Western Oregon
Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Newsletter: The WOCCR Team is proud to announce that Fr. Dave Pivonka will be coming to Oregon City, OR on June 1st to give a series of talks titled: “Encounter Jesus in the Power of the Spirit”. Please save the date and plan to attend this regional charismatic event. We are also very happy to announce that Dina Marie Hale former Program Director and Morning Show host for KBVM now Mater Dei radio will be our Master of Ceremonies
Newsletter: I first would like to thank Mike Dorthalina, Jay D’Souza and Yvonne Krill, who resigned this year, for their gifted and very important service to the WOCCR Service Team, through the years. I want to introduce and welcome our new members: -- Felix Barba from St John the Apostle in Oregon City, OR. -- Patty Rydquist from St Patrick’s in Canby, OR. -- Catherine Van and Danny Truong from Our Lady of Lavang in Portland, OR. -- Angie Price from Our Lady of the Lake in Lake Oswego, OR. -- Terry Heaton from St Thomas Aquinas in Camas, WA.
Newsletter: New on the calendar is a one-day Life in the Spirit (LIS) seminar at St Anne’s in Gresham, 1015 SE 182 Avenue, on Saturday, December 1st from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We will be using Fr. Pivonka’s “The Goose is Loose” series. Please invite anyone you know who is interested in more of the Holy Spirit and a closer relationship with Jesus and His Father. All are welcome. Please bring a lunch with you. There will be snacks, coffee and tea.
Newsletter: This year we have three events planned: 1) The first is in Vancouver, WA at St Joseph’s on May 25. We are very pleased that Fr. Justus Kiiza has accepted our invitation to celebrate a healing Mass with us beginning at 7:00 p.m.; 2) Fr. Bill Adams from Huntington Beach California will be our Presenter at a Day of Renewal on July 14th, at Our Lady of the Lake Parish Center, in Lake Oswego, OR from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and 3) On October 27, Fr. Tim Furlow from St Mary’s Cathedral will be celebrating a healing Mass for us beginning at 7:30 pm at the Cathedral. Dave Bentz will provide the music.
Newsletter: On Saturday, June 3, 2017, Pope Francis spoke to the tens of thousands of faithful who gathered at the Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy. They were there to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Here is the text of his speech.
Newsletter: The Ark and the Dove is the name of the retreat center where 25 Duquesne University students attended a retreat in February 1967. It is on that "Duquesne Weekend" at the Ark and the Dove, that the Catholic Charismatic Renewal began. There was a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit on those participants. From that famous "weekend retreat", the Catholic Charismatic Renewal spread worldwide.
Newsletter: Welcome to the celebration of the 50th Anniversary for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Portland at Salem, OR. We are planning on an exciting agenda with guest speakers and two Masses. Archbishop Sample will celebrate the Holy Mass on Friday night from 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. and Bishop Peter Smith will celebrate a Healing Mass on Saturday vigil at 4:30 p.m.
Newsletter: The Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church started during the "Duquesne Weekend" in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on February 17-18, 1967. Since that time, the Renewal spread from one small retreat group to over 120 million people, worldwide. This movement is renewing the faith of individual participants and is renewing the Church. The 50th anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal will be held in 2017.
