Chemin Neuf (the name means "New Way") is a Roman Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation, founded in 1973 in Lyon, France. The Community now has over a thousand members in twenty countries, including single men and women and married couples, representing more than a dozen Christian denominations. Many thousands more are members of the Chemin Neuf Communion, Cana or Youth Fraternities.

Here in North America, the missions of the community are present in different regions such as in TORONTO and BOSTON(Cana sessions and Cana fraternity). It is a mission for couples and families.

In Quebec Canada, the Archibishop of Montreal have entrusted to the community the parish of St.Rose of Lima in Laval last September 2004.Since 1997, they are organizing weekends, sessions and retreats for couples and youth alike.

With an urgent call for unity of Christians, the Lord led the community in Rawdon a small city north of Montreal. The city consist of around eight different christian confessions.Maison Val de Paix Rawdon ,was entrusted to the community in late 2001. It is a house of prayer and spiritual resourcement.

Right from the start, the Chemin Neuf Community was marked by the presence of members from different Christian denominations. We seek to be faithful to the prayer that Jesus made before his death:

"May they all be one, just as Father you are in me and I am in you, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me." (John 17:21)

Since 2000, the Community has brought together its many activities in the Chemin Neuf International Ecumenical Fraternity (F.O.I.) and the Net for Godhttp://www.netforgod.org network. Over five hundred Net for God groups now meet regularly in over fifty countries to pray and study together, united in their desire to work for the unity of the Church of Christ and for peace in the world.

The Community currently has members from the Anglican Communion, the Reformed Church, the Mennonite Church, the Lutheran Church, the Baptist Church, the Evangelical Armenian Church ... All choose to live, pray and evangelise together without giving up their identity, and remain in communion with their respective churches.

 All members of Chemin Neuf commit to learning about other Christian denominations than their own, to taking part regularly in ecumenical services and celebrations, and to working in all practical ways with the various church leaders in their region. "Everything that we can do together, let us do it together!"

The members of the Community (couples or consecrated celibates) who choose to take life vows promise, as part of their commitment, to "give their lives for the unity of Christians".

Members of the Chemin Neuf Community choose to live either in Common Life Fraternities, or in Neighbourhood Fraternities. In the first case, they live together under the same roof, sharing their income; in the second, they live in their own homes, give a tithe to the Community, and meet together regularly for prayer and fellowship. All members of the Community make the same promises of simplification of life, chastity within their different states of life, and obedience to the discernment of the Community.

The majority of the Community's members work professionally, although many work full-time for the Church or the Chemin Neuf's missions. The Community's income covers its own daily needs, but mission activity depends on Providence (often in the form of donations).

Members of Chemin Neuf commit to a daily time of personal prayer, a programme of spiritual direction, and an annual retreat. They meet in small fraternity groups (7-12 people) for a shared meal at least once a week, and also attend a weekly prayer group. They also support one or more of the Community's missions (depending on their availability).