TESTIMONIES 2024 "My mom was healed of migraine headaches at the last Charismatic Healing Mass at St. Andrew's, Apex in February 2024. She came to the Mass in pain but left pain free. Praise God! "Thank you, W.E.
"I wanted to share a healing testimony from the Healing Service, St. Andrew's, Apex, after you and the team prayed over me. I had extreme colitis and was in terrible pain. I had been suffering for months. I was prayed over and felt no pain. The symptoms haven't come back . I believe I was healed. Praise God! "Thank you, Alta Grace Raad-Drury
"I wanted to let you and the team know that I have been healed of my headaches. Praise God ! I had come for the healing service in February 2024 at St. Michael's, Cary and was prayed over by you and the team. I had been having headaches for about a year and had seen several specialists and tried various medications which did not help much. After the Healing service I started tapering the medications as it could not be stopped immediately. Since last Sunday I have been off all medications and have not had any headaches since then. Our Lord has healed me ! I am so thankful to you and all the Encounter prayer teams, who have prayed over me during the past year. Thank you for the time, energy and love you put into this ministry to bring Christ's healing to people ! God Bless you all ! "Joella D'Souza
"I want to share a testimony of a healing that I witnessed at the recent healing service at Saint Andrew’s in February 2024 During the healing service at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church we witnessed a healing occur. That evening a woman came to us for prayer. She was requesting prayer for healing of her left hand trigger finger situation. While praying for her healing, the Lord redirected us to walk this individual through some prayers of forgiveness. After praying those prayers we began again praying for this lady’s healing of trigger finger. After our prayer was completed we asked her how her finger/hand was feeling. She responded with “it was healed. I’m able to move it and it does not hurt anymore”. Praise God! -B.D. Catch the Fire! 2023 Annual Conference It was great seeing you all at our Catch the Fire conference on Saturday! Thank you for joining us. We were so blessed by Deacon Oney, the Surrender Band and all our wonderful prayer teams and volunteers. So many worked (and prayed) diligently behind the scenes to make this event possible. We'll be planning other events going forward and would love to see you again and fellowship. God truly introduces His friends to one another. I, personally, enjoyed meeting new people and catching up with so many of you. I saw God's presence shining brightly through you. I thank God for the opportunity and honor to serve and pray for you. I felt the power of the Holy Spirit throughout the day. We had so many mini- miracles leading up to Saturday and I know many of you also have testimonies to share. I'll continue to add your testimonies and comments below: REMEMBER: Only God can turn a mess into a message, a test into a testimony, a trial into a triumph and victim into victory. Inner Healings "What a beautiful day! Deacon Oney was very inspiring. The Surrender band did a great job leading us in praise. I felt God’s healing touch. I feel I received inner healing to forgive past hurts and I regained my confidence that God is using me and he has a plan for me. The prayer team confirmed that God is pleased with me and I feel encouraged to step out using my gifts."-M.R.
"I was depressed and God lifted and delivered the despair I was feeling from a recent relationship issue. I felt refreshed and renewed. I also was feeling physically drained and fatigued before the conference but I felt energized afterwards. Praise God! Thank you, Maria, Deacon Oney and the team. I also felt the love and hospitality from all team members. Thank you!"- Anonymous
"I was so happy I was able to attend. I feel all alone that my family does not go to church and does not believe as I do. I am very worried about them. My grandchildren are not being baptized. So when I was prayed over, they got a word that I was actually in God's way that I was to trust him. He is in control and leave it up to him. I am trying to do just that. I have been told before but that morning I actually felt the burden was lifted from me. Praise God"- Maria Zollo
"The Lord was really working at the conference! I saw an image of a great waterfall down a mountain. I saw a shining monstrance with golden rays of light. I loved everything about the conference. Deacon Oney really knows the bible and I enjoyed his teaching. I believe I had an inner healing. God gave me great consolation. I was prayed in proxy for my cousin and I’m still believing in a healing for her."-Rosemarie Mancino
Experienced the Holy Spirit and Impartation: "Praise God! During the impartation of gifts, (prophesy, healing, and miracles) I felt a blanket of heat pass over me in waves as Deacon Oney imparted the individual gifts of prophesy, healing, and miracles. As if that was not enough, I also received a double portion and infilling of joy. Glory to God! God bless"-Bernadette DiVito
"I want to describe about the impact the conference has had in our lives:
A strong desire to recommit to the Lord. After the conference we realize that more tha we cannot be on the sidelines, we cannot allow other things to get between us and God.
