Sion's Charism

Sion Community's charism is evangelism. Although this is the mission of the whole Church, Sion Community embraces this charism in a particular way through  the proclamation of the Gospel and equipping others to do the same.

Sion's Origin

Sion Catholic Community for Evangelism was founded in 1984 by Fr (now Mgr) Pat Lynch, from the Diocese of Nottingham. He was given permission by his Bishop to work full-time in evangelisation. Within a year, Fr Pat had brought together seven other people to found Sion Community. 

Today, the Community works at the heart of the Church under the authority of the Catholic Bishops of England, Wales and Scotland.

Why Sion?

Mount Sion, on which the city of Jerusalem stands, is symbolic in the Scriptures of the present and future Kingdom of God. It was the focus from which the preaching of the Gospel went forth to the whole world (Acts 1:8):  "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem... and to the ends of the earth."

Our Spirituality

Our prayer life is based on and firmly rooted in the tradition of Catholic spirituality and while we recognise other Christians as brothers and sisters in Christ, Sion Community is necessarily and distinctively Roman Catholic. 

Our spiritual ethos could be described as Charismatic and Eucharistic. We pray the Prayer of the Church, worship in a charismatic style and have regular times of quiet adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

We encourage the personal spiritual development of all our members in ways appropriate to their state and journey in life.   We endeavour to remain faithful to the call God has given us as a Community.