The Culture of Pentecost. The Culture of Pentecost

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1 Providing Support and Leadership for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Volume 38 Number 5 SCRC SPIRIT Southern California Renewal Communities September / October 2010 The Culture of Pentecost The Culture of Pentecost by Michelle Moran May the Spirituality of Pentecost spread in the Church for a new Culture of Pentecost During the Pontificates of John Paul II (May 2004) and Benedict XVI (Sept 2005), there has been strong encouragement to the Church to propagate the Culture of Pentecost. Obviously, this is a broad concept with many dimensions but undoubtedly this call finds a home with us in Charismatic Renewal. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of CCR, Cardinal Rylko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, spoke about the experience of Baptism in the Spirit or the Outpouring of the Spirit. He said that this experience which is central to Charismatic Renewal and which has embraced millions of Catholics on every continent could be the starting point of the Culture of Pentecost. The Grace of Pentecost is a Missionary Grace It is therefore important for us to embrace our mandate. We are not just called to be people who have experienced a personal Pentecost, important as this is, but along with this experience goes a responsibility. We are called to be channels for the graces of Pentecost in our Church and in our world. When the Holy Spirit came down upon the apostles in the Upper room they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They experienced not only a personal renewal but they were also empowered with gifts such as speech/glossolalia and courage which enabled them to reach out powerfully into the surrounding culture. They were transformed and Peter, who was an uneducated layman, was able to so convince the crowds by his arguments that they accepted his message and were baptized. On that very first day about 3,000 new converts were added to their number. Throughout the Acts of the Apostles, Luke records many instances where the apostles moved in the power of the Holy Spirit and consequently, the Church began to grow in number (eg. Acts 2:47; 4:4; 5:14; 6:1,7; 11:21,24). So the grace of Pentecost is essentially a missionary grace. While recognizing that in the Charismatic Renewal we do not have a monopoly of the Holy Spirit. It would seem that we do have a particular calling to be ambassadors of the Holy Spirit spreading the Culture of Pentecost. This was emphasized by Pope John Paul II in 2002, when he said: In our time that is so hungry for hope, make the Holy Spirit known and loved. Help bring to life that Culture of Pentecost that alone can make fruitful the civilization of love and friendly co-existence among peoples. With fervent insistence, never tire of praying Come Holy Spirit! Come! Come! Moving from the Spirituality of Pentecost to the Culture of Pentecost The challenge for CCR is not to keep the Spirituality of Pentecost locked up in the prayer meeting or indeed to restrict it just to the see Culture of Pentecost on page 3

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3 Culture of Pentecost continued from cover page Charismatic Renewal. Evangelization must be a priority for us, as it was for the apostles when they left the Upper Room. As early as 1992, Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger) wrote; Are we going to discover the secret of the first Pentecost in the Church? Are we going to offer ourselves humbly to the renewing power of the Holy Spirit so that He can free us from our poverty and our total inability to carry out the task of proclaiming Jesus Christ to our fellow men? The Upper Room is the place where Christians allow themselves in welcoming the Holy Spirit to be transformed in prayer. But it is also the place from which one goes out to bring the fire of Pentecost to one s brothers and sisters (New Covenant magazine). Clearly, Pentecost is for the world. It is about transforming society through the power of the Holy Spirit. A culture of Pentecost creates a society that SAVE