Choose a link from the workshop tracks below. Each track will have mulitple workshops throughout the day on Saturday, November 15th.

Prayer Group Leadership
Healing and Prayer Room Ministry
Praise and Worship
Charisms
Theological Foundations
Prophetic Call of the Church to the Charismatic Renewal
Practicums: Tools for Moving Forward
Ministry to Youth

PRAYER GROUP LEADERSHIP

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Vision and Role of Prayer Groups

After nearly 37 years of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, what is the vision of the Renewal and, in light of it, what is the role of prayer groups? The importance of and how to form this vision in others. This workshop will review the key elements of successful prayer groups, as well as variable elements that can be introduced from time to time. Also discussed will be the importance of preparation and planning.

10:45 - Noon
Evangelizing Prayer Groups

Explore structures for vital prayer meetings where charisms, Scripture, faith-sharing and prayer become tools for reaching out to family, co-workers, and neighbors in daily life. Foster prayer groups that tap into the gospel and allow the Spirit to transform the world. Build prayer groups that offer ongoing invitations to embrace Jesus and the Church.

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Holy and Skilled: Qualities of Fruitful and Effective Leadership

All leaders desire to serve others in a way that is both godly and skilled. In this workshop, we identify key abilities of outstanding leaders and discuss ways to develop these in ourselves and in others, including discerning vision, fostering commitment in others, and raising up leaders.

3:45 - 5:00 PM
What Kind of Leader are You? Leadership Skills and Leadership Styles

Many leaders are frustrated or frustrate others because they are not aware of the strengths and limitations of their leadership style. We examine three basic leadership styles and identify skills that each type of leader should develop in relationship to key leadership issues, including developing initiatives and resolving conflict.

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HEALING AND PRAYER ROOM MINISTRY

9:00 - 10:15 AM
The Basics of Inner Healing Prayer

Whether offered in a one-on-one situation or by a small team, what are the basics of inner healing prayer that most inner healing practitioners would acknowledge? What gifts/charisms are helpful in praying for inner healing for others? Are there steps or a process in inner healing prayer? How do team members or individuals work together using their gifts in the healing prayer?

10:45 - Noon
Praying for Healing in Family Life

What are simple ways in which prayer for healing be practiced in family situations? What are the do’s and don’ts of such prayer? How do we create a healing environment in the family? How can we teach prayers of healing and protection as a normal part of family life? How does a basic understanding of intergenerational healing affect family life and prayer?

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Discernment and the Use of Charisms in Healing Prayer

An essential gift for those who pray with/for others is discernment. What are the basics of discernment and how does it vary from and complement “discernment of spirits”? How can visions (images, pictures), words (prophetic, scripture, wisdom), etc., help in the prayer for others?

3:45 - 5:00 PM
Organizing, Recruiting, Training for Prayer Room Ministry

Whether in prayer groups or at conferences, Prayer Room Ministry is an important service. This workshop will discuss the essential elements of organizing, recruiting and training prayer room ministries, including the limitations of such ministry.

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PRAISE AND WORSHIP

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Foundations in Scripture and Teaching of Church

“We bring the sacrifice of praise” is both a Biblical exhortation and a Church teaching. What is praise (and thanksgiving) in the Old and New Testaments? What are some insights from the Saints (e.g., jubilation in St. Augustine and St. Francis). Why is the Mass “the ‘sacrifice of praise’.” (CCC 2643).

10:45 - Noon
A New Day is Dawning

“Praise is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God.” (CCC 2639). What are the elements of praise and worship and how can these be incorporated into one’s personal prayer?

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Communal Praise and Worship

This workshop will review key elements of communal praise and worship, and how these elements can be expressed in prayer meetings and in “charismatic” liturgies. Understanding the relation between the communal praise and worship in prayer meetings and “charismatic” liturgies to the communal praise and worship expressed in the Church’s liturgy (see e.g., CCC 2637, 2643).

3:45 - 5:00 PM
Releasing Greater Praise and Worship

This workshop will be a praticum of releasing greater praise and worship in groups, and offer suggestions on how to help prayer groups, etc., grow in this area.

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CHARISMS

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Do We Really Need Charisms?

This workshop will review the consensus understanding of charisms in the Charismatic Renewal in light of Church teaching. What is a charism as opposed to a talent or learned skill? What makes the charism of “healing” and the charism of “helping” or “administration” charisms?

10:45 - Noon
How Do I Know What Charisms I Have?

How might an individual go about identifying his or her charism(s)? How might leaders help individuals identify their charisms? (Some review of programs such as The Catholic Gifts Inventory.)

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Praying to Release Charisms in Others

How might a group or an individual pray with others to release charisms? Since yielding to praying in tongues is not a requirement for yielding to charisms, what role might it play for the pray-ers, as well as for the one being prayed with?

3:45 - 5:00 PM
Successful Life in the Spirit Seminars

Explore the vision behind the Seminars as we awaken people to baptism in the Holy Spirit. Take a second look at our sacramental charismatic heritage by entering into an interactive dialogue about conversion, faith sharing, witnessing, evangelization, fostering charisms, spiritual formation and teaching that are vital tools for a life in the Spirit seminar.

