communities, in the recitation - aloud if possible - of the Beatitudes. This can also be done internally, anywhere; or with the family, at lunchtime for example. In the evening: look back on the day, ask for and receive forgiveness, give thanks, praise. Friday and Sunday Meditation on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ is recommended every week on days that evoke these events. The figure of Christ is central to the spirituality of the Watchers, and should provoke a spiritual and social conversion in everyone. Thus: "In homage to the Crucified-Resurrected, the Watchers evoke, every Friday, in recollection, the Cross of Calvary, God's gift par excellence to humanity for its salvation. This homage can also take a practical turn: material or spiritual help, special intercessions, letters, visits, etc. Some Watchers will even observe a partial or total fast. "The Watchers rejoices on Sunday, for it is the "Lord's day", the day of the resurrection and the day when the Spirit descended upon the disciples to make them witnesses of the Resurrected-Glorified. Unless he is really prevented from doing so, he will therefore join his brothers in public worship. Meeting and retreats In addition to the individual prayer commitment, meetings are recommended so that the Watchers can deepen their call, their vocation, and forge bonds of fraternal communion within the Fraternity: Meetings planned locally, most often on a regional scale An annual general meeting, open to all the Watchers Spiritual retreats, most often proposed on a regional level for a period of three days; these silent retreats give a great deal of space to the meditation of the biblical Scriptures, and are most often hosted in monasteries. According to Wilfred Monod, "public worship does not replace the desert, that is, the solitude where one withdraws to listen to the God who calls". Organisation of the Fraternity Members From their foundation, the Watchers have been men and women, pastors and worshippers from the Protestant tradition. Today, while maintaining its Protestant identity, the Fraternity also welcomes Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Those who wish to become members begin with a period of novitiate, which ends on 31 December of the year following that of affiliation. This time of apprenticeship is spent in a personal relationship with a godfather or godmother. If necessary, it is followed by the status of observer. The commitment is then reiterated each year; it is formalised by the signing