Priests and deacons who live in community at the service of the mission
The Community of Saint Martin is an association of secular priests and deacons living their apostolate within a community life at the service of dioceses.
It was founded in 1976 by D. Jean François Guérin in the renewal of the Second Vatican Council.
It currently has 97 priests and deacons, 95 seminarians and 14 students in a preparatory program. The Mother House, which is also the Formation House, is located in Évron (Mayenne).
At the service of dioceses
The Community of Saint Martin places its members at the service of the bishops eager to entrust them various apostolic missions: parishes, youth catholic groups, sanctuaries, nursing homes… In France or abroad.
Community life and mobility are the two main characteristics of the Martinian life. Assigned on their missions at least three by three, priests and deacons pray, live and work together, in a practical and spiritual fraternity.
With the words of our founder, Don Jean-François Guérin:
Conference delivered by Don Jean-François Guérin, on Saturday the 10th of November 2001, for the Community’s 25th anniversary held in the church of Sacré Cœur of Montmartre.
