For over 20 years, the Emmanuel Community has been helping parishes throughout Europe and the world with their missionary events.
These missions can last a week-end, a week or more-e. Their objective is to renew the dynamics of parish life and to make all parishioners realize the importance of the New Evangelisation to which Pope Jean Paul II invited the whole Church.
Often these missions are carried out with the help of one of the Community’s schools of evangelisation.
The possible activities for parishioners and visiting missionaries are diverse:
Meeting the residents through door to door or in the street
Daily prayer: Eucharist, lauds, vespers, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament...
Events for young people, families, debates, prayers for those who are suffering
Celebration with the local bishop (final mass, evening event, ... )
A time of reconciliation and mercy with the personal proposition of the Sacrament of mercy.
Animations adapted to schools and catechism classes
A time to meet teenagers or young people
Visiting sick people and homes for the aged
A blessing of homes and shops for those who want it
A time of prayer and fellowship with believers of other Christian communities or other religions.
The next Parish mission will be held in St.Martin's Parish, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland in preparation for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress from the 2nd - 10th of June 2012. It will be jointly organised by by Emmanuel Ireland and ESM Rome.
