. The ...
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 ...
Community lifeNews

What is a Good Year

Letter of the Fr. Benoit Guédas, the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Sanctuary in Paray-le-Monial ( France), entrusted to the Emmanuel Communtiy Dear friends, What are the ...

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 ...
Must readNews

A few ideas to connect to God while offline

If you are reading this article, you are connected to the internet. However, too many connections often prevent you from connecting well to God. So here are ...
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 ...
ESMNews

ESM NEWS Fall 2020

In 2020-2021, 5 of the 7 schools of evangelization will undergo significant changes. Father Janez Rus, the International Youth Coordinator for the Emmanuel Community, gives us the ...
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 ...
ESMESMs in trantion in the Spirit of Pentecost

ESMs in Transition in the Spirit of Pentecost

Dear friends! For 35 years, ESMs helped empower young men and women so that they, rooted in Christ, could become missionary actors in our society. It’s incredible ...
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! ...
Community lifeHighlights

Together towards Pentecost 2020, with Pierre Goursat, Founder of Emmanuel Community

“The Lord desires to do more than call us to be close to Him. He wants to give Himself entirely to us. The Holy Spirit makes us ...
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 ...
Consecrated lifecovid

« What do I fear the most: to die or to live without God? »

« What do I fear the most: to die or to live without God? » How do NGO volunteers manage the COVID-19 crisis during their mission? Anne-Gaelle, ...
addictionHighlights

Quarantine and porn: 10 tips to not fall into the trap

Quarantine and porn: 10 tips to not fall into the trap However small or big, addictions concerns us all. Take a closer look, aren`t we all hooked ...
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 ...