The Chemin Neuf Community:
For the Sake of Christ and the Gospel
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For the Sake of Christ and the Gospel A Life of Work and Sharing A Passion for Unity Serving the Church and the World |
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Cana Mission Youth Mission Retreats & Healing Parish & Liturgy Ecumenical Study Music and the Arts |
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In France In English-speaking countries Throughout the world |
The Community now has more than 1000 members from many countries, representing a dozen different Christian denominations. It runs missions in more than fifty countries, and has a permanent presence in twenty or more.
In 1992, the Community created the apostolic body of the Chemin Neuf Communion (more than 6000 persons around the world). Brothers and sisters who join the Communion support the missions of the Community in prayer and service.
In 2000, responding to an appeal from the young people at the Hautecombe International Youth Festival, the Chemin Neuf Community created the International Ecumenical Fraternity (F.O.I.) and the Net for God network. Over five hundred Net for God groups now meet every month around the world to watch a Net for God video and to pray for the unity of Christians and peace in the world. Net for God videos are currently translated into twenty languages, and since September 2004 they have been broadcast on the Lebanese satellite channel Télé Lumière.
The Chemin Neuf Community is recognised by the Roman Catholic Church as a Public Association of the Faithful. In 1992, the Chemin Neuf Institute was created for the Community's priests and consecrated brothers. (Consecrated sisters are not formally members of the Institute, but follow its Constitutions.) In 1993, Chemin Neuf was recognised as a Religious Congregation by the French state.