Renewing the face of the earth Empowered by the Holy Spirit GLEANINGS

JULY/AUGUST 2015 - VOLUME XLI NUMBER 7

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During this summer season we decided to make this our “vacation issue.” For some, vacations can be as hectic as the daily work week. As you prepare for vacations of your own, may you be inspired to take some time and truly get away to allow God to replenish you in mind, body, and spirit. Here is a reflection given a few years ago by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It still holds so much truth: “In the world in which we live, the need to be physically and mentally replenished has become as it were essential, especially to those who dwell in cities where the often frenzied pace of life leaves little room for silence, reflection and relaxing contact with nature. Moreover, holidays are days on which we can give even more time to prayer, reading and meditation on the profound meaning of life in the peaceful context of our own family and loved ones. The vacation period affords unique opportunities for reflection as we face the stirring views of nature, a marvelous “book” within the reach of everyone, adults or children. In contact with nature, individuals rediscover their proper dimension, they recognize that they are creatures but at the same time unique, “capable of God” since they are inwardly open to the Infinite. Driven by the heartfelt need for meaning that urges them onwards, they perceive the mark of goodness and divine Providence in the world that surrounds them and open themselves almost spontaneously to praise and prayer.”

Benedict XVI, Angelus, 17 July 2005

“We have begun the summer

period: many leave for a bit of relaxation; vacation is a

moment in which we are also able to be in Jesus’ company for a longer time, or to reread a few pages

of the Gospel, to relax.”

Pope FrancisJuly 13, 2014

Vacation Time!

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WWCCR VISION AND MISSION

Vision:That all Catholics mature in a personal

relationship with Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father.

Mission:Our mission is to renew the face of the earth by nurturing and inspiring Catholics:v To experience a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through baptism in the Holy Spirit

v To fan into flame the gifts we receive through the Sacraments

v To develop a deeper life of prayer and worship

Dear Brothers and Sisters, There are so many reasons to proclaim to the world, “God is good, all the time.” These are the words that I use to describe how God provided a replacement for our beloved Bobbie Brown, the Healing Mass Coordinator for over 15 years. We prayed and we now know that God had been preparing Debora Johnston for this position for quite some time. As you will read in her testimony below, she was touched by God at a WWCCR Healing Mass many years ago, but I will let her tell you her story. I introduce to you, Debora Johnston!

+ Sue*****

In the early 1990s my three sons and I had been attending a community church for a year when I began getting restless. I loved the music but felt something was missing. In 1994 I was invited to attend a WWCCR Healing Mass. Although I didn’t know what that meant, I accepted. I was encouraged to be open to whatever God might want to do in my life that night. No problem! I sat in the pew and immediately

felt totally captured by the peace I experienced and a presence I’d never known. Mass began and the music I heard was the most beautiful sound, I thought angels were singing. Throughout Mass the priest invited us to pray for our intentions. He said that God can heal anything but often chooses to heal the heart. So that’s what I asked for. After Mass, when I was prayed with, I felt the most profound heat radiate across my chest. In that moment, God, who had just been “out there somewhere,” suddenly became tangibly present within me. I knew that He heard me, the cry of my heart, and that He knew me. What my soul had been hungering for was satisfied. I met Love and I was home. Whatever I was invited to next, I went to: a charismatic prayer group, Healing Masses, Life in the Spirit Seminars, prayer for healing, you name it. I had this insatiable thirst for more. Those people had something and I wanted it. We continued going to the Protestant church on Sundays, afraid to pull the boys from what was familiar. However, one Sunday morning, as we were getting ready to go to church, something was different.

