St. Peter parish to host diocesan Renewal Day

by Jan Crowe

Ralph Martin, well known in Charismatic circles, will be the keynote at the diocesan Renewal Day, February 28, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in St. Peter, MN. The cost is $10 for the day and will include music, Mass, lunch and two talks by Ralph Martin. Pre-registration is necessary. Contact Terri Guilmette, 1801 West Broadway, St. Peter, MN 56082, (507) 931-3662. Religious items will be for sale along with books and tapes.

For many years Ralph Martin has been a leader in the renewal movement in the Catholic Church. More than 60 million Catholics worldwide have been personally touched by this movement which reawakens the Holy Spirit gifts given at Baptism and reaffirmed at Confirmation. The goal is to give each person the assurance beyond a shadow of a doubt - this is of God.

Ralph Martin was the founding editor of the New Covent magazine, as well as the founding director of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal office, currently located in Rome. Currently Ralph is president of Renewal Ministries, an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization.