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Part Article on The January/February 2014 - Issue 229 WWW.CCR.ORG.UK £ 2.45 / Europe £ 3.00/E2.80 GOODNEWS Catholic Charismatic Renewal Serving The Church Many Streams One River Historic Meeting GoodNews 229 - January/February 2014 1 January/February 2014 index 31 Editorial ......................................................................................................3 Prophetic Consultation by Kristina Cooper Michelle Moran ...................................................................................4 Many Streams One River Kristina Cooper ...................................................................................6 A New Era For The Church Fr. Peter Hocken .................................................................................8 The Call To Be An Evangelist Derek Williams .................................................................................10 14 The Rise Of A New Generation Of Disciples So a new year begins and we look back in thanksgiving for all Marcellino d’Ambrosio concludes his two part article on the Kristina Cooper........ .........................................................................12 that, the last year has given us and look forward with hope for Unfinished Business of Vatican II where he reflects that the Generation Rebuild the future. Michelle Moran reports back from the recent prophetic impersonal large bureaucratic nature of the contemporary Church Will Desmond......... ..........................................................................14 consultation in Bethlehem sponsored by ICCRS and tells us of the often comes in the way of its witness and, as Pope Francis has 6 E d i t o r i a l C o n t e n t s Go And Make Disciples Of All Nations powerful sign the Lord sent them of their need to rely on his power also identified, we need to become a community of disciples where Klara Smrcinova.. ..............................................................................16 and not their own. Fr Peter Hocken, a long time commentator on evangelization and ecumenism are a priority. The early Christian A Catholic Understanding of Scripture the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church, sees last year (2013) as Church, Fr Chris Thomas explains in his article, was often Interpretation Fr. Pat Collins C.M. ..........................................................................22 a Kairos moment and the beginning of a new era for the Church made up of very small groups of disciples who had experienced Read My Word and tells us why. It would certainly seem that the Holy Spirit is transformation in their lives because of coming into a personal Charles Whitehead ........................................................................24 sending a new impetus for Christian unity in particular, with some relationship with Jesus. It is in this personal encounter with Jesus Two In One Flesh - Spirituality In Marriage real surprises of the Holy Spirit. Chemin Neuf, a Roman Catholic that our Christian vocation really begins, and Derek Williams, a full Brian Devine ......................................................................................25 Community with an ecumenical vocation, was suddenly thrust time Catholic lay evangelist shares his personal story and how he The Unfinished Business Of Vatican II (Part 2) into the spotlight last November, when it was announced that sees his role and relationship with the traditional parish structure. Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio .......................................................26 they had been asked by Archbishop Justin Welby to send a small Brian and Maureen Devine are part of a group of married couples Front cover: Many streams One River Banner Small Is Beautiful group of their members to live in Lambeth Palace to support his called Two in One Flesh. As part of their focus of supporting © Yvonne Bell Fr. Chris Thomas ..............................................................................28 work. In this issue we have a report about this and other new Christian marriage they have produced a wonderful resource of initiatives that have suddenly flowered for the community, which reflections on the Sunday Mass readings for married couples and GOODNEWS is a bimonthly Catholic magazine drawing from the insights of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, but seeking has been working away quietly behind the scenes in the UK for we hear about this. to serve the whole Church. Through its teaching articles and testimonies of what God is doing in our countries at this present time, many years. Goodnews seeks to help the general reader experience and understand the importance of the charismatic dimension of the Christian With fewer and fewer people in the UK and Ireland practicing their life, which the Pope in 1998 underlined as co-essential to the Church’s hierarchical dimension. Through its coming events section, it This sense of the power and joy when Christians come together Christian faith, it would be easy to get disheartened. There are was very evident at the historic meeting of the Movements – many signs, however, that the Lord has all this in hand and is enables readers to find out about good retreats, conferences, events and seminars that will help them grow in their spiritual life. “Many Streams, One River” - which took place at Westminster raising up a new generation of disciples and leaders. Many of the th GOODNEWS OFFICE IRELAND INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC Methodist Central Hall on 9 November 2013. This was the first leaders signed up for this year’s Catholic Charismatic Leadership and CCR Centre in ENGLAND NSC Office, St Mary’s, Bloomfield CHARISMATIC RENEWAL SERVICES time such a meeting had taken place in the UK and showed the Course at the Sion Community are members of communities or Goodnews (CCR Centre), The Crypt Avenue,(off Morehampton Road), Postal Address: ICCRS, Palazzo San Calisto, different charisms of the various Catholic ecclesial communities groups from other lands bringing new enthusiasm and vitality. C/O Our Lady of Dolours Donnybrook, Dublin 4 00120 Vatican City, Rome, Europe. 264 Fulham Road London SW10 9EL. Tel: (003531) 667 0570 Location: Piazza San Calisto, 16, 00153 and lay movements who are serving the Church, as well as some There also seems to be a new kind of young leader emerging too. Tel: (020) 7352 5298 Web: www.charismaticrenewal.ie/ Rome, Italy. Tel: + 39 06 698 87126/27 ecumenical groups like Maranatha and the Antioch community. 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