“In the U.S., members live in 17 states; 32 members are in Minnesota, where a community was formed in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1999.” Emmanuel Community gathering takes…
Members of the Emmanuel Community gathered December 28–31, 2019, in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the first-ever North American Young Adult Gathering. It was a resounding success. “The Holy Spirit showed up during…
“To be joyful, several of us have to be together, and bear each other’s burdens; like that “the yoke is easy and my burden light”… So I shall always be repeating the…
For the third year, the Emmanuel Community of Boston gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving together. This year, we were lucky to welcome more priests at our table, including Father Andre from Boston College…
Emmanuel Community is all about fraternal life. The love of Christ has gathered us to build and share our faith in our path to holiness. And this bond of charity takes shape…
I give thanks to my God always, remembering you in my prayers, as I hear of the love and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the holy…
Safe to say that I came into the National Gathering with a lot on my mind. I was moving to a new city and starting a new job and all the anxieties…
When I received the email from Paul and Camille to fast and pray for the upcoming Emmanuel Retreat/National Gathering in California, our dear sister Suzanne Kent DeBold came to mind as…
National Gathering of the Emmanuel Community from Friday September 20 at 5:30 PM to Sunday September 22 at 2:30 PM in the Santa Cruz mountains near San Francisco/San Jose, CA. Daily Mass,…
“Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (Mt. 17:4) Peter, James,…
In the Summer of my ordination, I had invited a few Belgian teenagers to spend a holiday on the lovely island of Callot, near my home. We enjoyed swimming, fishing, surfing, and…
It was in the chapel of the Salesian College of Passy-Buzenval, in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle presided, from the stained glass window, over the very first bunch of…
It’s time to celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in union with our brothers who will be in Paray-le-Monial (France) this summer. The devotion to Jesus’ Sacred Heart became deeper for me…
This year, Community in Pennsylvania organized a short version of the ‘seminar of New Life in the Spirit’ for its guest members. We got together on Sunday before Pentecost for very intense…
As the newly elected moderator of the Emmanuel Community, Michel-Bernard de Vregille circumvents the world to meet the members. In this short film, he and his wife Catherine join the director of…
On June 1st, the Emmanuel Community joined the Following Christ group at Saints John and Paul for a day long retreat and community day combination. The choice was a happy coincidence that…
We came to the USA fifteen years ago, with a plan to stay 2-3 years and then go back to Poland. Initially we led a very temporary life, keeping strong ties with…
I hide myself in darkness but you still see all of me my heart and mind are foggy but you still speak so clearly I run, resist, lash out, and fight, but…
When you want to tell a story, you begin so that people can understand the plot and identify the characters. Then something must happen to initiate the story and bring on adventures.…
The Emmanuel brothers and sisters of Minnesota welcomed another seminarian into the Community last Saturday. John Rumpza, a seminarian of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis made the Step of Welcome and Discernment…