1. CLC implantation :

Yaoundé region : 7 groups

Douala region: 3 groups in Douala and one in Bafoussam

1. Constituency of the community :

Numbers : 103 members in 1998

51% women and 49% men

32% married, of whom 12% are CLC members as couples

68% are working people, 29% are students and 3% are unemployed persons

Age : less than 30 years = 32%

between 30 and 40 years = 57%

between 40 and 60 years = 19%

1. Creation of first group : 1987

First national committee : May 1997

1. Growth related to number of members : 1992 94 96 98

25 45 72 103

1. Number of guides : 8 Jesuits and 3 religious sisters.

1. Formation activities :
   • national formation encounters of 2-3 days : a year, during the months of May and December
   • introduction to spiritual guidance for lay persons : 6 members formed in 1997/98 within an initiative taken by an Ignatian group
   • for 1998/1999 it is foreseen to continue the formation of spiritual guides and of lay group-guides.
   • participation in IFEs in 93, 96, 97
   • participation in the World Assembly in 94 and 98

1. Practice of Spiritual Exercises :

members who participated in : 1-2 Ignatian week-ends : 30%

1-2 three-day retreats : 20%

8 day retreats : 16% (possibilities twice a year)

Spir. Ex. in daily life : 7%

1. Temporary commitment : 5 members in 1998

1. Apostolic activities :
   • individual (in parishes) 40% of the members
   • group activities : family, aged, prisoners, sick persons : 30% of members

1. 50% of the formation activities are financed by the members; this percentage is growing.
2. Publication : 1 national liaison bulletin (CLC- Cameroun)
3. Group meetings : twice a month.