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class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-1f7c04d8\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2865\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-humilite\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Humility<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2860\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-prier\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Union with God<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2861\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-amour-adoration\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Burning with Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2863\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-compassion\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Compassion<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2867\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-espritsaint\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Life within the Spirit<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2864\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-evangeliser\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Evangelize<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2866\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-vie-fraternelle\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Fraternal life<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2862\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-coeur-jesus-marie\/\" title=\"Th\u00e8me C\u0153ur de J\u00e9sus et de Marie\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">The Heart of Jesus and Mary<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2857\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/cause-de-pierre-goursat\/\" title=\"Cause de Canonisation de Pierre Goursat\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Cause for Canonisation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14071\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/biographie-pierre-goursat\/\" title=\"Chronologie de la Vie de Pierre Goursat et de la Communaut\u00e9 de l\u2019Emmanuel\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Life of Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14072\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/visite360\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">visite360<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2858\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/priere\/\" title=\"Pri\u00e8re pour la B\u00e9atification du Serviteur de Dieu Pierre Goursat\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Prayer for the beatification of Venerable Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14073\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/don.emmanuel.info\/pierreetsesfreres\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Faire un don<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2856\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact us<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17544\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17541\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/en\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17542\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/de\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">DEUTSCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17543\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/nl\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">NEDERLANDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17621\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/es\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">ESPA\u00d1OL<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-21421\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/it\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">ITALIANO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4db0fc82 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4db0fc82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cd69a30\" data-id=\"4cd69a30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fe1d3 elementor-nav-menu__align-justify nav-header-principale elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"86fe1d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" menu-principal=\"\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul 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href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-vie-fraternelle\/\" title=\"Vie fraternelle et communion\" class=\"elementor-item\">Fraternal life<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-202\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-prier\/\" title=\"Prier pour vivre l\u2019union \u00e0 Dieu\" class=\"elementor-item\">Union with God<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-amour-adoration\/\" title=\"Adorer pour br\u00fbler d\u2019amour et d\u00e9sirer le salut des \u00e2mes\" class=\"elementor-item\">Burning with Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-206\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-evangeliser\/\" title=\"\u00c9vang\u00e9liser et servir l\u2019Eglise\" class=\"elementor-item\">Evangelize<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4077\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-coeur-jesus-marie\/\" title=\"Se mettre \u00e0 l\u2019Ecole du c\u0153ur de J\u00e9sus et de Marie notre m\u00e8re\" class=\"elementor-item\">The Heart of Jesus and Mary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-86fe1d3\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-207\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-humilite\/\" title=\"Rechercher l\u2019Humilit\u00e9 et accepter notre pauvret\u00e9\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Humility<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-205\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-espritsaint\/\" title=\"S\u2019ouvrir \u00e0 l\u2019Esprit Saint\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Life within the Spirit<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4027\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-compassion\/\" title=\"Exercer la compassion et l\u2019amour des pauvres\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Compassion<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4028\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-vie-fraternelle\/\" title=\"Vie fraternelle et communion\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Fraternal life<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-202\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-prier\/\" title=\"Prier pour vivre l\u2019union \u00e0 Dieu\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Union with God<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-amour-adoration\/\" title=\"Adorer pour br\u00fbler d\u2019amour et d\u00e9sirer le salut des \u00e2mes\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Burning with Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-206\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-evangeliser\/\" title=\"\u00c9vang\u00e9liser