A clear awareness of the coming revival and not to be asleep when this happens. In our view the revival has begun and the conference is part of that revival, we could sense the Lord in a new and stronger way.
To be honest, while we continue to serve the Lord and His Church in different ways, we have lost some of the expectancy to see God move in power with healings, conversions, miracles as in the beginning of our involvement in the Renewal many years ago. Deacon Larry was used by God to awaken expectancy, faith and a strong desire to see God move in even greater ways than what we saw years ago when things were happening all over.
The conference also helped to make us feel part of a mission, a mission that requires greater steps of faith, to focus on God so that we can be used as we move deeper in the Spirit.
I also feel in my heart that the Lord began many healings of all kinds, physical, emotional and spiritual. These healings will be manifested as we move forward, some of them very quickly, but some will happen through time. I believe that we have let other things get into our lives and the Lord is requiring us to recommit our lives fully to the Lord, as Deacon Larry called us to. But I believe that this requires a response from each of the participants in the conference in order to allow God to move in our lives and through us. As Deacon Larry said in the conference, it doesn't take a large number of people to make an impact in God's Church, once a small group Catches the Fire it spreads. I believe that the Fire is already spreading!"
Thank you for having Deacon Larry, and for the opportunity to minister with him! We have been refreshed, we caught the "Fire!"-Fernando R. De Urquidi (The Surrender Band)
"I am responding to you to let you know about my experience at Catch the Fire Conference. I was very busy with getting the food set up and cleaning after lunch. When I finally had time to go see Deacon Oney the church was full of joy. During Deacon Oney’s impartation I started feeling a little funny. My hands were up in the air receiving God’s graces then all of a sudden, I felt a big breeze on me and got cold. After a few moments my body felt ice cold. I looked all over for Air Conditioning vents and there were none in the vicinity of me. I know it was the Holy Spirit infiltrating my body. It was an amazing experience! After we were done, I asked the woman next to me if she felt the breeze and she said yes, did you? I smiled with joy confirming it was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ blessing me! I asked Bernadette and Mary standing on the other side of the woman if they felt the breeze and they said no that they were really warm. A few moments later a woman came up to me and said I need you to pray over me. I said excuse me. She said the Lord told her that Bernadette and I need to pray over her. We said sure of course, then we proceeded to the columbarium to pray over her and her husband. It was truly a wonderful conference and I wish I could have experienced even more blessings."-Eddie DiVito
Physical Healings: "Over 30years ago, I was in a near fatal car accident. I almost died. I have had extreme back pain ever since. The last 15 years have been excruciating. I’ve been on many pain killers but nothing worked. After Deacon Oney’s first presentation, I walked out of St. Andrew’s church into the courtyard. As I walked out, I experience a peace and all pain was completely gone. I am amazed and am blessed. Testimony was given immediately afterwards to Deacon Oney and everyone in attendance at the Conference-PRAISE GOD!!!"- Mark Hansen’s Testimony spoken during the Catch the Fire Conference
"I believe I was healed of extreme colitis and ulcers. My abdomen was extended due to inflammation. I was in so much pain. When I came up to be prayed over by Maria Muratore, she put her hand on my stomach and prayed. I felt relieved and the pain subsided. I felt warm at church. It was a miracle healing. I went home and ate ice cream. My colitis is labeled severe. I made a banana pancake had ice cream and ate without pain digesting"- Sandra Drury (Alta Grace)
“I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to attend the Catch the Fire conference this year. I truly felt welcome by all the volunteers and thoroughly enjoyed Deacon Oney’s inspiring messages. After being ill with ongoing chronic illness and recently recovering from surgery, I was unsure if I would be able to have the energy to attend a daylong event. The Lord does not disappoint, I truly felt like I was given a supernatural energy and stamina!!!! Thank you, Jesus!!”---Anonymous
Graces received, been blessed by those ministering: "I enjoyed ministering alongside so many of my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit and the unity of our community. Everyone was so amazing and used their gifts. Thank you to everyone who ministered. The music was great and I thank God I was blessed to be a part of it all."-Peter Muratore
"Beautiful work on the Catch the Fire conference! It was my first Charismatic Renewal event and I am hooked!" -Erica McCleskey
"Lovely experience at the Deacon Oney conference. Event was blessed and was well organized by the team. Look forward to the next one! Thank you too all who supported the event!"-Delia Smith
"I enjoyed his (Deacon Oney’s) energetic speaking."- Colleen Fox
"Although I didn't receive the gift of tongues, or have a healing, Deacon Larry saying that "Even if you can't see or feel God working in your life doesn't mean that He isn't" really absorbed into my heart in a way that it has not before. I've heard similar sayings many times throughout my life, but in that moment, God softened my heart and enabled me to be at peace. I've realized that I have been absorbed in all the ways that I can affect my life and change it, neglecting often to consider what God has in store, and how I can be more responsive to His will. God's love isn't something that can be bought or bargained for. It is a gift that He gives freely and generously."-Nick D.
