We Desire a World rooted in the Gospel Values of Jesus Christ

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 more than sixty countries.

In South Africa we currently form three regions: Gauteng, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape and have active groups in Johannesburg, Katlehong, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Makhanda (previously Grahamstown), and East London.

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.

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