et servir l\u2019Eglise\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Evangelize<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4077\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/themes\/theme-coeur-jesus-marie\/\" title=\"Se mettre \u00e0 l\u2019Ecole du c\u0153ur de J\u00e9sus et de Marie notre m\u00e8re\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">The Heart of Jesus and Mary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-447df7b6 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"447df7b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6da3d9b1\" data-id=\"6da3d9b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718bd184 citationserif elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"718bd184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Life of Pierre Goursat<br \/> <span style=\"color:#dda831\">and the Emmanuel Community<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394e326f elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"394e326f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-394e326f\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21832\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/biographie\/\" title=\"Bio Pierre Goursat\" class=\"elementor-item\">Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2907\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/cause-de-pierre-goursat\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Cause for Canonisation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12501\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/biographie-pierre-goursat\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Life of Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2982\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/visite360\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">visite360<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/priere\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Prayer for the beatification of Venerable Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-394e326f\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21832\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/biographie\/\" title=\"Bio Pierre Goursat\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2907\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/cause-de-pierre-goursat\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Cause for Canonisation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12501\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/biographie-pierre-goursat\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Life of Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2982\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/visite360\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">visite360<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierregoursat.com\/reperes\/priere\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Prayer for the beatification of Venerable Pierre Goursat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16873fcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16873fcd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7148d048\" data-id=\"7148d048\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391f3cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"391f3cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1914\"> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f51a494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f51a494\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97feacd\" data-id=\"97feacd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f04a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"37f04a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1941\"> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2400e403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2400e403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1914 - 1941<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e127d49 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e127d49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10b74ec\" data-id=\"10b74ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329568fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"329568fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1914<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/b>Pierre Goursat was born on August 15 in Paris, on the feast of the Assumption.<\/strong> <strong><br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> He was baptized in the church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule on September 6.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1915<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Birth of his brother Bernard August 1st.<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1923<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Separation of the parents of Pierre Goursat.<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1926<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Bernard Goursat died of an intestinal obstruction on July 14.<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1933<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat is treated for tuberculosis at the Plateau d&#8217;Assy sanatorium in the Alps, where he experiences a strong religious conversion.<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1935-1941<br \/><\/span><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Studies at the \u00c9cole du Louvre and the \u00c9cole Pratique des Hautes \u00c9tudes.<\/b><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <strong>Pierre Goursat assists his mother, who is seriously ill.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d12fff\" data-id=\"30d12fff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2173a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c2173a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">in the world<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36861125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36861125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1914 Death of Pope Pius X (August)<br \/>Election of Pope Benedict XV (Giacomo della Chiesa) (September)<\/p><p>First World War<br \/>(August 1914 &#8211; June 1919 in France)<\/p><p>1921 Legion of Mary founded in Dublin (Ireland) at the initiative of Frank Duff<\/p><p>1922 Death of Pope Benedict XV (January)<br \/>Election of Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) (February)<\/p><p>1923 &#8220;Conversion&#8221; of Father Henri Caffarel, at the age of 20<br \/>(March 24th)<\/p><p>1925 Father Joseph Cardijn founded the YCW (Young Christian Workers) in Belgium<\/p><p>1927 Introduction of the YCW in France by Abb\u00e9 Georges Gu\u00e9rin where Abb\u00e9s Jacques Goursat and Henri Caffarel were chaplains<\/p><p>1933 Beginning of the mission of the venerable Madeleine Delbr\u00eal, in Ivry, at the age of 30 (October 15)<\/p><p>1939 Death of Pope Pius XI (February)<br \/>Election of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) (March)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-249a7250 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"249a7250\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33eb2819\" data-id=\"33eb2819\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b474be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4b474be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1941\"> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce8e392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ce8e392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1940 - 1970<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ce6f36c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ce6f36c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-18d32426\" data-id=\"18d32426\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bab46c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52bab46c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1940<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat discovered the Legion of Mary in Nevers through Veronica O&#8217;Brien.