An ecclesial family with a vocation to prayer, service & hospitality; announcing the Gospel through liturgy, the arts, spiritual formation & accompaniment.
The Beatitudes Community was founded in France in 1973 by Ephraim and Josette Croissant, with another young couple, Jean-Marc and Mireille Hammel. We opened our first house in New Zealand in Christchurch in 1994.
The Beatitudes ecclesial family is made up of priests and brothers, consecrated sisters and lay members. All the members of the Community share a common vocation of prayer, service and hospitality. This may be expressed through retreats, spiritual guidance, and fostering a contemplative spirit in the midst of daily life.
Our Spirituality is both Eucharistic and Marian, inspired by the Carmelite tradition of contemplative prayer and living out the spirit of the Beatitudes (ref. Matthew 5:3-12). We announce the Gospel through the liturgy, beauty, music, art, working with young people, works of compassion, spiritual formation and accompaniment, and missionary activity.
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