Chemin Neuf Community
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| Orientation | Roman Catholic |
| Polity | Hierarchical |
| Leader | François Michon |
| Region | 30 countries |
| Members | 2,000 |
| Official website | www.chemin-neuf.org.uk |
The Chemin Neuf Community (French: Communauté du Chemin Neuf) is a Catholic ecumenical community in which Christians from all walks of life live and work together for the Gospel, regardless of which church they attend. Created from a Charismatic prayer group in 1973, it has currently around 2,000 members from all the major Christian denominations in 30 countries. Its main founder was the Jesuit father Laurent Fabre[].
The community was named after the first meeting in Lyon, Montée du Chemin Neuf (meaning "going up the new road"). It was founded in the Charismatic Renewal and remains heavily marked by Ignatian spirituality. The community focuses its action on the principle of unity: unity of Christians, unity of men, unity of couples and families. It regularly organises retreats for couples, families and / or engaged couples ("Cana"), for divorcees ("Cana Espérance"), for divorcees who have remarried ("Cana Samarie"), an international evangelization (Net for God / Fraternité Œcuménique Internationale (FOI)), as well as an evangelization in the neighbourhood (evangelization in the street, the Alpha course), sessions for young people, theological, philosophical and artistic training, and retreats following the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.
The community is composed of lay and religious persons from all Christian denominations: Catholic, Anglican, Reformed, Orthodox. In 1984, it was recognised by Cardinal Alexandre Renard, and declared a Public association of the faithful by Cardinal Albert Decourtray, Archbishop of Lyon. This canonical status allowed it to teach the Christian doctrine on behalf of the Catholic Church and to promote public worship. From a civil point of view, the community was recognised as a religious congregation by a decree from the Prime Minister of France, on 23 July 1993.
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