Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office

in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

 
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Our mission is to proclaim the Gospel so all can respond to the call to conversion to Jesus Christ, surrender their lives to the Father and experience transformation through the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

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4030 Jackson Street NE Columbia Heights, MN
Sunday, May 19  1:00pm

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Here is our Board of Directors:

Laura Fenzl

President 2013
Laura is the youth/young adult minister in Rhinelander Wisconcin. Currently working with Confirmation programs and retreats, Teen Life in the Spirit weekends, teen evangelists leadership training, and middle and high school formation programs/events. Her greatest love is middle school ministry, learning/service, and mission work with families of St. Anthony Mission in Mandaree, ND. She helps with Christian Life Camp for the children of the Fort Berthold Reservation.  She came to a closer personal relationship with Christ by way of several college teammates and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. At St. Paul’s in Ham Lake, she was introduced to the Charismatic Renewal and the power of prayer and Eucharistic grace in everyday life.

Mary Hagar

Past President  2012

 

Director of multiple religious education programs and teaches in adult outreach & catechetical programs in three Catholic parishes. She is a long-time Charismatic Renewal leader, a member of the national Alpha USA Catholic Team and consults with Alpha International. She is a frequent presenter at various national evangelization schools; with Deacon Mike, they attended Renewal Ministries Schools and they together founded CORE Ministries in 2004. 
Pete Fastner Past Charismatic Renewal Board Chair, has been involved with the Charismatic Renewal for over 30 years, beginning his journey with the St. Paul CYC prayer community in the 1970's.  For over 20 years he has been a leader in the Epiphany Prayer Group in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, where he lives with his wife, Ellen and their youngest son.  Three grown daughters live in other parts of the country.  Pete works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as a watershed grants coordinator for programs designed to protect and improve Minnesota’s lakes, rivers and streams.  He has given numerous teachings at local teaching conferences and to different groups in this area concerning topics relevant to the Charismatic Renewal, including the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Gift of Prophecy, Charismatic spirituality, and Hearing the Word of God and acting on it.
Deacon Mike Thoennes Ordained in 2001, serves in Confirmation & adult education programs in multiple dioceses in MN and is the Faith Formation Director for St. Isidore the Farmer Area Faith Community in the New Ulm Diocese. He also serves as the liaison for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Board in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis & assists in diaconate formation for the Diocese of New Ulm. He has presented talks at various conferences and is a co-presenter with Mary Hagar at Renewal Ministries’ Schools of Evangelization. He serves on the national Alpha USA Catholic Team. 
Sylvia Hoff

 

Member of St Raphael Church, Crystal, MN, since 1979. Serve as Eucharistic Minister and Homebound Eucharistic Minister. Member of St Raphael Prayer Group.

 

 

Mary Nawrocki

President -elect  2014

Served on the Board of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office for over 15 years. She experienced the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1973 and has been active in charismatic renewal ever since. Mary is a member of the Immaculate Conception Prayer Group, where she serves on its core group, in the music ministry, and as occasional teacher. She is the Faith Formation Director at her home parish. Mary is originally from Puerto Rico. It was there that she met her husband Larry Nawrocki. Mary and Larry have four adult children and five grandchildren.

Peter Yurek

 

Past Chairman of the Board, 2010-2011. An active member of St. Peter's Church in North St. Paul. He has held a leadership role in St. Peter’s prayer community for the past 10 years. His deep faith and commitment to Christ is a foundation in his life. Peter’s life was changed in 1985 when he attended a retreat at what was known as the CYC in St. Paul. That encounter with Christ changed his focus and put things into a new perspective. He and his wife Colleen strive to raise their three children in God’s love and patience. His love of the Lord continues to grow, as he constantly seeks to come closer to Jesus. It is most important to him that his faith be reflected in his life, and his greatest joy is sharing Christ with others.
Maria Gonzales    

She has been involved in the Renewal for 9 years. Maria was born in Mexico, grew up in Texas and spent a good part of her adult life in Chicago. She has lived in the Twin Cities for 13 years. She has helped to plan retreats for the Hispanic community, especially for married couples. At the present time she runs a daycare from her house with her husband, Vicente. More than anything, Maria loves to bring souls to Jesus.

 

Sister Mary Anne Schaenzer, SSND

Has experienced the Charismatic Renewal since 1968. She served on the steering committee of the Association of Diocesan Liaisons from 1987 to 1993. She served on the NSC Advisory Committee and later on the NSC Council from 1992 to 2002. Sr. Mary Anne was elected to the National Service Committee for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the United States in 2002. Sr. Mary Anne currently serves as Pastoral Associate at the Church of the Holy Rosary in North Mankato, Minnesota. Her past experience includes teaching, full time work in Charismatic Renewal, hospital/hospice chaplaincy, pastoral care to the Sisters in her own SSND community healthcare in Mankato, Minnesota and parish ministry including R.C.I.A. coordination and adult faith formation.

 

Jolene Carpenter, Administrator

Jolene was led to Charismatic Renewal in the mid 80’s, a discovery that changed her life. She served for several years as a member of the core group for St. Edward’s Prayer Group, which later became the Praise Jesus Prayer Group at St. Bonaventure in Bloomington. She and her husband, Mike, have two grown children and one grandson. Jolene works with the Board of Directors in their evangelistic outreach throughout the area, bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit to others who are seeking a closer relationship with the Lord.

Mary Kohlhaas

a board member since 2010, Mary has been active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal since her college days at both the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota and Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. As a Youth Minister for over 25 years, Mary has been involved in all aspects of youth ministry from evangelization to discipleship to sacramental prep to summer missions. She is a strong advocate of relational ministry, believing it to be the foundation of all other ministry. She is a strong advocate for the Charismatic Renewal, believing it to be an empowering of individuals needed to meet the obstacles and attacks on one's Faith these days. Mary is presently working as the Director of Evangelization and Catechesis at Sacred Heart Parish in Waseca, Minnesota.

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