"Thank you to Deacon Oney, Maria and all volunteers who made this day truly a blessing! I was moved by Deacon Oney’s talks, particularly when he spoke about working for the Lord in retirement, I truly feel renewed in spirit. The Holy spiritual was surely present!"-MaryBeth S.
"What a pleasure to have Deacon Larry Oney as our speaker this year, Deacon Oney’s encouraging words has lit a fire under me to always keep studying our faith and to share the good news with others"-Mary T.
"Maria, Good seeing you. I have to say, Deacon Oney was a good speaker and was uplifting. The music was very good and all of you always minister to everyone in a great way. My husband and I enjoyed the day".- Sonia Panipinto
"Deacon Oney had a message for my young daughter, Isabella. He said she would have a breakthrough (he said that a couple of times) and pointing to her. I spoke to him briefly afterwards and he said that there was something that she was struggling with but everything would be okay and he saw the Holy Spirit working in her. At the end of the conference he noticed something different about her. Isabella told me she was nervous because she didn't know what he meant but by the end of day, she felt like a weight was lifted from her. When we arrived home, there was retaliation and the next day was even worse. She handled it fantastic. She prayed and kept going like nothing happened-she was spiritually strengthened. For me (as her mother) the message from Deacon Oney was a consolation because I believe that the Lord will be using her as an instrument to get Frankie (her brother) to make a change in his life. Deacon Oney also said that she is a Warrior and she has a lot of strength. I believe that she was meant to be at the Catch the Fire conference and I was also meant to be there. The day before I wasn't going to go. I was miserable and I don't even know why. She wasn't originally going to the conference either and it wasn't until the last minute that she said out of nowhere that she'll go with me. I guess the bad guy knew she'd get a blessing and tried to stop it, but it back fired. It was beautiful. I felt so happy we went." -Dee Craine
"I was blessed by Deacon Oney by how he confirmed what we are learning about our identity as Baptized Christians in the first quarter of Encounter School of Ministry." - Win Wallace
Miracles In Our Midst! Recent Healing Testimonies from Prayer Meetings and Healing Services 2023:
The Holy Spirit has been flowing at a swift rate recently. Our Prayer Meetings and Healing Services have been on fire. God never disappoints. It is with great joy that I have the honor of posting these various physical/inner healing testimonies from February and March of 2023:
Shelley Wadsworth:Dear Maria and prayer team, I attended your Jesus Is Lord prayer meeting at St. Andrew’s, Apex on March 16, 2023. I would like to share my healing experience from that night. I had previously injured my right ankle/foot, about a month before the prayer meeting. After being prayed over I felt the pain go away, this relief happened right away. I shared this with the team at the time. The next morning, I had a previously scheduled Doctors appointment for this foot pain. At that appointment the Doctor declared " you are all healed up!" Now over 2 weeks later the pain has NOT returned. Praise God!!! Thank you for the healing prayer and love I received. May God's blessings be with you. Laura Bardascino: I wanted to send in a testimony. Back in October I was walking my dog, he pulled hard on the leash, and my right pinky finger got twisted up in the leash. I was in terrible pain for several months with limited range of movement, stiffness, and soreness. I went to the healing service at St. Michael’s this past February to see what it was about. To be honest, I was lukewarm as I listened to the testimonies. When it came time to get prayed over, I was not in a place of 100% belief, so I did seek a healing and ended up leaving early. Sadly, I was not able to witness the young boy’s club foot healing but heard about it in the prayer meeting. Truly remarkable! At my second Charismatic prayer meeting in February, Maria Muratore prophesied regarding someone having finger issues, swelling and stiffness. I did not speak up. Someone else did, so I figured it wasn’t referring to me. Then again, at the next meeting, you again prophesied about a finger issue, again someone else responded, and I figured it wasn’t about me. At a Magnificat event the following week, I was prayed with by the prayer team to seek healing prayer for my finger. I shared with Maria Muratore and Mary Trombetta (the prayer team) about the messages shared from the Holy Spirit regarding someone with finger issues. This time I believed it. This time I was relieved and healed. In March 2023, at our Charismatic prayer meeting at St. Andrew’s, Apex, Maria had prophesied about someone needing inner healing from trauma. I had just offered two novenas to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, to release work trauma resulting from bullying and targeting in three consecutive jobs in Boston. During healings that were going on in the room that evening, I asked the Holy Spirit to heal me from my trauma and relieve me from flashbacks that were impacting my current work life. In that moment, I felt the trauma lift off of me. As a result of that inner healing, the Lord has shone a light onto a deep sense of fear that has plagued me since childhood. This realization has allowed the Holy Spirit to deepen my trust and reliance, “For God gave us a spirit not of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7). Thank you for this ministry of healing. With everything going on in the Church and the world today, this is the time for a new Pentecost as we are each called to evangelize and proclaim that Jesus came to call all sinners to repentance, not the righteous (Luke 5:32). Delia Smith Testimony 3/31/2023:I want to give a testimony about a recent spiritual healing that I had. I am a mother of two boys (ages 4 and 18 months). I currently work full time (from home) and have been discerning if the Lord is calling me to be a stay-at-home mom. My life is busy to say the least (however God has been trying to show my heart there are many things that demand my time, however not all are from God). When my second son was 15 months, I found out I was expecting again. During this time, I was also realizing I was dealing with high functioning anxiety (feelings of being overwhelmed/negative thoughts about myself). Both my husband and I have been overwhelmed with the demands of parenthood, work, daily life, and this news (which should have been a joyful blessing) of another child seemed almost too much to handle. About 2 months later we had a miscarriage. I was bleeding significantly and was admitted to the hospital. While there my blood pressure dropped to alarming levels, and I could not stand (ringing in ears and dizziness). I had to have a D&C procedure about 12 hours later (to stop the bleeding). During that time at the hospital, I called out to God. I felt his closeness and I surrendered the situation to him. By the grace of God, I was released to go home to recover. I would say that is the closest I have ever been to death; I do believe if I had not received medical attention that would have been possible due to the extensive blood loss I experienced. The next 2-3 weeks were a unique and healing experience for me. I couldn’t go back to my normal “activities” and that was humbling for me. I took two weeks off work. I was able to be quiet and receive love and care. My blood loss had caused extreme anemia. I was weak and very tired. Going up the stairs caused me to be extremely winded. I was told I could not pick up my baby due to the procedure so I could not personally put him in/out of his crib or his highchair which I would do several times a day. I had to rely on and accept help from others (which I was not good at or in the habit of doing). My mom came to stay with us for a few days and my husband stepped in to support the activities that I could not do. I went to a follow up doctor appointment and when I returned home, I was happy to see my mom called our prayer leader Maria Muratore over to pray. During our prayer the Holy Spirit gave me a word that I believed God’s love and other relationships in my life (husband, family, friends, etc.) was “performance based” or conditional. I had a program in my head that I would only be loved by God or others in my life based on what I did/the actions I took. This word really touched my heart and I started praying and discerning this. I found myself with downtime (which was few and far between in my life). I had started watching the TV show the Chosen, based on the Gospels. I had watched season 1 back a few years ago and over these 2-3 weeks of recovery I watched Seasons 2-3. During 3-4 of the episodes two characters were given this verse that was repeated several times in the show, “If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol you are there.” I went to confession about a week and a half after my miscarriage and I brought before the Lord this revelation that I had a false belief that God’s love was performance based/conditional on my actions. The priest gave me absolution and said my penance was to read Psalm 139. I left the confession and found Psalm 139. What beautiful words about how God loves me! How it has nothing to do with my actions or merits but all about his wonderful love and mercy for me. As a read I felt a strong presence of the Holy Spirit and tears of joy filled my eyes. I also realized that the verse I had been watching the last few days on the Chosen was from this Psalm I was given for my penance. What a beautiful confirmation! After going to confession, I felt this strong peace moving forward and the anxiety and negative thoughts in my head disappeared. Praise God! I realized that I had been in this dysfunctional cycle of thinking love was performance/action based so I would keep trying to take on more (which would overwhelm me) and then if I took help, I would feel guilty so I couldn’t win. I strongly feel in my heart God broke these chains and dysfunctional patterns. I had another opportunity to go to confession (with a different priest then I saw prior) and his penance for me was Psalm 139 again! God continued to give me confirmations and to tell me how much he loved me! This experience showed me that God is with me always. Although I went through a terrible trial with my miscarriage, I see that God used it to really get my attention. I was caught up in the daily grind and this caused everything to stop. He used this