ADoRE
Alton Day of Renewal: Spiritual Mini-Retreat
"The Charismatic Renewal is a current of grace of the Spirit for all the Church, not just for some" - Pope Francis
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"The Charismatic Renewal is a current of grace of the Spirit for all the Church, not just for some" - Pope Francis
Social Media Connections
FOCUS ON PRAYER GROUPS
Michelle Moran wrote an article in Good News Magazine February 2018 in which she said: "It is not enough to run Life in the Spirit Seminars and Alpha courses in isolation: people also need a community where they can be nourished and grow. There is an urgent need for us to develop, strengthen and re-create prayer groups." This is still true today.
On this page we give tips on how to start or revitalise prayer groups, If you have a Prayer Group, please use the button below and register it with CHARIS so that other people in your area can find out about it.
OTHER RESOURCES
You can download a very comprehensive 130-page document "Catholic Charismatic Renewal Resource" produced by Fr Bob Hogan for the American National Service Committee of Catholic Charismatic Renewal. It covers a wide range of topics including:
The CHARIS National Website for England an Wales is building a directory of Prayer Groups for each Diocese, which you can find HERE
There is also a directory of CHARIS contacts in each Diocese - please contact them to find out about Charismatic activity in your area. Click on the button and scroll down the page to find the contact details
Intercessory Prayer Group
“The Friends of Father Nicholas Prayer Group” is made up of people who have attended healing workshops by Father Nicholas Broadbridge and are committed to pray for people personally each and every day. Please contact Peter Ferguson email: peter at pcfconsultancy.com
It's a project to build an national monument in the UK with a million bricks, with each brick representing an answered prayer and there will be a way to access and read these. They have the land, next to a motorway in the Midlands, and now they are trying to raise funds and answered prayers. Please add any testimonies that you feel able to share with the nation you might be interested. These testimonies would then be available for the generations to come to hear of God's love, mercy and faithfulness.
Please look on their website www.thewall.org.uk to find out more.
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Starting or strengthening prayer groups
A really good way of getting a new group going, or refreshing an existing one, is by running a Life in the Spirit seminar using "The Gift" DVD course. This can then be followed up by other excellent courses from CaFE (Catholic Faith Exploration)
Listen to the talk by Tim Stevens of CaFE on strengthening your prayer Group
Listen to other helpful talks from the ADoRE 2019 programme "The Power of Prayer"
Towards a Fuller Life in the Holy Spirit
by Charles Whitehead
Charles Whitehead encourages us all to take a fresh look at the person and promise of the Spirit as revealed in the scriptures and through 2000 years of church teaching and history. It is presented so that it can be used as a resource for small group discussion as well as personal teaching and encouragement. Ideal for accompanying "The Gift" Life in the Spirit DVD course, and for forming or revitalising a prayer group.
If you need prayer over the phone, please call:
Praise and Worship
Joyful praise ans worship is an essential element of a prayer meeting, but many groups struggle with this if they don't have a worship leader. Thankfully, there are excellent resources online these days. Although live music is always preferable, worship videos with lyrics played on a laptop are an acceptable substitute. ADoRE Praise & Worship sessions can be found HERE
Or, on YouTube, search for "praise/worship with lyrics". For example, a good selection of contemporary songs can be found HERE
Way-Finder Holy Spirit online prayer meeting takes place on Thursday evenings at 8pm. Newcomers very welcome from anywhere in the world. For more details and zoom link please contact Jenny Osterfield
Friends of ADoRE Intercessory Prayer Group
Meets monthly on Zoom to pray for the specific intentions of ADoRE and it's activities and members.
More information HERE