Ecclesial Documents
including Papal and Curial documents
Divinum Illud Munus Pope Leo XIII (Encyclical on Holy Spirit:1897)
Lumen Gentium
Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (1964) -
Paragraph 12 is sometimes considered the "magna carta" for Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church.
Apostolicam
Actuositam Vatican II" Decree on the Apostolate of the
Laity (1965) - Paragraph 3 of this document is a reiteration of that in
Lumen Gentium.
Extracts from Papal Addresses, collected by
ICCRS down the years from Paul VI in 1973.
Dominum et Vivificantem Pope John Paul II - Encylical: On the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and the
World (1986)
Christifideles Laici Pope John Paul II - Apostolic Constitution: On the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World.
See especially Paragraph 24 on charisms.(1988)
Decree & Statutes - Decree by the Holy See recognizing ICCRS and approving its
statutes. (1993)
Life in the spirit A statement from the Irish Bishops (1993).
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Church is the temple of the Holy Spirit Paragraph 8799 - 801 of the Catechism discusses Charisms briefly
Grace Paragraph 1996 on discusses grace and paragraph 2003 is partiucularly relevent.(1994)
Seek to be active in life of your local Church - Address of Pope John Paul II to Catholic Charismatics in 1996.
Grace For The New Springtime - A Statement from the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops
on the Charismatic Renewal (1997)
Recent Popes' and Bishops' Statements Concerning the Catholic Charismatic Renewal - extracts quoted by the EWTN in the US, from Bd Pope John XXIII to Pope John Paul II and other resources.
Novo Millenio Ineunte - The great Apostolic Letter of John Paul II to mark the completion of the Graeat Jubilee 2000 and an invitation and challenge to the whole Church to "go out into the deep" (2001)
Pastoral Letter on Catholic Charismatic Renewal Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church - Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil CSsR.
Address by John Paul II to Italian Organisation RnS (2002)
Message of John Paul II sent to the Congress of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships, held in Rome, Nov 2002, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the birth of the charismatic renewal in the Church.
Pope John Paul II calls new movements a "Providential Answer."
Pentecost 2004.
Rome: Pentecost 2006
Meeting of the Movements
Message of Benedict XVI to the participants of the second world congress on ecclesial movements and new communities (22/5/2006)
Homily of Benedict XVI at Pentecost Vigil (3/6/2006)
Patti Gallagher Mansfield's address
Pope Urges Movements to Share "Your Gifts" (Report: 4/6/2006)
Benedict XVI "Each Christian Must Become Christ's Follower" (to 12th international conference organized by the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships November 2006)
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Articles & Studies
Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Fr Harold Cohan SJ gives a brief teaching on this sometimes misunderstood term.
Charismata as discussed in the Catholic Encyclopedia - (1908).
What is the catholic Charismatic Movement? By Albert A. Caprio, O.P.
The Determinative Doctrine of the Holy Spirit By Kilian P. McDonnell (1982)
Discerning the Charismatic Renewal a critique of Presence, Power, Praise: Documents on the Charismatic Renewal by Killian McDonnell OSB (written by Vinson Sinon).(1982)
What is Catholic Charismatic Renewal? Some thoughts from an Australian CCR site.
Catholic Debate on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal between Dave Armstrong and Mike Breslin.
The Charismatic Meeting - some meditations on the gifts as seen at the prayer meeting based on the writings of the late Andy O'Neill, who attended the Avila Prayer Meeting
Cardinal Suenens writes about Charismatic Renewal an undated article on the Irish CCR website. (Cardinal Suenans was the great champion of Renewal and at his instigation a series of documents called the "Malines Documents" were produced. We have been unable to locate the first five of these as yet.)
Falling in the Spirit - a critique of the 6th Malines Document (1987)
Falling in the Spirit - More about this phenomenon by Father Richard Bain.
Covenant Community and Church A Statement on Catholic Covenant Community and a Selection of Documents; Edited by Stephen B. Clark. An important work, not least because of the major extracts from other important works especially the early Malines Documents, which are hard to find on the web. (1992)
Pentecostal Catholics--The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Archbishop William J. Levada, of San Francisco particularly discusses Cardinal Suenans' contribution to renewal. (1996)
Charisms in the Life of the Church Gerard E. Welch (1997)
Tongues is Contemplative Prayer Fr. Pat Collins has written extensively on Renewal. Here is a sharing which argues the case ofwith quotes from one of his books. (1999) Fr Pat is a regular contributor to Good News, a journal of CCR in Britain and Ireland
The Gift Of Tongues In Liturgy by Terry Donohue. Interesting article giving interesting historical background. (1999)
Baptism in the Holy Spirit goes beyond the charisms Ralph Sharafinski (1999)
Charisms and the New Evangelization Fr.Pat Collins C.M. (2001)
The Charisms & Ecumenism Fr Pat Collins C.M. (2003)
Interview with Oreste Pesare - Director ICCRS (2003)
No Need to Fear Charismatic Renewal, Says Papal Household Preacher ( Fr Raniero Cantalamessa: Interview Sept 2003)
'Baptism of the Spirit' marks Charismatic Renewal Karin Treiber was there at the beginning. (Feb 2007)
Overjoyed in the Spirit Maria Wiering, The Catholic Spirit (2007)
"He Could No Longer Explain Why He Wasnąt Catholic!" Interview with Francis Beckwith. (NCR June 2007)
St Thomas Aquinas and the Charisms Fr Pat Collins CM (November 2007)
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Sites
International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS) - Recognised body  for the promotion of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, headquartered at the Vatican.
English Documents on CCR on the Study & Communication Website
- a website with documents on the renewal, unity and mission of the Church, ecumenical dialogue, charismatic renewal, prayer and other fields.
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Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Europe the site of the European Sub-Committee of ICCRS
Here is the recently launched page for the  Catholic Charismatic Renewal - Ireland.
The Publication of the England Service Committee for Catholic Charismatic Renewal publish Good News which has inputs from the four national areas, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Catholic Charismatic Mail List.
Renewal Ministries - an apostolic ministry presided over by Ralph Martin, who has been involved in Catholic charismatic Renewal since the beginning.
Catholic Charismatic Center - This American site is "Serving the members of the Charismatic Renewal in the Roman Catholic Church".
Charismatic - an interesting site in Hungary.
InUnity _ Catholoc charismatic Renewal - "One of the largest Catholic Charismatic Renewal sites on the Internet.".
Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research an organisation founded in 1967 by Fr Killian McDonnell, OSB.
Fr Raniero Cantalamessa's website - Papal Preacher since 1981.
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