From Sue’s Desk In silence, I shared with God the desire of my heart. Immediately after that conversation with God, my oldest son asked if we could go to the Catholic church instead. Wow,

I remember thinking, God is amazing. So, tha t morn ing we headed off to the Catholic church. I felt totally like a fish

out of water by the end of Mass, but I knew God was there -- and where He was, I wanted to be. So I asked Him to make it right with my kids. In almost that same moment, my boys stopped, clogged up the aisle, and asked if that could be our church. Isaiah 65:24 says: “Before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Oh how He loves us! We began RCIA and RCIC and entered the Catholic Church in 1995. Some 21 years later, God asks me to return to where my healing began. It is with great joy that I accept the call to coordinate WWCCR Healing Masses, to plan opportunities for others to encounter the great Healer. Every Eucharistic celebration offers possibilities, if we’re open! I am a life that was changed and forever I will praise and give thanks!

~ Debora Johnston

JULY/AUGUST 2015 - VOLUME XLI NUMBER 7WWCCR BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Mitch Roberts: mitchcroberts@gmail.com, Mike Solon: mikesolon@comcast.net, Kerry McMahon: drkmcmahon@gmail.com,

Kelley Masterson: mastersonclan@yahoo.com, Sharon Fox: rubyslipperdesign@yahoo.com, Deanna Meyer, Dean Tougas

Executive Director: Sue Gallwas Liaison to the Archbishop: Bishop Eusebio Elizondo

Spiritual Director: Fr. Jim NorthropWWCCR Staff: Joan Celix, Debora Johnston, Carolyn McNerney, Tammie Stevens

GLEANINGS is the monthly newsletter published by Western Washington Catholic Charismatic Renewal (WWCCR). The purpose of this newsletter is to provide teaching, news and a calendar of events which help to foster Catholic charismatic renewal throughout the Church in western Washington.

© 2015 Western Washington Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Not to be reproduced without permission.

DEADLINE: In order for any news or calendar items to be considered for publication in GLEANINGS, it must be submitted by the 1st of the month before the month of publication. Items for the September 2015 issue are due August 1.

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“Why are you a man of hope?”Cardinal Leo Suenens (1904-1996), former Archbishop of Brussels-Malines, Belgium and one of the four moderators of the Second Vatican Council, was also the first cardinal appointed by the Vatican to give encour-agement and pastoral guidance to the Renewal. He was once asked “Why are you a man of hope, despite the confusion in which we find ourselves today?” This same question could be posed to each of us today! Here is his response:

Because I believe that God is born anew each morning, because I believe that he is creating the world at this very moment. He did not create it at a distant and long-forgotten moment in time.

It is happening now: we must be ready therefore to expect the unexpected from God.

The ways of Providence are by nature surprising.

We are not prisoners of determinism, nor of the somber prognostications of sociologists.

God is here, near us, unforeseeable and loving.

I am a man of hope, not for human reasons nor from any natural optimism.

But because I believe the Holy Spirit is at work in the Church and in the world, even where God’s name remains unheard.

I am an optimist because I believe the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of creation.

To those who welcome the Holy Spirit, he gives each day fresh liberty, renewed joy and trust.

The long history of the Church is filled with the wonders of the Holy Spirit.

Think only of the prophets and saints, who, in times of darkness, have discovered the spring of grace and shed beams of light on our path.

I believe in the surprises of the Holy Spirit.

John XXIII came as a surprise, and the Council, too. They were the last things we expected.

Who would dare to say that the love and imagination of God were exhausted?

To hope is a duty, not a luxury.

To hope is not a dream, but to turn dreams into reality.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

Pentecost, 1974(from Cardinal Leo Suenens’ book: A New Pentecost? page xii of the Preface)

May we all be men and women of Hope!

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Get these dates on your calendars! More information

coming soon!

