spent in private personal prayer (minimum of one hour daily) and in groups together, the members pray together (praise and listening to God). The Companions are a Charismatic community. Prayer tends to include spontaneous prayer and part of the Liturgy of the Hours. Living in Community - Members live together in community to support one another. Work - The community of the Companions is one dedicated to active service in their cities, especially in the inner core. They do the work assigned by their diocese which always involves evangelization. The community feels a special calling to the poor, to youth and to those estranged from the church. Apostolate Priests of the Companions of the Cross can be found serving as pastors, teachers, chaplains, and conducting parish missions. They also conduct a special travelling ministry of relic expositions. They promote exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in each of their parishes, and perpetual adoration if possible. The Companions of the Cross have foundations in Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, Houston, and Detroit. In these five cities, they serve in 15 Parishes, at five University Chaplaincies, and in one Hospital Chaplaincy. Including Bishops Scott McCaig and Christian Riesbeck, there are 40 ordained priests and 20 seminarians. One Companion priest also serves as a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Vision A definition of the beliefs, practices and goals of the Companions is: To give God permission to use the members however He wants. To seek God's will and follow it. To surrender fully to Jesus as Lord and Saviour To regard Eucharist as the source and summit of their Catholic faith, and promoting its Exposition and Adoration "We are a Roman Catholic community of priests, committed to living and ministering together as brothers in the Lord. We are called to the ongoing renewal of the Church through a dynamic evangelization in the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit. We proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we are called to serve, with special attention to parish communities, the poor, youth, and those alienated from the Church." The Companions wear a distinctive "Community Cross" medallion at all times, as a sign of their commitment to the community. The medallion features a silhouette of a man embracing a cross. The cross is red for members who have made lifetime promises and white for members who have made temporary promises. Members