What Is the Renewal?
The worldwide Catholic Charismatic Renewal is an invitation to recognize that New Testament life in the Holy Spirit can be a norm for every faithful Roman Catholic today. The experience of the first followers of Jesus was that they were empowered by God through the Holy Spirit to live a new kind of life. A life where God’s power worked in them and through them to bring God’s love and grace to all who would receive it.
The Presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives calls us to…
- Union with the Pope, the successor of St. Peter, and our bishops
- Fidelity to the seven Sacraments
- A deeper appreciation of God’s Word
- Operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the building up of the Church
- Evangelize by proclaiming His Good News in both words and actions
Diocesan Charismatic Renewal Commission
The Diocesan Charismatic Renewal Commission consists of both Catholic laity and clergy, appointed by the bishop, to collaborate in the service, mission, ministry, formation and advancement of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal under “CHARIS,” the Vatican’s Dicastery for the worldwide Charismatic Renewal. Charismatic Masses or Events are scheduled and celebrated throughout the diocese in various and inviting parishes on a quarterly basis.
Rev. Charles Howell – Priest Moderator
Shelley Parkerson – Chair
Rev. Damian Anumba – MSSCC
Dcn. Mark Averett
Robin Beard
Carol Jackson
Mike Logan
Jordan Luciano
Albert Negron
Dcn. Spencer Parrott
External Charismatic/Related Links
A Comprehensive Charge by Pope Francis to the Renewal
The Birth of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Services (CHARIS) and its Importance for Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Cardinal Kevin Farrell