September 12Holy Spirit Seminar Day

at the WWCCR Office

October 30 New Pentecost Rallyat St. Pius X Church Mountlake Terrace

October 31Leaders’ and Helpers’ Day

at St. Matthew Church Community Center

Seattle

Financial update Virginia King recently spoke at an All-WWCCR-Committee teaching day and her message was one for us all: “WWCCR is an organization that gives structure and a focal point to Catholic Charismatic Renewal in this Archdiocese, but it is not here so much to serve Catholic Charismatic Renewal as it is to enable everyone who is involved in the Renewal to serve the Church (in its primary mission of Evangelization). WWCCR is all of Catholic Charismatic Renewal serving the Church, rather than a few people serving the Renewal. The Church needs the Renewal, so that her members will be empowered to spread the Good News to a world that is dying to hear it!” This is the mission that you are supporting with your monthly donation. If you are not yet a monthly donor please consider becoming one. You will not be receiving a GLEANINGS in August so don’t forget us when you pay your bills. Donate safely online anytime at www.wwccr.org.

May YTD Cash at $8827.31 beg. of 2015Income all sources $19,965.31 $97,412.69 Expenses -$21,238.64 -$105,005.58Adjustments $5,174.77 $5,156.56net income/shortfall $3,901.44 -$2,436.33 Cash at end $6,390.98 of May

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July Prayer Intentions

Intercessory Prayer Network (IPN)

The Intercessory Prayer Network (IPN) is comprised of all who have offered to pray regularly for God’s will to be accomplished through the people and programs of WWCCR. We know that prayer changes things!

Please pray for God to bring about His desires through the work of preparation and the events you see in this newsletter and calendar; particularly the events WWCCR is sponsoring, and also ...

that, having experienced the grace of baptism in the Holy Spirit, we would pray together for the desire to be a community that witnesses to the presence of the Spirit through the community-building charisms.

that the ministry of WWCCR will serve the Church in Western Washington so that her members will be empowered to spread the Good News to a world that is dying to hear it!

for these prayer groups:

06/28-07/04 Circle of Love Prayer Group, Camas

07/05-07/11 St. John the Baptist Prayer Group, Covington

07/12-07/18 Renacer Grupo de Oración, Everett

07/19-07/25 Maria Magdalena Grupo de Oración, Everett

07/26-08/01 Yahweh Nissi Prayer Group, Everett

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August Prayer Intentions

Intercessory Prayer Network (IPN)

The Intercessory Prayer Network (IPN) is comprised of all who have offered to pray regularly for God’s will to be accomplished through the people and programs of WWCCR. We know that prayer changes things!

Please pray for God to bring about His desires through the work of preparation and the events you see in this newsletter and calendar; particularly the events WWCCR is sponsoring, and also ...

that we will be people of hope born anew each morning because the Holy Spirit is at work in the Church and in the world, even where God’s name remains unheard (and even sometimes unwanted).

that in our summer holidays we will recognize the goodness and divine Providence in the world that surrounds us, and open ourselves willingly to spontaneous praise and prayer to Him who set the stars in their place.

for these prayer groups:

07/26-08/01 Yahweh Nissi Prayer Group, Everett

08/02-08/08 El Shaddai-DWXI PPFI Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group, Federal Way

08/09-08/15 The Open Door Prayer Group, Gig Harbor

08/16-08/22 P r a y e r & S h a r e G r o u p , Gig Harbor

08/23-08/29 Anawim Prayer Group, Kelso

08/30-09/05 Espiritu Santo Grupo de Oración, Kent

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“The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.”James 5:16b

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“Dear priests, may God the Father renew in us the Spirit of holiness with whom we have been anointed. May he renew his Spirit in our hearts, that this anointing may spread to everyone...”

Pope Francis, Chrism Mass 2013

Please pray for these priests, deacons and seminarians this month:

Our Eucharistic Chapel is available for private prayer any time that our office is open,

9:30AM until 4:00PM, Monday through Friday.

