Founder and Servant in Christ

✠ Founder Eric Michel

✠ Opening Line

“Christ, who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:23)
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.” (Ephesians 4:5)

✠ Christ the Fullness of All Things

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For in Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
He is the Head of the Body, the Church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the preeminence.

For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace by the blood of His Cross.
(Colossians 1:15–20)

✠ Ecclesial Identity

Eric Michel Ministries International (EMMI Corporation) is an independent Catholic Franciscan ministry, faithful to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and united in spiritual communion with the Holy Father and his bishops.

✠ ✠ Éric Michel Gagnon, O.F.S., M.I.

Founder and Primate

✠ A Life in Service

The life of the Founder is marked by a path of service, discipline, and commitment.

  • Veteran, following in the footsteps of his father, a combat veteran of the Second World War
  • Member of the Royal Canadian Legion
  • Member of Saint John Ambulance
  • Member of the Crown Society of Canada

These elements reflect a life shaped by duty, sacrifice, and service to others.

✠ A Spiritual Calling

Beyond visible service, a deeper call emerged—a call to live the Gospel in a radical and simple way.

Rooted in the Franciscan tradition, this vocation took form through:

This path led to the foundation of a mission centred on:

✠ Christ in the Eucharist, through the Immaculate Virgin Mary

✠ Foundation of the Mission

From this call was born Eric Michel Ministries International.

Not as an institution alone, but as:

  • A spiritual family
  • A Franciscan path in the world
  • A mission of prayer, formation, and service

The Founder serves this mission not as an authority of power, but as a servant of its charism.

✠ Ecclesial Mission

The mission entrusted to the Founder extends beyond one place.

It includes:

  • The formation of Third Orders
  • The development of chaplaincies
  • Support for communities in different regions

All oriented toward:

  • The renewal of faith
  • The sanctification of souls
  • Service to the Church

✠ A Witness, Not a Claim

This path is not presented as an achievement, but as a response.

A response to grace.
A response to a call received in faith.

✠ “Rebuild My Church.”

✠ In Communion

The Founder carries this mission in communion with those who walk alongside him.

In particular:

  • Co-founder Marie
  • Members of the Third Orders
  • Those engaged in prayer and mission

This is a shared work, sustained by grace.

✠ Continue the Path

👉 DiscoveFranciscan Lifer the Franciscan Third Orders
👉 Enter the life of prayer and the Cenacle

Servus inutilis, sed fidelis
(An unworthy servant, yet faithful)

✠ Intro

My journey is rooted in faith, family, and vocation. Through these moments, the Lord has guided my life in Christ and shaped my mission in the Church.

✠ IMAGE 1 — First Communion

First Holy Communion — the beginning of my life in Christ, nourished by the Eucharist.

✠ IMAGE 2 — Parents’ Wedding & Anniversary Celebration

My parents’ wedding — the foundation of faith, family, and the grace of vocation.

✠ IMAGE 3 — With Marie

With Marie, a companion in life, faith, and mission.

✠ IMAGE 4 Founder — Service and Ecclesial Life

Like father, like son.
From the battlefields of the Second World War to a life of continued service and devotion, a legacy carried forward in honour, humility, and prayer.

Formed in a family marked by service, Eric Michel, son of a combat veteran of the Second World War. He himself is a veteran and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, carrying forward a personal commitment to duty and sacrifice. In fide et servitio usque ad finem. A lineage of service, Maurice, Eric Michel’s father, from the trials of war to the quiet offering of a life lived in faith. Even unto the final hour, with the rosary in hand, entrusted to the mercy of God.

In the spirit of charitable service, Eric Michel is a member of Saint John Ambulance, continuing a commitment to care for the suffering and those in need.

He is also a member of the Crown Society of Canada, reflecting a filial respect for the nation’s Christian heritage.

Deeply rooted in the life of the Church, Eric Michel is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Confraternity of Penitents, a voluntary member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, a member of the Militia of the Immaculata (MI), and serves as an EWTN Media Missionary.

In servitio Ecclesiae et caritatis.

✠ Short Bio

✠ Personal Statement

Éric Michel is a Catholic in faith and a Franciscan-inspired minister. Formerly a charter member of independent Catholic episcopal structures, he discerned in conscience that he should withdraw from certain affiliations to remain fully aligned with the teachings and directives of the Roman Catholic Church.

He continues his apostolic mission independently, in fidelity to the Gospel and in spiritual communion with the Holy Father and his bishops, professing that in Christ we are one Body.

“Ut unum sint in Christo.”
(That they may be one in Christ)

NOTE: Father Eric was not, and still he is not a priest of the Roman Catholic Church

✠ “Chronicle of Life and Ministry”

Vita et Missio — Full Chronicle

  1. Let it be known that
  2. Act of Catholic Ecclesial Alignment
  3. Apostolic Mission and Juridiction Charter
  4. Decree Establishing the Official Seal and Instruments of Authority
  5. Decree of Primatial and Episcopal Authority
  6. Decretum de Statu Eclclesiastico, Primatu et Auctoritate
  7. Incorporation
  8. Coat of Arms (Blazon)