Theme 3: The History of the Emmanuel Community

Theme 7: The Charisms

I. What is a charism, and why are there charisms? Definition of a charism According to Vatican II, everyone is called to exercise the charisms The primacy of love II. What are the different charisms? Praying and singing in tongues Word charisms Charisms of healing The charism of discernment The charisms can be exercised everywhere The charisms on mission III. How does one exercise the charisms?

Theme 5: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

I. History II. What is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit? A major clarification: The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is not a sacrament Why ask for the outpouring of the Spirit, if we have already received the Holy Spirit fully in baptism and in confirmation? Are all Christians called to experience this grace? How can we receive this grace? III. What are the fruits of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit? IV. How to endure? A foundational experience for our community life

Theme 3: The History of the Emmanuel Community

I. Pierre Goursat Pierre’s conversion Secretary of the Catholic Central office for the Cinema The experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit II. The foundation of the Emmanuel Community III. Paray-le-Monial IV. The development of the Emmanuel Community V. The fraternity of Jesus Emmanuel, a school of holiness

Theme 1: The Universal Call to Holiness

The universal call to holiness and the Second Vatican Council What is holiness? Holiness makes us happy Holiness is Love How do we enter this way of holiness? a. We resolve to become holy b. Renouncing sin How can we overcome the most frequent obstacles to holiness? a. The fear of suffering b. The lack of desire and bad habits c. Past hurts So then, who can become holy? Saints in community

Theme 21: Evangelization

The sources of evangelization Adoration, compassion, evangelization To evangelize is to love and to construct the civilization of Love There is no evangelization without the Holy Spirit Some concrete means of evangelization 1. Desire 2. Prayer 3. Sacrifices and offering ourselves Evangelization through prayer and sacrifice 4. Witness of life 5. The Word Direct evangelization Progressive evangelization Evangelization in Community Personal evangelization Advice for evangelization The urgency of Love