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1941<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Death of Pierre&#8217;s mother, Marie Goursat, on September 8.<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat takes over his mother&#8217;s boarding house, which he runs until 1949.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1943<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre met Cardinal Suhard for the first time in March. Numerous meetings followed until 1949 &#8211; the cardinal became Pierre&#8217;s spiritual director.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00c9t\u00e9 1944<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pursued by a German officer, Pierre Goursat is providentially protected by the Virgin Mary.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1945-1946<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre opens a religious bookshop and a publishing company.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1946-1951<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat collaborates with the Catholic Center of French Intellectuals, of which he is a member of the steering committee.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Fin 1949<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat sells the boarding house and moves into the presbytery of the parish of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule. He wrote for the Revue internationale du cin\u00e9ma until 1951, when he founded the Cercle fran\u00e7ais du cin\u00e9ma, which organized public debates after film screenings.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1960-1970<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Pierre Goursat works for the French Catholic Film Office (OCFC), of which he is the general secretary.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eaea37c\" data-id=\"4eaea37c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549b74bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"549b74bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">in the world<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6224f195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6224f195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Second World War (September 1939 -August 1945 for France)<\/p><p>1943 Creation of the Focolare Movement by Chiara Lubich<br \/>(In Trento, Italy)<\/p><p>1947 Events of the Bouchard Island (December 8-14)<\/p><p>1958 Death of Pope Pius XII (October)<br \/>Election of Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) (October)<\/p><p>Vatican Council II (October 1962 &#8211; December 1965)<\/p><p>1963 Death of Pope John XXIII (June)<br \/>Election of Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) (June)<\/p><p>1964 Birth of the Neocatechumenal Way in Madrid, founded by two lay people: Kiko Arg\u00fcello and Carmen Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p><p>1968 Foundation of the Community of Sant&#8217;Egidio by a young student, Andrea Riccardi, in Rome<\/p><p>&#8220;May &#8217;68 Series of violent student demonstrations and numerous strikes in France (May-June)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29ca312 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29ca312\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ad0a24e\" data-id=\"3ad0a24e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af37b90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7af37b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1941\"> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22af4324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22af4324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1971 - 1984<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-16c51f3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16c51f3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a4e4f2a\" data-id=\"4a4e4f2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ddbb493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ddbb493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1971<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> On August 15, Pierre renewed the private vow of chastity that he had already made with Cardinal Suhard.<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> In October, Pierre Goursat buys a barge to turn it into a drug prevention center for young people.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1971<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>At Father Caffarel&#8217;s home in Troussures (Oise), Pierre Goursat met Martine Laffitte, a medical intern.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1972<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> During a weekend organized by Father Caffarel in Troussures on February 12-13, Xavier and Brigitte Le Pichon spoke about their experience of the Charismatic Renewal.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>In October, Pierre Goursat buys a barge to turn it into a drug prevention center for young people.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1972<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>During a weekend organized by Father Caffarel in Troussures on February 12-13, Xavier and Brigitte Le Pichon testify about their experience of the Charismatic Renewal. Pierre Goursat receives the outpouring of the Spirit with Martine Laffitte, on Sunday 13 February.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Following this meeting, Pierre and Martine prayed together every day. In May, a prayer group was formed with Fran\u00e7oise Malcor, Francis Kohn and Pierre-Marie Chaboche who were the first to join Pierre and Martine.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1973<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>The prayer group grew from five to about 500 people. Several groups are then formed and coordinated by the original group.<\/p><p>All of these prayer groups were given the name &#8220;Emmanuel&#8221; in March. Pierre is the leader.