Western Oregon
Catholic Charismatic Renewal
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: The Western Oregon Catholic Charismatic Renewal (WOCCR) Team is celebrating a significant accomplishment. Today, we are launching version 3.0 of our website -- a totally redesigned site for our visitors and members. It includes a number of significant, new features including a redesign of the Home page and many other updates.
Newsletter: The WOCCR website has just added capability to accept "donations" from our visitors. This is an new feature that was built into the development of version 3.0 of this website. Try it out! I think that you will find that it is an easy and convenient way to make donations to WOCCR.
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.
