Save the Dates!
Dear Friends of the Charismatic Renewal,
Save the dates for a Healing Mass, Retreat and a Day of Renewal.
May 31, 2024 — Healing Mass at St Mary’s in Eugene, OR
Fr. Chuck Wood, (our Liaison) will celebrate with Fr. Ron Nelson, Pastor, St. Mary Catholic Church. Mass begins at 6:30 p.m.
Please see attached flyers.
September 21, 2024 — Retreat with Dr. Mary Healy in Bend, OR
Dr. Mary Healy
Dr. Mary Healy will conduct an all-day (8 am – 4 pm) retreat at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 2450 NE 27th St, Bend, OR 97701.
Theme: Encountering Jesus: A Call to Holiness, Healing, and Mission.
Dr. Healy is a Catholic theologian and an international speaker. She teaches sacred scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. Her main interests include faith healing, evangelization, and Catholic spirituality. Dr. Healy was one of the first women appointed by Pope Francis in 2014 to the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
Deacon Steve McGlone, who is part of the planning committee at the parish, is asking us to join his prayer team and pray for this event from today until September 21st. Please join in this effort. I am including his prayer ministry description — Prayer Warrior Job Description. You don’t have to respond to them or me — just pray.
I saw the result of many people praying in advance of an event earlier this year when the John Paul II conference on Healing the Whole person came to Portland and several other arterial locations. Our Lady of Lavang was packed. I would say close to 1500 people, that does not include the secondary locations and the streaming.
November 9, 2024 – Day of Renewal with Fr. Tim Furlow and Dr. Lynne Bissonette-Pitre
WOCCR invites you to a Day of Renewal at Our Lady of the Lake Church Parish Center in Lake Oswego, OR. The time is not secure yet, but should be around 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Theme: Spiritual Warfare.
Fr. Tim Furlow and Dr. Lynne Bissonette-Pitre will help us understand what that really is and how we as the charismatic renewal fit in.
Fr. Tim Furlow
Fr. Tim Furlow was born in 1982, went to the University of Steubenville from 2004 -2007. During those years he was part of the core team of their prayer group. Fr. Tim was Ordained in 2015, he has served as Parochial Vicar at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Portland, then as Administrator and now Pastor at St. Patrick’s, in Portland, OR.
Dr. Lynne Bissonnette-Pitre
Dr. Lynne Bissonnette-Pitre is a psychiatrist, musician, and iconographer. She has lectured nationally, led retreats and has been organizing the Sacred Liturgy Conferences in Southern California since 2013. She currently serves on the Holy Alliance, a ministry which advises the U.S. Catholic Bishops on issues related to mental health, in partnership with the Catholic Medical Association. She teaches classes on sacred scripture, iconography, and Gregorian Chant and is a Dame Grand Cross of the Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
God Bless all of You. HAPPY PENTECOST!!!
THE WOCCR Team
