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Catholic Charismatic Renewal Prayer Meeting

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Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

        spiritokc.org

What does this have to do with me?

If you are….

  • A Catholic who desires to experience the power of the Holy Spirit in a more fulsome way…
  • Someone who was part of the renewal in the past…
  • A Catholic convert from a Pentecostal background, who misses praying with the charisms…

Join a prayer meeting.

Hispanic Prayer Groups are meetings throughout the city.

For more information, contact the Office of Hispanic Ministries at

728-3561

English Prayer Group is held every Thursday, begin at 7 pm

At the Catholic Pastoral Center, Conference Center, North side of the building

7501 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City

 

QUESTIONS?

Call Toni Calvey

at

405-254-7264

or

email

tonicalvey1900@gmail.com

with any questions.

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is under the care of the

Office of Hispanic Ministries

and the

Office of New Evangelization.

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Catholic Teaching on Charisms, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

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Catholic Teaching on Charisms, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

From the Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium (Vatican II)

  1. It is not only through the sacraments and the ministries of the Church that the Holy Spirit sanctifies and leads the people of God and enriches it with virtues, but, “allotting his gifts to everyone according as He wills, He distributes special graces among the faithful of every rank. By these gifts He makes them fit and ready to undertake the various tasks and offices which contribute toward the renewal and building up of the Church, according to the words of the Apostle: “The manifestation of the Spirit is given to everyone for profit”. These charisms, whether they be the more outstanding or the more simple and widely diffused, are to be received with thanksgiving and consolation for they are perfectly suited to and useful for the needs of the Church. Extraordinary gifts are not to be sought after, nor are the fruits of apostolic labor to be presumptuously expected from their use; but judgment as to their genuinity and proper use belongs to those who are appointed leaders in the Church, to whose special competence it belongs, not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to that which is good.

 

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Charisms

799 Whether extraordinary or simple and humble, charisms are graces of the Holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefit the Church, ordered as they are to her building up, to the good of men, and to the needs of the world.

800 Charisms are to be acceptedwith gratitude by the person who receives them and by all members of the Church as well. They are a wonderfully rich grace for the apostolic vitality and for the holiness of the entire Body of Christ, provided they really are genuine gifts of the Holy Spirit and are used in full conformity with authentic promptings of this same Spirit, that is, in keeping with charity, the true measure of all charisms.

801 It is in this sense that discernment of charisms is always necessary. No charism is exempt from being referred and submitted to the Church’s shepherds. “Their office [is] not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to what is good,” so that all the diverse and complementary charisms work together “for the common good.”

Pope St John Paul II’s 1998 Pentecost Address

Whenever the Spirit intervenes, he leaves people astonished. He brings about events of amazing newness; he radically changes persons and history. This was the unforgettable experience of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council during which, under the guidance of the same Spirit, the Church rediscovered the charismatic dimension as one of her constitutive elements: “It is not only through the sacraments and the ministrations of the Church that the Holy Spirit makes holy the people, leads them and enriches them with his virtues. Allotting his gifts according as he wills (cf. 1 Cor 12:11), he also distributes special graces among the faithful of every rank…. He makes them fit and ready to undertake various tasks and offices for the renewal and building up of the Church” (Lumen gentium, n.12).

The institutional and charismatic aspects are co-essential as it were to the Church’s constitution. They contribute, although differently, to the life, renewal and sanctification of God’s People. It is from this providential rediscovery of the Church’s charismatic dimension that, before and after the Council, a remarkable pattern of growth has been established for ecclesial movements and new communities. […]

Today, I would like to cry out to all of you gathered here in St Peter’s Square and to all Christians: Open yourselves docilely to the gifts of the Spirit! Accept gratefully and obediently the charisms which the Spirit never ceases to bestow on us! Do not forget that every charism is given for the common good, that is, for the benefit of the whole Church.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Grace for the New Springtime: A Statement from the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops

on the Charismatic Renewal

http://www.dsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Grace-for-the-New-Spring-Time.pdf

“Baptism in the Holy Spirit” by  Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM  (Preacher to the Papal Household)

https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/1028/Baptism_in_the_Holy_Spirit___Fr._Cantalamessa.html

Catholic Charismatic Renewal

What is the Catholic Charismatic Renewal?

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What is the Catholic Charismatic Renewal?

At the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, Pope Saint John XXIII asked the Holy Spirit to “renew in our days, your wonders as by a new Pentecost.”  In the years that followed, the council fathers enriched the Church’s teaching on the place that “charisms”, or spiritual gifts play in the life of the Church.

A few years later, in 1967, a group of Catholic college students from Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit in Pittsburgh were on a retreat to focus on the role of the Holy Spirit, and to seek a fuller experience of his power in their lives.  During a time of prayer, the power of the Holy Spirit was manifested, and they began to experience many of the gifts described in the account of the first Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles.  As they began to share about this experience, more and more people began to experience the same gifts.  By 1975, ten thousand people from fifty countries met with Pope Paul VI in Rome.  He encouraged them in their renewal efforts and especially to remain anchored in the Church.  He said:

“This authentic desire to situate yourselves in the Church is the authentic sign of the action of the Holy Spirit … How could this ‘spiritual renewal’ not be a chance for the Church and the world? And how, in this case could one not take all the means to ensure that it remains so…”

St. John Paul

Pope St John Paul II was even more emphatic.  Speaking to a group of international leaders gathered in Rome for Pentecost in 1998, he recalled the experience of the Second Vatican Council, where, he said:

“… the Church rediscovered the charismatic dimension as one of her constitutive elements: “It is not only through the sacraments and the ministrations of the Church that the Holy Spirit makes holy the people, leads them and enriches them with his virtues. Allotting his gifts according as he wills (cf. 1 Cor 12:11), he also distributes special graces among the faithful of every rank…. He makes them fit and ready to undertake various tasks and offices for the renewal and building up of the Church” (Lumen gentium, n.12).

The institutional and charismatic aspects are co-essential as it were to the Church’s constitution. They contribute, although differently, to the life, renewal and sanctification of God’s People.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have both affirmed and encouraged the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.  Almost 50 years have passed since the close of the Second Vatican Council.  Since the charismatic renewal was sparked with the Duquesne students, more than 120 million Catholics in 238 countries have experienced a similar outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

What does the Church teach about charisms? 

The teaching on charisms that developed during the Second Vatican Council is now part of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 798-801.  Not only has the charismatic dimension of our faith been affirmed and encouraged by the Popes, but also local conferences of bishops, including the United States Catholic Bishops, who published an official statement on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal entitled Grace for the New Springtime.

Is the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City?

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal is very strong in the Hispanic community.  For many years there was a significant presence of Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Anglo community also, but in recent years it became very small and hidden.  We are beginning again!