OFFICE MASS SCHEDULE: Wednesday, July 8, 11:00 AM with Fr. Cal Christiansen

Monday, July 27, 7:00 PM with Fr. Tony Bawyn

Wednesday, August 12, 11:00 AM with Fr. Cal Christiansen

Holy Hour: We would love to have you join us every Friday from 2:30pm-3:30pm as we pray for charismatic renewal, the work of WWCCR and your own speciThe fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.James 5:16b

July 1 Pope FrancisJuly 2 Archbishop J. Peter SartainJuly 3 Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, MSpSJuly 4 Fr. Jim NorthropJuly 5 Fr. James L. DaltonJuly 6 Fr. Thanh X. DaoJuly 7 Fr. Anthony K.A. Davis, Dcn. Jim DeckerJuly 8 Fr. Jay DeFolco, Dcn. Jose DeLeonJuly 9 Fr. Eugene P. Delmore, Dcn. Marshall DenbyJuly 10 Fr. Bryon A. Dickey, Dcn. Frank DiGirolamoJuly 11 Fr. Bryan E. Dolejsi, Michael Dion (seminarian)July 12 Fr. Anthony V. DomandichJuly 13 Fr. Gordon W. Douglas, Dcn. Denny DuffellJuly 14 Fr. Kevin F.X. Duggan, Edward Duncan (seminarian)July 15 Fr. Oliver F. Duggan, Dcn. Joe DunneJuly 16 Fr. James E. Eblen, Dcn. Bill EckertJuly 17 Fr. Robert L. Evenson, Dcn. John ElshawJuly 18 Fr. Sean P. Fox, Dcn. Dale FickesJuly 19 Fr. Patrick W. Freitag, Dcn. Jim FishJuly 20 Fr. Andrzej Galant, Dcn. Peter FlatleyJuly 21 Fr. Richard J. GallagherJuly 22 Fr. David GeseJuly 23 Fr. Patrick B. Godley, Dcn. Clark GoeckerJuly 24 Fr. Jorge I. Gomez del Valle, MSpS, Dcn. Lawrence GormanJuly 25 Fr. Emilo R. Gonzalez, Dcn. Gerald GraddonJuly 26 Fr. Armando Guzmán, Dcn. Jeffrey GreerJuly 27 Fr. Mark A. Guzman, Peter Guthrie (seminarian)July 28 Fr. Brad Hagelin, Dcn. Bill HainesJuly 29 Fr. Dominic Hahn, OSB, Dcn. Bill HamlinJuly 30 Fr. James M. Harbaugh, SJ, Dcn. Roy HarringtonJuly 31 Fr. W.R. Harris, Dcn. Frank (Tom) Hawkins

Aug 1 Pope FrancisAug 2 Archbishop J. Peter SartainAug 3 Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, MSpSAug 4 Fr. Jim NorthropAug 5 Fr. Richard HayatsuAug 6 Fr. Anthony J. HaycockAug 7 Fr. Kenneth W. HaydockAug 8 Fr. Joseph Heffernan, FSSPAug 9 Fr. Raymond J. HeffernanAug 10 Fr. Jarlath M. HeneghanAug 11 Fr. William J. HericAug 12 Fr. Brian L. Hersey, Chad Hill (seminarian)Aug 13 Fr. Phuong V. Hoang, Chris Hoiland (seminarian)Aug 14 Fr. John the Baptist Kwang Choi Hong, Dcn. Del HooverAug 15 Archbishop Raymond G. HunthausenAug 16 Fr. Timothy W. IlgenAug 17 Fr. Emmanuel E. IwehAug 18 Fr. John A. Jennings, Dcn. Larry JesmerAug 19 Fr. Paul Je Deok Jeon, Dcn. Fred JohnsonAug 20 Fr. James O. Johnson Jr, Tyler Johnson (seminarian)Aug 21 Fr. Clarence E. Jones, CO, Dcn. Dave JonesAug 22 Fr. Bernard F. Jonientz, Dcn. Deuk JungAug 23 Fr. Paul A. KaechAug 24 Fr. Jean Pierre KasongaAug 25 Fr. Negusse Fesseha Keleta, Dcn. Patrick KelleyAug 26 Fr. Mark Kiszelewski, Dcn. Dennis KellyAug 27 Fr. Ronald W. Knudsen, Dcn. Larry KheriatyAug 28 Fr. Lyle E. Konen, Dcn. Duk KimAug 29 Fr. Joseph A. KramisAug 30 Fr. Stephen C. Lantry, SJ, Dcn. Richard LabrecqueAug 31 Fr. Derek J. Lappe, Dcn. Loren Lane

