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CCRSOs new Resource Team has been busy responding to your calls for
service. Check out their Ministry Record
or read what they're all about and who's involved.
 No Need to Fear Charismatic Renewal (Zenit)
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa,
preacher to the Papal household, has high praises for what God is doing
through His Renewal.
Addressing a group of 1,000 from 73 countries in September of
2003, he made it clear that “Charismatic Renewal, it must be said and
repeated, is not an ecclesial movement. It is a current of grace that is meant to transform
the Church – preaching, the liturgy, personal prayer, Christian life.”
“It is a Renewal of Baptism and the
whole of Christian life, and of all the Sacraments.”
“I want to say to the faithful, to
bishops and to priests do not be afraid!” “The Pope is not afraid. He has spoken of the ecclesial movements, and also of
the Charismatic Renewal, as signs of a new springtime in the
Church, and he often stresses the importance of this. And Pope Paul VI said it was an
opportunity for the Church.”
“It is part of the solution to the
problem of Catholics who have left the Church because they don’t find in
it a living word, a lived Bible, and the possibility of expressing the
faith in a joyful manner, in a free way. And Charismatic Renewal is a formidable means that the
Lord has given the Church so that one can live an experience of the
Spirit in the Catholic Church, without the need to leave the Church.”
“Nor should the Charismatic Renewal be
regarded as an “island” where some emotional people get together. It is not an island. It is a grace meant for all the
baptized … it is an experience meant for all the baptized.” Read the
full article at Zenit.
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The Holy Spirit Retreat for Catholic Parishes is the Renewal's latest
tool for parish renewal and was introduced to Renewal leaders across Ontario and Canada in mid-October of 2005. The Retreat is new in approach and in attitude, offered for the parish, with parishioners taking a prominent role in the organization of the Retreat. Click on the above link to learn more about this exciting initiative!
 After many
years of tireless service to the Renewal as Director of Service with CCRSO,
Fr. Peter Coughlin heads the call to return to parish ministry. Read the Story in Stirrings of the Spirit. This
photo was taken at the 2001 Crusade when he was presented with of gift of
appreciation.
Catholics
Must Reach Out to Separated Brothers & Sisters (Zenit)
In an interview with ICCRS President, Allan Panozza, Zenit was told “According to the documents of
Vatican Council II, it is the responsibility of Catholics to take the
initiative. We cannot wait for separated brothers to come to us and say:
"We want what you have." It must be our initiative, and the
Holy Father says so. And, in fact, we do in our Church with those who
have lost the faith. First, Jesus must be presented, and then the
sacramental life in order to attract them once again to the Church. Read the
full article at Zenit.
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 Brian Sullivan, President of CCRSO, is a
man with a vision. Read what he is sensing the
Spirit say to the Church.You'll
want to share this with your prayer group and beyond.
 Charismatic groups play important role in
evangelization, pope says VATICAN
CITY (CNS) -- Members of committed Catholic charismatic groups have an
important role to play in evangelization by being living signs of unity
and hope in the world, Pope John Paul II said. The world needs the Good
News of Christ so that "life may be marked by hope rather than by
fear or skepticism," the pope said in a Nov. 9 letter to the
Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships,
which was meeting in Rome. In the 35 years that the charismatic renewal
has been active in the Catholic Church, the pope said, it has helped
people recognize "the beauty of the grace given to them at
baptism" and the power of the Holy Spirit poured out on them at
confirmation. By being steadfastly faithful to the Catholic Church, its
pastors, bishops and the pope, the Charismatic Renewal is "a
powerful witness to the anchor of truth which the world so needs,"
the pope said.
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