Pope Francis meets 500 members of
the Emmanuel Community
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| Pope Francis meets with The Emmanuel community (Vatican Media) |
In the Vatican’s Sala Clementina, Pope Francis meets with
500 members of the Emmanuel Community taking part in an annual meeting in Rome.
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
Addressing a group of members of the Emmanuel
Community, the Pope said he was happy to welcome them on the occasion of
their annual meeting. He also took the opportunity to thank them for their
fidelity to him, to tell them of his appreciation for their missionary efforts
around the world, and to encourage them to persevere.
New Public Clerical Association
Pope Francis also made reference to the August 2017 creation
of a separate Public Clerical Association for the priests of the Emmanuel
Community. The Pope said that he hopes that the new structure, which was
necessary because of “numerous priestly vocations” to the community, will
“strengthen the profound communion between the states of life which you have
experienced for more than 40 years.”
Manifest the Father’s Mercy
The Pope encouraged the Emmanuel Community to remain
faithful to their charism of making God present especially through Eucharistic
adoration. He encouraged them to make the manifestation of the Father’s Mercy
the center of their “proclamation of the Good News”. Such a proclamation “needs
to be proposed with new enthusiasm through a renewed pastoral ministry, so it
can touch the hearts of people and stimulate them to find once again the path
leading them back to the Father.”
What is the Emmanuel Community?
The Emmanuel Community is an International Association of
the Faithful, made up of approximately 11,500 people from various walks of
life: diocesan priests, consecrated men and women, and lay missionary
volunteers. They are called to reveal the presence of God with us (Emmanuel).
They were founded in 1972 by Pierre Goursat and Martine Laffitte who were
members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
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