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1974<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> While beginning a residential community life with Herv\u00e9-Marie Catta and Jean-Marc Morin in the rectory of Gentilly, near Paris, Pierre had the intuition to give their small group the name &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; in October.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1975<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> For the first international gathering of the charismatic renewal in Rome for Pentecost, in May, Pierre Goursat is responsible for organizing the trip of one thousand participants from the French renewal.<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> In September, the residential community life of Gentilly moves to rue Gay-Lussac in Paris.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0<\/span>1975<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>First meeting of the &#8220;Brotherhood of Jesus&#8221; in a religious community in Bonnelles (near Paris), with Pierre, Martine Laffitte, Herv\u00e9-Marie Catta, Jean-Marc Morin, Fran\u00e7oise Malcor, Francis Kohn and Dominique de Chant\u00e9rac, on March 1st.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>First retreat of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221;, with the brothers and sisters gathered in March, as well as Claude and Danielle Proux, near the abbey of Aiguebelle in the Dr\u00f4me, around Easter.\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Organization of the first two summer sessions in Paray-le-Monial from July 12 to 23.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1976<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pour la Pentec\u00f4te, Pierre organise avec le cardinal Suenens un rassemblement international du Renouveau charismatique \u00e0 Lourdes du 4 au 7 juin.<br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span>\u00a0Pierre lance les premi\u00e8res rencontres \u00ab Renouveau et monde ouvrier \u00bb en octobre.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1976<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>Second retreat of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221;, gathering about thirty people during a weekend in Etiolles, near Paris, in February.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Pierre and his brothers are organizing two charter trips to the United States (July 27 to August 17 and August 3 to 23) with about 80 members of the French Renewal to visit the larger, older American communities of the Charismatic Renewal.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>On their return from this trip, Pierre and his brothers invited about forty brothers and sisters to a retreat-formation called &#8220;The Three Weeks&#8221;, every evening from 6 to 10 p.m. during the month of September. It marked the beginning of the community life proposed to the members of the Emmanuel prayer groups.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0<\/span>1977<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>About sixty people made their first commitment to the Emmanuel Community with the Spiritan Fathers in Chevilly-Larue (Val-de-Marne) on June 18.\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>First &#8220;consecrations&#8221; in the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; during a retreat at Paray-le-Monial with the Cenacle Sisters in December.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1978<br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <\/strong><strong>In June, Pierre Goursat moved to the barge on the bridge at Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, where he works and lives in a residential community with his brothers and sisters: Herv\u00e9-Marie and Martine Catta (Laffitte), Francis Kohn and Charles-\u00c9ric Hauguel.<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0<\/span>1978<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>First training sessions, in November, in the animation of songs and liturgy, organized by the Emmanuel Community.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Creation of Renouveau-Service, in December, to publish and distribute religious books, training and song recordings.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> <\/span>1979<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Launching of SOS-Pri\u00e8re, a telephone listening and prayer service, on March 14.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>In October, Pierre and his brothers opened a house in the Oise region of France, &#8220;L&#8217;Arche de la Colombe&#8221;, to welcome young people in difficulty.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>In December, Pierre Goursat founded the John Paul II Center in Paris to train lay people (courses in Bible, philosophy, theology, etc.). The courses take place in the premises of the Dominican friars of the Annunciation convent, 222 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honor\u00e9.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1980<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>At the request of cardinal Suenens, Pierre Goursat was present in Rome in October during the bishops&#8217; synod on the family with a team of brothers and sisters from the Emmanuel community.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Pierre Goursat, with several brothers and sisters of the Emmanuel community, was received by Pope John Paul II in Rome on October 2.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> <\/span>1981<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>15 young men and women make their first vows in celibacy &#8220;for the Kingdom&#8221; at Paray-le-Monial on January 3, during a retreat of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221;.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>First profession in the Missionary Fraternity of the Heart of Jesus of members of the Emmanuel Community who are preparing for the priesthood, in several places of formation, on February 26 and 27.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in Italy, in March.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Pierre Goursat founds, with brothers and sisters of Emmanuel, in July, Fidefco, a missionary cooperation organization which, at the request of the bishops, sends young Emmanuel volunteers to serve their brothers in the Southern hemisphere.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1982<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>Approval of the first statutes of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; as a diocesan association (for two years) by Bishop Jacques Delarue of Nanterre, on June 28 &#8211; the Mont Thabor barge in Neuilly, where Pierre and his brothers and sisters lived and worked, was part of the diocese of Nanterre.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in Belgium, in November.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Archbishop Lustiger of Paris recognizes (for two years) the statutes of the Emmanuel Community and those of the Fraternity Missionary of the Heart of Jesus (FMCJ for priests, unmarried deacons and seminarians), as diocesan associations, on December 8.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1983<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in the Netherlands, in March.