Christian Life Community (CLC)
The Christian Life Community is an international association of Christians: men and women, adults and young people, of all social conditions, who want to follow Jesus Christ more closely and work with Him for the building of the Kingdom. Members make up small groups, which are part of larger communities organised regionally and nationally, all forming ONE World Community. The CLC is present in all five continents, in almost sixty countries.
The charism and spirituality of CLC are Ignatian. Thus, the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius are both the specific source of our charism and the characteristic instrument of CLC spirituality. The CLC way of life is shaped by the features of Ignatian Christology: austere and simple, in solidarity with the poor and the outcasts of society, integrating contemplation and action, in all things living lives of love and service within the Church, always in a spirit of discernment.
Address
The Christian Life Community World Secretariat
Borgo Santo Spirito, 4
00193 ROMA (Italia)
News
CLC General Assembly - Fatima 2008
Journeying as an apostolic body: our answer to this grace from God. The next General Assembly will be held in Fatima (Portugal) from 12 till 21 of August, 2008. Together, the delegates will evaluate what we have lived, develop a deeper understanding of our strengths, and opportunities as well as our shortcomings. This Assembly will be a deepening of the election to be an apostolic body. We want to listen to the concerns in our communities as well as the challenges in the world and our church.
• Assembly Web Site
CLC General Assembly - Fatima 2008
Prayer for the Assembly (en)
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Projects 139: Road travelled since the convocation of this 15th General Assembly
In these last weeks of preparation it is important to continue to reflect on our collective history of CLC to see where we have been, to know where we are, so that we can discern the way forward. The way of life of CLC is still a history in the making and, by looking back in order to move forward, we are in touch with the Grace of God that has continually provided signs of encouragement and growth as well as heightening, at various times, awareness of the need for challenge and purification. Let us take stock of these experiences in order to tell our stories.
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General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
The General Congregation of the Society of Jesus opened on Monday, January 7, and closed on the 6th March, 2008. This was the 35th General Congregation since the foundation of the Society in 1540. More than 220 Jesuits from around the world convened at Borgo S. Spirito to elect a new Superior General and to discuss discern the apostolic challenges confronting the Society in the years ahead.
• GC 35 Website
General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
The Decrees of the General Congregation are now available . Special Attention to the Decrees related to mission is recommended
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New Jesuit Superior General
The 35 General Congregation of the Society of Jesus elected Father Adolfo Nicolas, of the Japan Province, General Superior. Father Adolfo Nicolas, 71 years old, is the seventh General of the Society of Jesus of Spanish Nationality. After completing his studies in Philosophy, he continued his studies in Japan where he was ordained and spent most of the years of his ministry. Since 2004 he has been responsible for the Jesuit region of East Asia.
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