CCC: 1077 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us before him in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”3



Who we are:

In 1990, the late Fr. Luke Zimmer, SS. CC. was asked by Cardinal Roger Mahony to start a confraternity for Catholic priests based on the particular charism and spirituality that he had received through prayer during his forty years of priesthood. The Spirituality is continuing through other priests in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.  Today, the confraternity is an enthusiastic group of priests who have incorporated this way of life into their priestly ministry.

What do we do? 

We are dedicated to the healing of the human person and of their families by the power of the God's Pure Love through the Sacraments of the Catholic Church given by Jesus. Jesus prayed, "Father, may they all be one, even as you are in me and I in you, that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me." (John 17:21) Christ's mission is to reconcile all of humanity to the Father so that we all may be one. 

Our Charism:

This charism is one of unity.  It is a calling to bring to fruition the prayer of unity Jesus prayed at the Last Supper.  It is given for priests to unite themselves more intimately to Jesus in the Eucharistic Liturgy and thus take this unity and intimacy to the parish communities. 

Our Mission:

To help people discover and share the Kingdom of Peace found in the Eucharistic celebration, and in their own lives by living a balanced life, spiritually mentally, physically, relationally and bring what they learn to share with and instruct the parish community.





Our long and short term Goals:

We spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, using all the Spiritual Gifts God has given his Church to use to build the Kingdom of God here today. We are training parish leadership guided and formed by the Holy Spirit. Our facility is a place to develop those gifts, to take back to one’s parish to help RENEW, REVITILIZE and EVANGELIZE each parish community through the development of small communities with in the larger parish community.

Under the guidance of their pastor, these small communities will be tasked with and serve the parish as needed with education, facilitate spiritual prayer groups, and serve at the pleasure of the pastor as his needs require.

1. To train for ministry, people to serve their local parishes in the three “S”s:  1. Spiritual, 2. Service, and 3. Social. One will learn how to facilitate growth in these three disciplines and train others in leadership.
   1. Spiritually:  to develop an active spiritual life “making Holy the Day”.
   2. Service: guided by the Spirit to develop prayer communities and foster parish volunteer work; social action committees and outreach.
   3. Socially; help integrate the social aspect of parish life into the parish community making the parish a center for social activities and community building.
   4. Coordinating all aspects of community life with the Pastor and his delegates, i.e. parochial vicars, councils and organizational leaders.

Facilities: 160 acres of property

Built in 5 stages, our formation center will contain a chapel, formation houses, a retreat center and conference center that includes a theater and guest residences.  Also the property will also allow for private residences for individuals, couples or families wishing to live in community and to work helping the community through their own time, talents and treasures.

Our main property is located in northern Arizona in the city of Concho, Apache County Arizona. It will be the Spiritual home for clerical, religious and lay people and the Charismatic Holistic healing and formation center.

1. Chapel and multipurpose room
   
2. Hall and office building, Conference center and theater
3. Guest residences housing up to 50 guests
4. Priest, religious brother and sisters residences
5. Youth retreat facilities

Building stages:

Stage one:  A working ranch, which is now in process of development.  Build a residence, which in the beginning will house priests and temporary guests and a base of operations that will eventually become the caretaker’s residence. Temporary multipurpose building eventually used as a barn and office area as stages progress.

Stage two: Hall, guest residences

Stage three: Chapel, Office Buildings

Stage four: Congregations residence and formation houses.

Stage five: Theater and separate youth and young adult retreat and conference facility.

Our facilities will also allow people to experience God in a Contemplative and Charismatic Prayer setting and commune with God in the desert.

It will also have a working ranch / farm producing food and marketable products such as lavender and fruit trees.  We would encourage artistic development of each person's unique talents to be used to support the larger community.

We are looking for volunteers as well as patrons and benefactors who have a like vision and would like to see this endeavor come to fruition.

If you would like to be involved in our ministry please contact frjerry@yahoo.com