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Monday, July 13 at 7:00 PMwith Fr. Ed White

St. Stephen the Martyr Church13055 SE 192nd St, Renton, WA

There are no Healing Massesscheduled in August

Healing Masses are sponsored by WWCCR, by prayer groups and parishes in various locations in the archdiocese of Seattle. At these Masses we are focusing our attention on the healing

power of God truly present at every celebration of the Eucharist.

WWCCR events are CAPITALIZED, Prayer Group and other events are marked with a V

Check our website, www.wwccr.org for updates on events not available at time of print.

Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people…He will wipe every tear from their eyes and there shall be no more

death or mourning, wailing or pain.” Revelation 21:3-4

DWELLING PLACE HEALING NIGHTS now in 2 locations each month

Sponsored by

Western Washington Catholic Charismatic Renewalhttps://wwccr.org/healing-ministry/dwelling-place-healing-nights/

Monday, July 20Monday, August 17

at 7:30 PM St. Pius X Church 22209 59th Ave W Mountlake Terrace, WA

Monday, July 27Monday, August 24

at 7:30 PMSt. Stephen the Martyr

Church13055 SE 192nd St,

Renton, WA

Healing Masses

July 3 WWCCR OFFICE CLOSED - in honor of the 4th of July Holiday

July 4 Independence Day!July 8 OFFICE MASS @ WWCCR at

11:00 AM see page 6July 13 HEALING MASS IN RENTON

at 7:00 PM see belowJuly 18 SCHOOL OF HEALING PRAYER

Level II Class 4July 20 DWELLING PLACE IN

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE at 7:30 PM see below

July 23 Please Pray for WWCCR Board of Directors & Staff

July 27 DWELLING PLACE IN RENTON at 7:30 PM see below

August 2 WWCCR COMMITTEES’ DiSC MAKE-UP

August 12 OFFICE MASS @ WWCCR 11 AM see page 6

August 15 SCHOOL OF HEALING PRAYER Level II Class 5

August 17 DWELLING PLACE IN MOUNTLAKE TERRACE at 7:30 PM see below

August 24 GLEANINGS WORKERS NEEDED @ WWCCR

August 24 DWELLING PLACE IN RENTON at 7:30 PM see below

August 27 Please Pray for WWCCR Board of Directors & Staff

August 29 SCHOOL OF HEALING PRAYER Level III Class 1

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Inside this July 2015 issue: Vacation Issue! page 1 * From Sue’s Desk page 2 * Hope page 3 * IPN Prayer Intentions page 5 * Healing Masses, Calendar & Upcoming Events pages 6-7 *

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Permit No. 4246Be Docile to the Holy Spirit According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word docile means: “apt to be taught; ready and willing to receive instruction; teachable.” For us to live as disciples of Jesus and grow in the life in the Spirit we must continually be open to being taught. Even though we may have gone through various teaching courses, there is always something new to learn. This is an exciting part of our journey of faith. There are a few opportunities for learning coming up in this next year that WWCCR will either be sponsoring or hosting. Take a look at page 4 of this issue for information about the ICCRS Leadership Training Course next April. This course is an amazing week of teaching and also an opportunity to experience community in a new way through the interaction with participants from all over the world (because of the importance of building community there will not be a commuter option for this event). We will also be sponsoring a New Pentecost Rally and a Teaching Day for those who are leaders, helpers in a prayer group or ministry, or potential leaders. We have an exciting speaker coming so stay tuned for more information. Take some time this summer to grow in being docile to the Holy Spirit. Allow our Lord to teach you through scripture, spiritual writings of the saints or doctors of the Church, or spending time at the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Teach us, O Lord, Your ways! ~ts