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>On March 13, John Paul II inaugurates the San Lorenzo International Center in Rome, which will welcome young people from all over the world. The Pontifical Council for the Laity entrusted the coordination and animation to the Emmanuel Community.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Archbishop Panafieu of Aix-en-Provence approves the statutes of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221;, the Emmanuel Community and the Missionary Fraternity of the Heart of Jesus.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Fidefco becomes Fidesco.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1984<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>In October, Pierre Goursat, with his brothers and sisters of the Emmanuel, founded the International School of Formation and Evangelization (EIFE) for young people aged 18 to 25. In December, he also founded, with other brothers, the Samuel Center for the formation of catechists.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #dda831; font-weight: bold;\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><span style=\"color: #dda831; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">1984<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in Germany, in May.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Cardinal Lustiger gives the priestly ordination on June 23, in Paris, to Dominique de Chant\u00e9rac and Dominique Rey, the first priests of the Community ordained within the framework of the statutes of the FMCJ (Bernard Peter had been ordained priest in Zaire on April 3, 1980); Edouard Marot is ordained in Brussels by Cardinal Danneels in September 1984.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>1st international youth forum at Paray-le-Monial in August.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in Spain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-29e0a474\" data-id=\"29e0a474\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be39aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3be39aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">in the world<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33332113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33332113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1973 The Jesuit priest Laurent Fabre establishes the Chemin Neuf Community (in Lyon)<\/p><p>Two couples establish the Lion of Judah Community (which became the Community of the Beatitudes in 1991)<\/p><p>1st meeting of the French Charismatic Renewal at the Dominican convent in Toulouse at Easter<\/p><p>1975 Pope Paul VI meets the participants of the international gathering of the Charismatic Renewal in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica and participates in the reception of the Renewal in the Catholic Church<br \/>(May 19)<\/p><p>1978 Death of Pope Paul VI (August 6)<\/p><p>Pontificate of Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani)<br \/>(August-September)<\/p><p>Election of Pope John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla)<br \/>(October 16)<\/p><p>1981 Death of Marthe Robin (February 6)<\/p><p>1983 The new code of church law (canon law) allows for the creation of &#8220;associations of the faithful&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82fe6a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82fe6a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3248af9\" data-id=\"3248af9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305d9490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"305d9490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1941\"> <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736ba601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"736ba601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1985 - 1991<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e681648 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e681648\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c8eaefe\" data-id=\"4c8eaefe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739b06b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"739b06b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1985<\/span><\/b><br \/><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> Following a myocardial attack on July 13 in Paray-le-Monial, Pierre was hospitalized.\u00a0<br \/><\/b><b><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> He then left to rest and pray in Lourdes.<\/b><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #dda831; font-weight: bolder;\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> <span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">1985<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Bishop Armand-Fran\u00e7ois Le Bourgeois of Autun entrusted the Emmanuel Community with the direction and animation of the shrine of Paray-le-Monial (Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire) on October 20.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resignation, on December 8, of Pierre Goursat from his responsibility for the Emmanuel Community. G\u00e9rald Arbola succeeds him.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 1985-1987<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community in Austria, Ireland, Guinea-Conakry and Zaire.<\/p><p><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1986 <span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <\/span>Pierre Goursat, with the leaders of Emmanuel, meets Pope John Paul II during his pilgrimage to Paray-le-Monial on October 5.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1986<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Cardinal Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris, and Cardinal Danneels, Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, approved the statutes of the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on April 18. Cardinal Lustiger approved the revised statutes of the Emmanuel Community on June 10.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Pierre Goursat announces the foundation of the &#8220;Glorious Cross&#8221; on July 27, for the sick and disabled members of the Community.\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>In September, Cardinal Lustiger entrusted the parish of the Holy Trinity in Paris to priests of the Emmanuel Community. Francis Kohn was appointed parish priest, with Dominique de Chant\u00e9rac and Jacques Benoit-Gonin as vicars.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> 1988<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Albert-Marie de Monl\u00e9on, responsible for the priests and seminarians of the Emmanuel Community, was named Bishop of Pamiers on August 5.<\/p><p><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1989 <span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <\/span>Pierre Goursat broke his leg at Paray-le-Monial during a session on July 27.<br \/><\/b><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\"><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span><b>He was taken to the Trousseau Hospital in Tours, where he was operated on by a community brother, \u00c9tienne Gaisne, on July 31.