| On December 3,
2008, the Pontifical
Council for the Laity asked the Community to shift
to the canonical form of a New Spiritual Family
of Consecrated Life (under the pontifical
authority of the Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life) [link: Official
Statement]. This new canonical form corresponds better to the international
reality of the Beatitudes Community now: almost 100 priests, 40 seminarians,
350
consecrated
sisters,
and
hundreds of Lay members, spread in 70 houses, in 30 countries, and all continents. |
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Committed
to the “New Evangelization” (John Paul II),
its spirituality is Eucharistic and Marian,
inspired by the Carmelite tradition and living out the
spirit of the Beatitudes (Matt: 5). It gathers
together the faithful of all states of life (families,
single people,
priests and consecrated brothers and sisters), who share
in common a vocation of prayer and fraternal communion,
combining a marked contemplative dimension
(adoration of the Blessed Sacrament) with numerous apostolic
and missionary activities.
At the request
of bishops in more than 60 dioceses, the
Community is at the service of the Catholic Church in numerous
apostolic and missionary activities [link : official
website of the Community] :
• Parishes (Denver; Lima, Peru; Hungary; Cordes, France; Dolany,
Czech Republic; ...)
• Marian sanctuaries (Ivory Coast; Lourdes; Medjugorje; Valcluse,
France; …)
• Retreat houses (Nouan, France; Libreville, Gabon; Mexico;
Roccantica,
Italy; Venthone, Switzerland;…)
• Hospital and health care (Kabinda, Zaire; Nothgottes, Germany;…)
• Taking care of the poor (Vaumoise, France; Bamako, Mali;
...)
• Contemplative houses (Beaune, France; Jerusalem, Israel; …)
• Youth ministry (Murinais, France; Venthone, Switzerland;
Sovere, Italy; …)
• Spreading the Gospel through media and communications (Chalonnes,
France; Pont Saint-Esprit, France; Nouan, France;…)
• Seminaries (Issia, Ivory Coast; Blagnac, France; Rome, Italy; …)
• Christian art and iconography (Mortain, France;…)
• Pilgrimages (Emmaus, Israel; Lisieux, France; Medjugorje,
Lourdes; …)
etc… |
