JUNE 2015 FREEDOM TO FOLLOW JESUS T he CCRO Summer Conference is a presentation of the Unbound model, a Catholic approach to setting people free from the bondages of sin, unforgiveness, and woundedness, to have a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Developed by Neal Lozano, Unbound treats the whole person— psychological, emotional or spiritual—allowing that person to live the abundant life that Jesus desires for them, explains Lloyd and Nancy Greenhaw, who will present the model in a weekend charismatic conference, Friday evening and all day Saturday, August 7 - 8, at Trinity School in Eagan, MN. According to the Unbound website (heartofthefather.com) Unbound is a model that uses Five Keys to help people experience freedom from the influence and power of deception and lies and receive the Father’s great love for them. Each of the Five Keys—repentance and faith, forgiveness, renunciation, authority, and the Father’s blessing—incorporate practical direction about how to respond to God’s grace that is always working in us to set us free. Knowing the Father through the Son is our place of deepest freedom; it is where broken humanity is healed. The time is right to teach Unbound, particularly in the context of the New Evangelization, says Lloyd. “As we travel around, more and more people are coming to the awareness that there is more for them. There is no point in leading lives of mediocrity and partial freedom when they can be totally free and live the abundant life that Jesus Christ came for, not only to be evangelized, but to evangelize other people. Priests are also seeing a huge need for this as a way to help people get free and stay free.” spirits. U The Greenhaws ((pictured above) have been in Catholic evangelization ministry for 24 years, ministering through parish missions, conferences and retreats, working in prison ministry and with the homeless. As Country Coordinators for Renewal Ministries, they have taught the Unbound model to priests, religious and lay people in Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Samoa and Papua New Guinea, and work closely with Church authorities to teach catechesis, apologetics and the New Evangelization. Early in their ministry as they travelled around, they started encountering problems in people that were rooted in different things. Some of these problems stemmed from cultural issues, witchcraft, ancestral worship and animism, but also from tribal violence, hatred, poverty and sickness. The Greenhaws started seeking ways to help them and found that some ministries were effective, but not fully. When Renewal Ministries sent them Neal Lozano’s book, Unbound, it was an eye-opener. P AGE 2 C ATHOLIC C HARISMATIC R ENEWAL O FFICE this idea. They don’t consider that it might be evil “We thought, ‘Wow,’ this is what we do, but influences that are causing their problems.” (Unbound) is more succinct and we can replicate it,” recalls Lloyd. He met with Neal That is slowly changing, and invited him to Rwanda where however. More and more clergy the genocide had occurred in are starting to see this model as a Deliverance is 1994. For three years they went to solution to problems they are removing the power of Rwanda and trained priests, encountering in their ministry. The the lies so that we can religious, lay people, doctors and Greenhaws have been teaching the hear the voice of our psychologists from all over the model to priests in Louisiana, country in the Unbound model. Father that has always New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. “They never really had a way to been speaking deep More and more priests are seeing deal with the byproducts of the the need for a Catholic approach within. genocide,” says Lloyd. “We saw to deliverance. (www.heartofthefather.com) remarkable things happening.” “There is a hunger for this and a The Greenhaws also invited need because they have a real Neal Lozano to Uganda and heart for their people, but they’re Sudan and started teaching Unbound regularly as part of stymied—‘How can I help them? What is a model that their ministry of setting people free. is Catholic in its whole structure that I can be comfortable with that can help the people?’” says Lloyd. Says Nancy, “In Africa, we do not have to convince “This model has become our ‘go-to’ model. This is what people that there is an evil one who wants to destroy we teach as part of the new evangelization.” them, but in Western cultures people are not as open to The charismatic conference is based on Ephesians 3:14—4:8, which reads in part: For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Eph. 3:14-19). FREEDOM TO FOLLOW JESUS REGISTER NOW FOR EARLY BIRD RATE We are trying to grow our ability to communicate events and happenings to more people via social media. 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Celebrant Bishop Andrew Cozzens. Rosary 7pm, Mass 7:30PM. Call Peter 651-353-4311. Watch for more opportunities for Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Life in the Spirit Seminars. Here I Come Ready or Not “Behold I am coming soon.” Rev. 22:12 Magnificat invites all men and women to a retreat with international evangelist preacher, teacher and author, Saturday, June 20 9 AM—3 PM Sacred Heart Catholic Church 301 1st Street N., Hwy. 371 Hackensack, MN Maria Vadia June 5 (Friday) FIRST FRIDAY WITH THE FRANCISCANS, 7PM. 1289 LaFond Ave., St. Paul, MN. Adoration, Franciscan Crown Rosary, Compline and Benediction. Fellowship follows. June 5 (Friday) HEALING MASS at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 412 4th Street West, Carver, MN 55315. Celebrant, Fr. Jim Livingston. Rosary 6:30PM; Mass 7PM. Call Jodee, 952-448-2345. June 16 (Tuesday) HEALING MASS at St. Patrick’s Church, 1500 Vine Street, Hudson, WI. 6PM. Call 715-381-5120. June 25 (Thursday) AREA-WIDE CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING, sponsored by New Life Renewal Ministries, St. Albert the Great Catholic Church, 3200 East 29th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55406. 7:30 PM. Enter church side doors to the social hall. Call Vince Dorazio, 612-243-9411. $20.00 (incl. continental breakfast and lunch) Reservatioins: Contact Lorri Henning, 218-507-0953 Or mail to: 3080 20th Ave. NW, Hackensack, MN 56452 Payment must be received by June 16, 2015 For more information, call Jean Bauerly, 218-547-3111 Looking ahead: Magnificat will also host Fr. Richard McAlear, OMI, on Fri/Sat, October 9 & 10, 2015. MARK YOUR CALENDAR ANNUAL EVENING OF HEALING PRAYERS AND MASS Tuesday, June 2 Healing Mass with Bishop Andrew Cozzens St. Peter’s Catholic Church 2600 N. Margaret St., North St. Paul, MN 55109 Monday, July 27, 2015—6 p.m. CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY 2801 East 4th Street, Duluth, MN 55812 Rosary 7 pm. Mass 7:30 p.m. Adoration: 11 a.m.—4 p.m. Celebration of the Mass 6 p.m. Individual prayers for healing following Mass. Priests of the Diocese of Duluth & St. Cloud Fraternity of Priests Contact Kayline 218-729-7717 Call Peter, 651353-4311 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2967 Harness your gifts * Impact your peers, family, community * Learn about Christian ministry and missions. 9 AM—10 PM Wed-Sat: Friday night Block Party Charismatic prayer & Eucharistic adoration Saturday afternoon Healing & Freedom Service projects Service Evangelization equipping sessions Sunday 11 a.m. Charismatic Mass Exploring the Spiritual Gifts and Practice at St. Vincent De Paul Church Door to Door Invitation Outreach Register at www.onerally.org Cost $150 (scholarships available) For more information contact: [email protected] Or text: John Tolo (651) 231-6021 All are welcome!
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