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> \u00a01990<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Birth of the Emmanuel Community among the Travelers, in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Canada, Peru and Rwanda.<\/p><p><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\">1991 <span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span> <\/span>Pierre Goursat died on the barge on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation.\u00a0<br \/><\/b><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\"><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span><b>Cardinal Lustiger presided over the funeral Mass on March 27 at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris, co-celebrated by several bishops, including Bishop Albert-Marie de Monl\u00e9on, who gave the homily; they were surrounded by many priests and faithful.\u00a0<br \/><\/b><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\"><b><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span><b>The next day, March 28, Pierre was buried in the cemetery of Paray-le-Monial.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 1991<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>The Emmanuel Community co-organizes with the Focolare, Schoenstatt and Communion and Liberation the 1st Congress of Movements in the Former Communist Countries of Europe, in Bratislava, Slovakia.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Cardinal Lustiger approves the statutes of the Emmanuel Community and the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on June 7.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 1992<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>The Holy See recognizes the Emmanuel Community and approves its statutes (ad experimentum, for 5 years), as a &#8220;universal association of the faithful&#8221; on December 8.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 1994<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Assassination of Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba, founders of the Emmanuel Community in Rwanda, along with 6 of their children, during the Tutsi genocide on April 7.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Markus Gehlen succeeds Gerald Arbola as moderator of the Emmanuel Community and the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on June 4.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 1998<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>The management of the shrine of Notre-Dame-de-la-Pri\u00e8re, in the church of Saint-Gilles, in the parish of Ile-Bouchard (Indre-et-Loire), is entrusted to the Emmanuel Community in June.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>The Holy See, by decree of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, recognizes the statutes of the Emmanuel Community on December 8, as a private international association of the faithful.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 2000<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Dominique Vermersch succeeds Markus Gehlen as moderator of the Emmanuel Community and the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on December 30.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 2009<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>The Emmanuel Community is recognized as an international public association of the faithful of Pontifical Right.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Holy See thus recognizes that the Community works for the good of the Church and not only for the good of its members.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurent Landete succeeds Dominique Vermersch as Moderator of the Emmanuel Community and the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on July 12.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 2010<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening of the cause of beatification of Pierre Goursat in Paris on January 7.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>\u00a0 2015<span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>Closure of the diocesan phase of the investigation.<\/p><p>Opening of the cause of beatification of Cyprian and Daphrose Rugamba in September.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> \u00a0<\/span>2016<span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The church and convent of the Trinity on the Mounts in Rome are entrusted to the Emmanuel Community.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> \u00a0<\/span>2017<span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Creation of the clerical association of the Emmanuel Community.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>Michel-Bernard de Vregille succeeds Laurent Landete as moderator of the Emmanuel Community and the &#8220;Fraternity of Jesus&#8221; on July 27.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>The statutes are updated to integrate the creation of the clerical association and to ensure the communion and the good functioning between the two associations.<br \/><span style=\"color: #999999; font-weight: 900;\">&#8211; <\/span>These new statutes were recognized on August 15 by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.pierregoursat.com\/images-pierre-goursatmedias\/2021\/12\/tond-com.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> \u00a0<\/span>2024<span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #dda831;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Pierre Goursat was declared Venerable by Pope Francis. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints published a decree recognising the heroic virtues of the founder of the Emmanuel Community on 18 December 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7efdb1f6\" data-id=\"7efdb1f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e660f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79e660f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">in the world<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fef118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fef118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1986 Moys\u00e9s Louro de Azevedo Filho founds the Catholic Community Shalom (Fortaleza, Brazil)<\/p><p>1991 Dissolution of the USSR (December) and end of the cold war with the United States<\/p><p>2005 Death of Pope John Paul II (April 2)<br \/>Election of Pope Benedict XVI (April 19)<\/p><p>2013 Renunciation of Pope Benedict XVI (February 28)<br \/>Election of Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) (March 13)<\/p><p>2019 Pope Francis officially launches CHARIS (International Service of Catholic Charismatic Renewal) (June 8)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life of Pierre Goursat and the Emmanuel Community 1914 &#8211; 1941 1914&#8211; Pierre Goursat was born on August 15 in Paris, on the feast of the Assumption. &#8211; He was baptized in the church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule on September 6. 1915&#8211; Birth of his brother Bernard August 1st. 1923&#8211; Separation of the parents of Pierre Goursat. 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