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WANTED ROSARY BEADS AND CATHOLIC LITERATURE FOR EASTERN
EUROPE
Rosary beads, Catholic newspapers, magazines, books and
videos are needed for Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania. Please
send to them direct to Tom Wall, Ballinookera, Whitegate, Midleton,
Co Cork, Ireland
CLASSIC TEXTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Fr Pat Collins CM, one of our Goodnews editorial team, has
been enthusing recently about his recent software acquisition
- over 700 classic works now available on computer disc for
only 25 euros! Books include work by Aquinas, many of the saints
and all the Fathers of the Church. Available from Yvonne Harrison,
Lanesborough, Co Longford, Ireland.
GOODBYES IN 2002
We thank God for the lives of all the people who
have worked for the Kingdom of God through the Charismatic Renewal
and who died last year. These include Winefride Pink (see Page
18) who helped set up the Catholic Charismatic Renewal centre
in London, Ken Swartz who edited New Beginnings in the West
Countr y, Derek Cadde, who (with Anne Scripture), provided the
music ministr y for many events in the South of England and
Bob Gallic, head of the People of Hope Community in the United
States and speaker in recent years at Men's weekends in the
UK.
Cardinal Cormac to Celebrate Mass for Charismatic Renewal
in Westminster Cathedral this March
Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will be celebrating
a special Mass for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal on Saturday
15th March in Westminster Cathedral at 2pm. This will be an
opportunity for the Charismatic Renewal to come together and
hear what the Cardinal would like to say to us at this time.
There will be tea afterwards in the Cathedral Hall so participants
can get together and share.
Conferences Abroad
We are introducing new section in Coming events, alerting
readers to events and conferences abroad that might be of interest.
Look out for the ICCRS 12 Days of Blessing in the Autumn and
other venues.
PAX CHRISTI PRAYER FOR PEACE IN IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST
At a time of war and rumours of war we come to you, God
Creator. You are the source of life and beauty and power. Your
son Jesus is the way of faith and hope and love. Your Spirit
is the fire of love, the fount of wisdom, the bond of unity.
You call us at all times to be people of the beatitudes, Witnesses
to the Gospel of peace and love and forgiveness. You call us
at this time, when war and rumours of war, weigh heavily On
the peoples of Iraq and the Middle East. Their lives are already
broken by suffering and violence. We renew our acceptance of
your call. We promise to work: To bring the light of the Gospel
to those living in darkness, To bring the hope of the Gospel
to those living in despair, To bring the healing of the Gospel
to the lonely, the disadvantaged, the marginalised, And to bring
the peace of the gospel to a divided world.
AMEN
NEW DAWN IRELAND
New Dawn Ireland will be 3rd - 6th July 2003 next at Resurrexit
House, Co Kildare. Further details next issue. New website:
www.newdawn.org.uk
FR JOSEPH BILL “Healing Priest” COMING TO IRELAND
AND ENGLAND IN 2003
Kerala in India has become a real mission sending area of
the world. One of its most popular missionary sons is Fr Joseph
Kuruppamparambil – better know as Fr Bill – a Vincentian
priest, who travels the world giving healing retreats. His itinerary
is almost superhuman as he criss-crosses the continents belying
his 74 years. This is all the more extraordinary when one learns
that when he was 48 he had two such severe heart attacks that
it looked as if he would be an invalid for the rest of his life.
He was invited to participate in the first retreat organised
by the charismatic movement in Kerala, attended by 163 priests
and two bishops. During the retreat, after being prayed over,
he was baptised in the Holy Spirit and totally healed. As a
result he asked his order if he could be relieved of his administrative
duties so he could concentrate on preaching the Word of God.
He later discovered that God had also given him a powerful healing
gift, and found his preaching was accompanied by signs and wonders.
He began to conduct seven-day retreats and healing Masses and
Popular Missions, first in India, then in Africa and in more
recent years in many Western countries too including Ireland.
Although the crowds come because of his healing gift, Fr Bill’s
desire is to see not just physical healing but spiritual and
moral conversion too, and many conversions to Christ come during
the retreat as he opens up the Word of God for retreatants.
He explains “At my age, I could be sitting by the fire
with a nice whisky in front of the television, but I love Jesus
and the people, this is why I travel all over the world, because
I must tell them the Good News of the Gospel and how Jesus has
died to save us from our sins.”
See Coming Events page under Ireland
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