In the footsteps of Pierre Goursat. Pierre Goursat (1914-1991) was the founder of the Emmanuel Community. Throughout
his life he worked for Christian renewal using culture and formation. The archdiocese
of Paris has asked for the opening of his process of beatification. Pierre Goursat studied
at the Louvre School in Paris, was long-time director of the French board of catholic film
censors, a founder of several publishing houses for cultural and scientific works, and
an associate of Cardinal Suhard (Archbishop of Paris from 1940-1949).
Pierre Goursat worked for more than 40 years for the renewal of Christian life in society, through the
human and spiritual education of generations of young people.
The Pierre Goursat University Institute wants to follow in the footsteps of the many intuitions and initiatives undertaken
by Pierre Goursat
Why ?
The Pierre Goursat University Institute was founded to promote a Christian vision of the human person through
training, teaching and research. In this perspective the Pierre Goursat Univeristy Institute places itself in
the service of men and women today through a variety of educative works, and in university fields such as philosophy and theology, exegesis and pastoral studies, ethics and science.
For whom ? Internationally, the Pierre Goursat University Institute promotes the integral development of the human person in all fields, with a particular attention to young people. It wishes to add to he debate on faith and reason and contribute to building a ‘civilization of love’ for the good of the whole of humanity.
How ?
The Pierre Goursat University Institute makes use of the particular skills and experience of the Emmanuel Community in the integral development of the human person. Engaging culture today with a view to a profound transformation of society, the Pierre Goursat University Institute wishes to share this educational and university heritage, in order to place ‘the joy of truth’ at the very heart of the challenges of contemporary life.
The Emmanuel Community The Emmanuel Community is present in more than 60 countries. It has 8000 members, including 200 priests, over one hundred seminarians and 200 consecrated celibates (men and women). All of its members are committed to serving the
Church. Most of its members are laypeople who express their Christian conditions through professional, social and civic commitments, each one in the society and culture to which he or she belongs. It is from the dynamism of its members’ lives that the Emmanuel Community has developed a particular attention to education and development and also a university level competency across many fields. In 1992 the Holy See officially recognised the Emmanuel Community, for the whole of the Catholic Church, confirming the community
in its mission to work for the renewal of Christian and human values on all cultures and societies (see decree of recognition of the Emmanuel Community, Vatican City, December 8th 1992).
It is in a spirit of faithfulness to this call that the Pierre Goursat University Institute was established.
The Pierre Goursat University Institute: Projects and Challenges Thinking through the major questions of today- Paray-le-Monial Bioethics Conferences
Days of high level interdisciplinary debate and exchange, with more than 600 experts and professionals from teh medical and bio-medical world. - The Forum on Professional Life
An annual meeting of more than 400 professionals from all fields, interacting on themes of personal development and the growth of the human person in social and professional activity (in Paray-le-Monial). A biannual encounter combining research and public debate on the challenges facing Christianity and the Church in contemporary culture, in partnership with the Lateran University and with other organizations of the Holy See. Training for Christian Commitment: Preparing the Future- Distance learning theology diploma
Training couples involved in family pastoral work, in association with JET, the Jesuit faculty in Brussels (Belgium). - Masters in "Mission and Dialogue in Europe"
In Vienna, Austria, in development with the Universität Wien. - Three International Schools of Mission
One-year residential programmes of human and theological formation for 18-35 year olds, in Rome (Italy), Paray-le-Monial (France) and Altötting (Germany). - An International network of Schools of Charity and Mission
A year-long training through evening or wekk-end classes. Two sessions annually for future volunteers for service overseas, serving the poor in response to specific requests from local Churches, with the international development organization FIDESCO. A one-year training programme in France for street educators who will go on to live and work in underprivileged urban areas. In association with missions across France around Paris, Marseilles, Toulon and Lyon. In support of Innovative New Projects- University residential colleges
Students follow their regular university classes, helped by an explicitly Christian residential context and personalised academic tutoring. In Vienna (Austria) and in other places under development. - Three student residences in France
Two residences in Rennes (Foyer Jean Luc Cabes and Foyer Edith Stein) and one in Roche-sur-Yon (Foyer Sainte Thérèse) propose a structured residential life for more than one hundred young students. - Study Centres in Jerusalem and on Lake Tiberiade
Accommodation for students and academics in the Holy Land on short-term study breaks of one to six months, either in the Holy City or in Galilee. - Publishing and proposing great classics of Christian tradition and learning
Increasing the accessibility, particularly to young people, of books of value which are currently unavailable (out of print or untranslated) in French and in other languages.
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