For the Vigil of Pentecost, next Saturday, May 30, 2020, CHARIS (Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service) is organizing an ecumenical prayer, which will gather Christians worldwide on the social networks to pray to the Holy Spirit. Jean-Luc Moens, CHARIS’ Moderator, presents the event to Zenit’s readers. “In Italian, we will be on TV2000 streaming, in Arabic on TV Noursat, in Portuguese on channel Cancao Nova, etc.,” he says.
Married, father of a family, Jean-Luc Moens is Belgian. A mathematician by formation, he has worked for 30 years at the service of evangelization in the Emmanuel Community. He was appointed moderator of CHARIS at Pentecost 2019.
The Vigil was prepared by five evenings of prayer and teaching that can be found on YouTube, that of May 25 is found here. It gathered some 5,000 French-speaking people of four Continents with Father Etienne Veto, member of the Chemin Neuf Community and of CHARIS International, and Corinne Lafitte, Evangelical laywoman exercising an international ministry of praise.