About us

“There is a great need for living Christian Communities! And here are the movements and the new ecclesial Communities. They are the response given by the Holy Spirit, to this critical challenge at the end of millennium. You are this providential response.”

- John Paul II’s address to Members of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities May 30, 1998

A community of disciples on mission

Community

We are a community of families and singles in the Twin Cities who love and serve one another, building deep relationships and sharing a common way of life.


Disciples

We live our Catholic faith in a practical daily way, calling one another on to walking more closely with Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.


Mission

We work together for the spread of the Gospel, especially through evangelistic and formative work among young people and families.

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community life in action here

faq's

  • is ccr endorsed by the catholic church?

    Yes!  CCR is a “private association of the Christian faithful*”, a recognized canonical organization in the Catholic Church, under the authority of the Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Private Associations are formed by private agreement among the faithful, without needing formal approval from ecclesiastical authority, though their statutes must be reviewed by competent authority to be recognized in the Church.


    New movements like CCR have been strongly affirmed by the Church, including our recent popes. 


    *Associations of the Christian Faithful, Code of Canon Law, cc. 298-329


  • What’s up with the lively worship and charismatic stuff?

    One of the first things you notice when you walk into a CCR gathering is the enthusiastic worship!  We love to worship the Lord freely, using our bodies and lifting our voices to him in praise and gratitude for who he is and all he’s done.  This style of worship is old and traditional, prevalent in the Bible and the early Church.  It has become more common again in recent decades through the “charismatic renewal”, which emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life, including growing in the charismatic gifts (see 1 Corinthians 12), and has been encouraged by the Church.

  • What is the commitment?

    In communities like CCR, commitments are the backbone of building strong and stable relationships and environments that endure.  No commitment is needed to simply get to know CCR.  If someone desires to go further, there are three main stages:

    • “Initial” commitment to formation, small group, and some other aspects of CCR life.

    • “Underway” commitment to participate fully in CCR for a period of time, e.g. 1-2 years.

    • Public commitment to CCR long-term whereby we commit ourselves to one another and to the mission of CCR indefinitely.  We’re in it together, through thick and thin for the long haul.

  • how can i get involved?

In the Community of Christ the Redeemer, our members are lay men and women, singles and married couples, who as laity, live and work in the everyday world. They have joined their lives together in order to:

  • Actively pursue holiness of life
  • Love one another as brothers and sisters in Christ
  • Work together for the spread of the Gospel and building up of Christian life in today’s world

The Community’s goal is to foster and strengthen a practical way of daily living that is rooted in the life that we share in Christ. Our desire is to be disciples on mission together.


We are a Catholic Charismatic Covenant Community established in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and are a member of The Sword of the Spirit. 

our mission statement

The Community of Christ the Redeemer is a Catholic, Covenant Community which

Has been established as a Private Association of Christian Faithful in the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis.


As members of the Community we have joined our lives together in order to live out

More fully the meaning of our Baptism, through which we were freed from the bondage of sin, transferred from the Kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of light, received the very life of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit, became His sons and daughters, and incorporated into the Church, which is His body.


In Baptism, we were joined to the very life and mission of Christ Himself.

Because of our Baptism we are called to "put on Jesus Christ" [Rom 13:14]

and to become "like Him by being holy as He is holy," [1 Pt 1:15]

"to love one another as He has loved us," [Jn 13:34]

"to be one with one another," [Jn 17:20]

and to consider ourselves as "His servants in all that we do."  [1 Cor 4:1]



We believe that our Lord has called us as members of the Community to join our

Lives together so that we can enter more deeply into the meaning of our baptismal  identity. We believe that He has called us to do this by working together in developing an environment of committed personal relationships in which the life given to us in Christ is taught, supported, honored and held up as the true meaning and fulfillment of our lives.



We believe that we have been called by the Lord to commit ourselves to Him and to

One another in order to:


Actively pursue holiness of life through participation in the liturgical life of the Church, daily prayer, study of the Scriptures and teaching of the Church, practices of self denial, expressive praise and worship and growth in Christian character;


Love and serve one another as brothers and sisters in Christ by holding the Scriptural teaching regarding personal relationships as our rule and standard for life, thereby living a life together in unity and peace, thus witnessing to the life of the age to come.  


Work together for the spread of the Gospel and the building up of Christian life by striving to manifest the life of Christ in the daily responsibilities and circumstances of our vocation and state in life, by extending Christian hospitality to those the Lord brings into our life, by explicit sharing of the Gospel and the Christian way of life, and by being of service in broader works of evangelization and renewal in the Church and in the world.


The commitments that we make to one another are the concrete expressions of our desire to give our lives to Him in love and service.  Knowing of our sinfulness and frailty, and of God's mercy and faithfulness, we pledge our support to one another  In striving after holiness of life, unity and peace with one another, and the advancement of the Gospel and renewal of Christian life in our day. To Him and to His Church we offer and pledge our life and resources.