THIS DATE! Registration forms will be available at the SCRC Convention and will be in the November/December SCRC SPIRIT Newsletter upholds human dignity through acknowledging that humanity is made in God s image and likeness. It is a society where hope reigns supreme and where light shines out stronger than any darkness. It is the exact opposite to the cultural relativism which pervades so much of our world. At a conference in Lucca, Italy in 2005, Salvatore Martinez defined the Culture of Pentecost as the antidote to the dark evil of the world. In reply Cardinal Rylko said; we must learn the Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ method of the Holy Spirit who works in history and renews the face of the earth, not to be overcome by evil. We all have a responsibility as individuals and as groups to discern the ways in which the Lord is calling us to be promoters of the Culture of Pentecost. One way in which this will happen is through intensifying the Spirituality of Pentecost in the Church. Perhaps you can do this by encouraging as many people as possible to participate in praying the Pentecost Novena and to join in the worldwide witness of the Pentecost of the Nations. From this place of intercession we will be empowered to reach out into the world promoting the culture of Pentecost through the witness of our lives and through works of mercy and justice. MARK YOUR CALENDAR! SCRC C Retr etrea eat Hearing the Call of the Lord Spiritual Freedom - Do I Want to Hear the Call? Listening in Stillness Sorting Out the Static Discerning the Call Laboring With the Lord Bearing Fruit January 7-9, 2011 Sacred Heart Retreat House 920 E. Alhambra Rd., Alhambra, CA Michelle Moran is from England and is currently President of ICCRS (Int l Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services, Vatican City).Reprinted from the Mar/ Apr 2010 ICCRS Newsletter. Fr. George Reynolds For registration form, go to or contact SCRC at spirit@scrc.org (818) FAX (818)

4 Formation Series Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ SCRC Teaching Room Calendar of Events! SCRC Catholic Renewal Center 9795 Cabrini Drive Suite 209 Burbank, CA (The land where SCRC is located was once owned by St. Frances Xavier Cabrini & the Order she founded!) Limited Seating. Reservation recommended. (name & phone # only) - preferred. If you do not have , please call (818) FREE! All Are Welcome! Love offering will be taken. Gifts of the Spirit for Christian Life Today 1:00pm-4:30pm COME BE BLESSED! Celebration of the Feast of Our Guardian Angels Saturday, October 2 Includes: Growing in Awareness of the Work of Our Guardian Angels. Joining Our Guardian Angels in Glorifying God. Teaching, Prayer & Celebration! 1:00-3:00pm Dominic Berardino Expanding our Appreciation for the Faithful Obedience of Our Guardian Angels in the Divine Plan. Each person in attendance will be entered in a FREE Raffle of an Antique Angel reproduction picture! 8 WEEK SERIES: REMAINING DATES: Saturdays, 11/13, 12/4, 1/15, 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/7 beginning on Saturday, October 9, 2010 Session 1 - Saturday, October 9: Gifts of the Spirit: The Gift & The Giver The Richness of God s Gifts: Do Not Limit the Spirit Test All Things: Discerning the Gifts Opening to the Spirit Check scrc.org for Online Registration! Limited Seating REGISTRATION FORM Gifts of the Spirit for Christian Life Today Series - $80 for 8 Sessions OR $12 per individual Session Name Address City State Zip Phone ( ) Check/Money Order (payable to: SCRC ) Only registrations paid with a credit card can be faxed to: (818) Credit Card: VISA MasteCard Discover AmericanExpress Credit Card # Exp. Date Signature YES! Sign me up to receive regular SCRC Announcements! (Please box) Intercession Day for the Mid-Term Elections Saturday, October 23 12:30pm-4:30pm Praise & Worship Mass at 1:00pm Teaching Charismatic Intercession Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ Limited Seating. Reservation recommended. (name & phone # only) - preferred. If you do not have , please call (818) There will be a Saturday Mass at 1:00pm. Freewill love-offering.

