 Members of a World Community in the Church  We are a Lay Apostolic Body in the Church responding to the call received in Itaici, Brazil to:  bring the freeing power of Christ to our Social Reality;  find Christ in all our varied cultures;  live Christ to bring Him to every aspect of our daily life.

 In Europe we are present in 18 different countries and we have contacts in at least another 6 new countries

 Our NCs are linked in many ways to other NCs in the other parts of the world (not only in Europe)

 “In short, our sharing, reports and discussions indicate that CLC in Europe is generally committed to an ever-growing range of apostolic initiatives”  Cross border membership & community: with an increasing amount of people travelling across Europe for work and study we saw an opportunity to enhance our NCs and also the regional sense of our community (eg:WYD2011);  CLC Commitment: share good practices & experiences. The World Community needs them!  Formation & Leadership: share our experiences. Formation of group guides is an ExCo priority as well. Leadership training is also felt as an urgent need on which we need to work.  Forced Migration Network: This is an ever growing concern for our European society. We have much to work on and much to share. This is a practical and concrete initiative that can give a humane face to what is more oftenly seen as a cold Europe!

 CLC in the region is one way of finding our identity in the world – we are members of the World Community who find our identity in our national and regional organisation – e.g.: Holidays, Young Adult regional meetings (many of the participants go on to become leaders in the NCs);  Regional networks are a priority for the ExCo since they are an excellent method of bringing our (world) community’s priorities closer to our members when implementing them – e.g.: Migration network, formation documents, leadership training, Ecology network?, advocacy

 The regional setup creates an easier companionship of communities. We can be more responsible for each other and so continue to bring the world community closer to all CLCers – even new NCs;  This regional companionship of communities is a direct response to our DSSE dynamic. So how do we practice this dynamic as CLC Europe?  This is how we grow (in a very practical manner) into being an Apostolic Community - doing DSSE together.