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The Emmanuel Community is a Catholic association of the faithful of pontifical right, founded in 1972 by Pierre Goursat and Martine Lafitte-Catta, starting from a prayer group belonging to the Catholic charismatic renewal.
It was thought that these practices would draw the Catholic Church and Protestant communities closer together in a truly spiritual ecumenism. Today, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal enjoys support from most of the Church's hierarchy, from the Pope to bishops of dioceses around the world, as a recognized ecclesial movement. [32] [33] [34] [35]
Until 1990, the South Bend community was the headquarters for the National Service Committee (a coordinating body for the various Catholic charismatic groups). It was also the headquarters of the Charismatic Renewal Services (a national distribution center for religious books and tapes) and published a magazine called New Heaven, New Earth.
As of 2017, the Sword of the Spirit is composed of 82 communities, 45 of which are Catholic. [1] The member communities are composed predominantly of laypersons. [2] The Sword of the Spirit is one of the largest federated networks of communities to come out of the Catholic charismatic renewal. [2] [Note 1]
The prayer group in Potomac, which is within the Archdiocese of Washington, began communicating with these and other groups and soon Catholic Charismatic prayer groups began springing up throughout the U.S. and eventually all over the world. The group in Potomac became a catalyst for the start of other new prayer groups within the Washington, D ...
A publishing house affiliated with the Community, Servant Publications, published works by contemporary Catholic and Evangelical authors, including community members Bert Ghezzi, Stephen Clark, and Ralph Martin. [15] These books presented songs used in charismatic renewal prayer groups, many written by members of the Word of God Community. [16]
International Catholic Centre for Cooperation with UNESCO: CCIC International Catholic Centre of Geneva ICCG International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services ICCRS 1978 Brussels, Belgium 14 September 1993: Defunct as of 2019, replaced by CHARIS International Catholic Child Bureau BICE International Catholic Committee for Gypsies CCIT
The Chemin Neuf Community (French: Communauté du Chemin Neuf) is a Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation. [1] Formed from a charismatic prayer group in 1973, it has 2,000 permanent members in 30 countries, [2] and 12,000 people serving [citation needed] in the community missions.