5 SANTA BARBARA REGION Wednesday, September 8 Mass & Healing Service, 7:00pm with Fr. Raymond Roh, OSB at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 207 S. School, Santa Maria, Thursday, September 30 Mass & Healing Service, 7:00pm with Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ at Holy Cross Church, 1740 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, SAN FERNANDO REGION Thursday, September 9 Mass & Healing Service, 7:30pm with Fr. Lou Cerulli at St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 133 N. Fifth St., Burbank, (Praise & Worship at 7:00pm) SAN GABRIEL REGION Friday, September 24 Mass & Healing Service, 7:30pm with Fr. Patrick Crowley, SSCC at San Gabriel Mission Chapel, 428 S. Mission, San Gabriel, (Praise 7:15pm) Saturday, September 25 San Gabriel Magnificat Prayer Brunch, CANCELLED SANTA BARBARA REGION Wednesday, October 13 Mass & Healing Service, 7:00pm with Fr. Raymond Roh, OSB at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 207 S. School St., Santa Maria, Saturday, October 30 The History of Halloween, 1:00pm-3:30pm with Dominic Berardino at Holy Cross Parish Hall, 1740 Cliff Dr., Santa Barbara, FREE! All Are Welcome! Love offering. SAN FERNANDO REGION Saturday, October 2 Celebration of the Feast of Our Guardian Angels, 1:00pm-3:00pm with Dominic Berardino at the SCRC Catholic Center, 9795 Cabrini Dr., Suite 209, Burbank, CA FREE! All Are Welcome! Limited Seating! See top of opposite page. Saturday, October 9 8 Session Formation Series - Gifts of the Holy Spirit for Christian Life Today, 1:00pm-4:30pm with Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ at the SCRC Catholic Center, 9795 Cabrini Dr., #209, Burbank, CA $80 for 8 sessions or $12 each individual session. See middle of opposite page. Wednesday, October 13 Mass & Healing Service, 6:30pm with Fr. Aloysius Orekie at St. Mel Church, Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, September, 2010 Calendar 10:00am-1:00pm with guest speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Kim at the Via Verde Country Club, 1400 Avenida Entrada, San Dimas, $25 (by 9/18), $29 (after 9/18). For information, contact: Carmen (909) Saturday, September 25 Mass & Healing Service, 7:00pm with Fr. Mike Sears at St. Louis of France Church, Temple, La Puente, SUNDAY, September 26 A Special One Day Conference: Healing the Family Tree: From Generation to Generation, 10:00am-5:00pm with Fr. Mike Barry, SSCC & Dominic Berardino at St. Joseph Center, 507 N. Granada Ave., Alhambra, Registration: $25, (before 9/17), $35 (after 9/17 or on-site). See pg. 2 for information & registration. SAN PEDRO REGION Thursday, September 9 Mass & Healing Service, 7:30pm with Fr. Jesse Galaz at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, S. Paramount Blvd., October, 2010 Calendar Wednesday, October 20 The Holy Angels, 6:30pm with Dominic Berardino at St. Mel Church, Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, Saturday, October 23 Day of Intercession for the Mid-Term Elections, 12:30pm-4:30pm with Fr. Bill Delaney, SJ at the SCRC Catholic Center, 9795 Cabrini Dr., Suite 209, Burbank, Limited Seating! See bottom of opposite pg. Wednesday, October 27 Celebration of the Lives of the Saints, Veneration of Relics of the Saints, 6:30pm at St. Mel Church, Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, SAN GABRIEL REGION Friday, October 1 Mass & Healing Service, 8:00pm with Fr. Bill Adams, CSsR at Holy Family Church, 1501 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, Friday, October 22 Bill Adams, CSsR at San Gabriel Mission Chapel, 428 S. Mission Dr., San Gabriel, (Praise 7:15pm) Saturday, October 30 Mass & Healing Service, 7:00pm at St. Louis of France Church, Temple, La Puente, SAN PEDRO REGION Thursday, October 14 The History of Halloween Holy Cross Parish Hall 1740 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA FREE! All Are Welcome! Love Offering will be taken! Paramount, (Praise & Worship 7pm) Monday, September 20 George Reynolds at St. Linus Church, Shoemaker Ave., Norwalk, Friday, September 24 Mass and Healing Service, 7:30pm with Fr. John Provenza at Mary Star of the Sea Church, 877 W. 7th St.,San Pedro, (Praise & Worship 7pm) Monday, September 27 George Reynolds at St. Cornelius Church, 5500 E. Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, ORANGE DIOCESE Friday - Sunday, September 3-5, th Annual SCRC Catholic Renewal Convention, Stand Firm in the Faith - Anaheim Convention Center. Register Online: Doors open 8AM! Monday, September 27 Mass & Healing Service, 7:15pm with Fr. Charles Lueras, CRIC at St. Angela Merici, 585 S. Walnut, Brea, Jesse Galaz at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, S. Paramount Blvd., Paramount, (Praise & Worship 7pm) Monday, October 18 Mass & Healing Service, 7:30pm with Msgr. Joe Brennan at St. Linus Church, Shoemaker Ave., Norwalk, Monday, October 25 Joseph Visperas at St. Cornelius Church, 5500 E. Wardlow, Long Beach, Friday, October 29 Mass and Healing Service, 7:30pm with Fr. John Provenza at Mary Star of the Sea Church, 877 W. 7th St.,San Pedro, (Praise & Worship 7pm) ORANGE DIOCESE Monday, October 25 Mass & Healing Service, 7:15pm with Fr. Patrick Crowley, SSCC at St. Angela Merici, 585 Walnut, Brea, BIBLE STUDY (Evenings) begins Tues. October 5, 7:30pm (Mornings) begins Wed. October 6, 10:00am LETTERS TO LIVE BY Paul s Letters to Timothy & Titus; Letters of James, Peter & John, at St. John Vianney O Callaghan Center, 1345 E. Turnbull Cyn., Hacienda Hgts. $15 Donation for year long program. Info: (626) or (626) Saturday, October 30 1:00-3:30pm with Dominic Berardino For more information contact SCRC: (818) spirit@scrc.org or contact: Phil/Chris(805)

6 Lovely Raffle Gift Baskets! With Thankful Hearts We invite you to join us for a Fundraising Luncheon......benefiting the SCRC ministry outreach! Honoring Fr. John Hampsch, CMF such as... Jewelry, Cosmetics, etc. (max. size 12 X12 ) no bigger than a beach ball! Wonderful Silent Auction Items! We welcome your donations of... Unused Gifts! s from Any Store or Restaurant! $1000 Grand Prize Raffle! additional Raffle Cash Prizes of $300 $200 $100 Gift Certificates for Services......such as Hair Care, Spa Treatments, Facials, Manicures, etc. T ickets for any Event after Nov. 6!...to be used for the Silent Auction and Gift Basket Raffle! Items may be dropped off at the SCRC Office in Burbank Monday, September 13 thru Friday, October 29 between the hours of 9:00am-11:30am and 1:30pm-4:00pm Please call (818) OR spirit@scrc.org before you arrive. You may bring small items, (gift cards, etc.) to the SCRC Convention and give them to Sandy at the SCRC Booth in Hall A OR Barbara at the Volunteer Booth in Hall A. For tax purposes, a donation receipt will be provided. Thank You and God Bless You for your generosity!

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8 2010 SCRC Catholic Renewal Convention Stand Firm in the Faith 1 Cor. 16:13 Bishop Alex Salazar Los Angeles Archdiocese Labor Day Weekend September 3-5, 2010 Anaheim Convention Center Take Advantage of this Incredible Opportunity to Invite New People to the Convention! FREE John Michael Talbot Arena Concert Saturday, September 4th 3:30-5:00pm...and encourage them to stay for the evening Arena Mass & Healing Service! Go to Bishop Dominic Luong Orange Diocese Mother Regina Marie Gorman, OCD Alhambra, CA Sr. Linda Koontz, SNJM El Paso, TX Fr. Jim Nisbet Spreckels, CA REGISTER NOW! It s fast! It s easy! Patti Mansfield New Orleans, LA Over 45 Popular Catholic Speakers! Dynamic Daily Liturgies Saturday Evening Mass & Healing Service! Children s Program Vietnamese Conference Teen Conference (incl. Saturday Night Teen Concert!) Young Adult Conference (including Saturday Night Social) Fr. Michael Manning, SVD San Bernardino, CA Fr. Stan Fortuna, CFR Bronx, NY SCRC SPIRIT 9795 Cabrini Drive, Suite 208 Burbank, CA (818) FAX (818) spirit@scrc.org Guardian Angel is always present. Let us never forget him and always remember to pray to him. Blessed Pope John XXIII Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No Los Angeles, CA DATED MATERIAL Feast of the Guardian Angels - October 2 Feast Day of Bl. Pope John XXIII - October 11