Disciples of Jesus
It began in Sydney, in October 1979, and, on 1 September 1994, amalgamated with Hephzibah Covenant Community which began in February 1982. The amalgamated Community, which retained the name Disciples of Jesus, currently is located in Sydney, Blue Mountains, Wollongong, Adelaide, Albury-Wodonga, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. It now numbers about 1,100 men, women and children.
A Catholic Community
Since the early 1980s the Community has been affiliated with other covenant communities throughout the world, and is a member of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships which is recognised as a Private Association of the Christian faithful of Pontifical right. The Community’s ministry and wide mission outreach of evangelisation is well known throughout Australia and in many other countries.
Being members of a Catholic Community has given us a deep identity, and a certain mission to foster a rich and authentic Catholicism, not only among ourselves but also to seek to share this renewed grasp of our Catholic faith with other members of the Church. We understand ourselves as being a body in and for the Church. We desire to live in deep unity and spirit with the Pope and Bishops, and to be loyal to the teachings of the Magisterium. We find authentic tradition in the lives and writings of the Saints and Fathers of the Church. Members have a strong sense of the Sacraments in their life.
In various parts of the world, God has raised up Covenant Communities in the work of the Holy Spirit from the Charismatic Renewal.
A Covenant Community is a group of Christians who have been led by the Lord to bind themselves to Him and also to one another in the form of public commitment. It is a call to live a Christian lifestyle, in family and single life, through openness to charismatic gifts, worship and prayer, sharing and teaching and support for one another.
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