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THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

9:00 - 10:15 AM
The Holy Spirit in Scripture

This workshop will revisit the key texts in the Old Testament and the New Testament about the Holy Spirit. What do the texts reveal about the person and role of the Holy Spirit? The workshop will help, therefore, to recognize the action of the Holy Spirit in our own time. That is, as we see how the Spirit of God is revealed in the Scriptures, we can recognize the Spirit of God today.

10:45 - Noon
Baptism in the Holy Spirit Revisited

After nearly 37 years of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, what is the consensus understanding of baptism in the Holy Spirit? What can the insights of others (e.g., Fr. Francis Sullivan, Fr. Peter Hocken, Fr. Francis Martin) add to this understanding?

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Grace for the New Springtime

In line with the Holy Father calling the Third Millennium the “new springtime for Christianity,” the U.S. Bishops wrote, “Because we believe that God in His great love for His people continues to fulfill His promise to pour out His Spirit anew, we have entitled this statement, [their 1997 Statement on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal] ‘Grace for the New Springtime’”. In what ways is the grace of baptism in the Holy Spirit grace for the new springtime?

3:45 - 5:00 PM
Charismatic Renewal as Movement, as Stream of Grace

The Charismatic Renewal has been variously described as a “movement” and a “stream of grace.” What insights about the Charismatic Renewal do these two understandings bring? How are the two related?

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PROPHETIC CALL OF THE CHURCH TO THE CHARISMATIC RENEWAL

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Rediscovering our Heritage: Charism/Charismatic in the Documents of Vatican II

The “rediscovery” of the charismatic dimension, along with the hierarchical, as constitutive of the Church was essential for the emergence and acceptance of the Charismatic Renewal. This workshop will review the key texts of the Documents of Vatican II for insights into the purpose of this outgoing of the Holy Spirit in our day which we call “Charismatic Renewal”.

10:45 - Noon
Novo Millennio Ineunte

This important pastoral statement of Pope John Paul II at the end of the Jubilee and the beginning of the Millennium sets forth a number of observations and challenges with which leaders in the Charismatic Renewal should be aware, especially if the Charismatic Renewal is to continue to play an important role in the life of the Church in this new Millennium.

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Building a “Culture of Pentecost” and Other Challenges

In his recent statements to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Pope John Paul II has challenged us to build a “culture of Pentecost”. What would such a culture look like? What can leaders do in their own lives and families - and what can prayer groups, communities and the Renewal as a whole do - to build such a culture?

3:45 - 5:00 PM
How can Charismatic Renewal Impact Parishes?

Over the nearly 37 years of Renewal, many people have attempted many things to renew their local parishes. What have we been trying to do? What has worked? What hasn’t? And what are some new approaches for being effective instruments of renewal in our parishes?

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PRATICUMS: TOOLS FOR MOVING FORWARD

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Witnessing to the Power of God

An introduction to a workshop (two-evening or all day) that combines preparing ten-minute witnesses of conversion and videotaping of same. Used as a means of personal renewal and group revitalization.

10:45 - Noon
Afterglow of the Eucharist/The Simple Blessing Prayer

This workshop will introduce participants to The Simple Blessing Prayer and the Afterglow of the Eucharist prayer ministry for parishes. Guidelines will be given on how to propose the Afterglow Ministry to Pastors and others in the parish who are involved in worship and prayer ministries.

2:00 - 3:15 PM
On the Road Again for the Lord: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Masses & Healing Services

This workshop will introduce participants to a “Traveling Healing Team” ministry including guidelines for introducing parishes (with and without prayer groups) to Catholic Charismatic Renewal Masses and Healing Services. It will provide participants with guidelines for Pre-Mass preparations; forming prayer teams; modeling The Simple Blessing Prayer; introducing and exhorting charismatic praise, worship and the gifts of the Holy Spirit; inviting all present to listen for and discern God's prophetic word; arranging the Healing Service at the close of the Mass, offering “old-time charismatics” prayer for “refreshment and renewal in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.” This “On the Road Again for the Lord” ministry is in its fifth year.

3:45 - 5:00 PM
The Gifts of Prophecy and Word of Knowledge

What are these gifts and how do they function in personal and communal prayer? How might the gifts of prophecy and word of knowledge be yielded to in non-charismatic settings, e.g. parish council meetings? The workshop will offer an exercise in yielding to these gifts.

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MINISTRY TO YOUTH

9:00 - 10:15 AM
The Heart of Worship: Leading Young People in Catholic Workshop - Fr. Tim Hepburn

Through the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, God has given many Catholics a new thirst for worship. This workshop will focus on teen and young adult worship in the Catholic Church and the responsibility of leaders to move with the Spirit while teaching the Catholic worship tradition.

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Prophets Outside the Tent: Serving Movements of the Spirit in Young People from the Heart of the Charismatic Renewal - Fr. Tim Hepburn

Young Catholics have more options for spiritual renewal today than they did in the last three decades. In the Church today many young people have a steady diet of praise and worship, evangelistic opportunities, spiritual experiences, charism workshops and Bible studies available to them. Still, many of these young people do not know of baptism in the Spirit and Charismatic Renewal, but they would greatly benefit if they did. This workshop will look at how the grace of baptism in the Holy Spirit can integrate the experience of young people and foster a culture of Pentecost.

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