experience to bring about a strong spiritual healing and I am so grateful. I feel lighter than I can ever remember (like the scripture where I took the yoke of our Lord versus the yoke of this world). I have made it a practice to read Psalm 139 often to always remember and experience God’s love. Praise God for this healing and transformation this Lent! Stephanie Falahee:While at the Encounter Healing Service in February 2023, Fr. Patrick Gonyeau was praying for different types of healing. I didn't actually have physical healing for myself in mind to pray for, until he specifically named the neck. I immediately thought about how much my neck had been bothering me lately. Since I gave birth to my son a few months ago, different movements in my neck hurt me and there was pain and pressure. I was actually considering seeing a chiropractor. After Fr. prayed for healing of the neck, he asked us to "try it out" I began moving my neck, lifting my head up and down. The pain was completely gone and hasn't returned! All Glory to God! Edward (Eddie) DiVito: Early on at our Jesus is Lord prayer meeting at St. Andrew’s, Apex, our leader, Maria Muratore, had a word of knowledge about someone in attendance having an issue with their scalp. Unbeknownst to Maria, I had a cyst removed from my scalp a few days before that meeting. I felt that this word was for me personally, and I requested prayer for healing. I was prayed over at that meeting by a prayer team specifically to heal and reduce pain for an itchy and painful scalp. By the end of the meeting, I noticed that the itch and pain in my scalp had totally disappeared. I was amazed and believe I was healed by God. The itching and scalp pain that I had been experiencing for the past 4.5 days (prior to the meeting) had totally disappeared. Peter Muratore: I injured my foot recently (specifically at the base of my two last toes on my right foot). It was inflamed, painful and it made walking and wearing regular shoes difficult. I was suffering with this for three weeks. I attended our charismatic prayer meeting, and a prophetic word was given about someone who would be healed of a foot injury. I came up to be healed with a prayer team and now I am completely healed and pain free. I know that God does all the healing, and I am so grateful and humbled by this miracle. Thank you, God! Andrew (Andy) Wallace:I injured my neck in a car accident and experienced severe pain for nearly 30 years. My first thought every morning was about the pain I experienced when I awoke. I had many physical limitations that greatly impacted my life. A subsequent injury disabled me and forced me to retire at 55. My wife, Win, and I attended the Encounter Ministries healing service in February hoping to be healed of the pain. Hearing the testimonies shared by so many people that evening, I was hopeful and confident that I would be healed that night. I went home very disappointed that I was not. Several days after the service I got Covid. I had a mild case, but I was fatigued for about a week. Once I was able to go out again after having Covid, a friend asked me how my neck felt. Without thinking, I told him “Not too bad." Driving home from that meeting, I realized that I felt no pain at that moment and hadn't felt any since being struck by Covid a week earlier. That was about 5 weeks ago. I still have no neck pain. After 30 years of praying for a miracle, I believe that my neck is now fully healed. Praise God! Aris Martone: I was exposed recently to a high concentration of CMIT/MIT after posting about the danger of CMIT/MIT on Facebook. The Lord had Fr. Patrick Gonyeau in Cary recently to do a Healing Service at St. Michael’s. Jesus told me to go so I could be healed to continue to do His work. At the service, I felt only a light presence of the Holy Spirit; but after the Priest prayed for the first group standing which I was in, the internal pain that I had since my exposure was diminishing. I could feel God healing me as my internal organs which were oxidized, and bleeding were being healed. Before I was healed, I felt like I had the scourge wounds of Jesus on the inside with my skin cracked and bleeding. After the healing, it was completely gone. I feel a so much better now. The Lord has given me a beautiful gift. Fr. Patrick was a wonderful instrument of the Lord healing people in the manner God wants to heal them. He brought the Scriptures alive so we could see the power Peter and Paul had to heal many people at a time. Marie-Therese Sedito (Teri):Parishioner of St. Michael the Archangel since 1985 On February 3rd, 2023 the feast day of St. Blaise, I attended the 8:30 am daily mass. Afterwards, the priests offered the blessing of our throats and from where I was sitting, I happened to get on Fr. Patrick Gonyeau's line. I was silently praying various prayers while waiting. I had never met Fr. Patrick before and did not know anything about his background. Fr. Patrick blessed my throat and while thanking him, he asked me if I had a lower back problem. Yes, was my reply. Fr. Patrick said the Holy Spirit was telling him to pray for my healing of my back and then prayed over me. I also asked him to pray for my 2 eldest adult children Kristina and Joey and Fr. Patrick did. He also said he would like to talk with me later. After adoration, while I was waiting to speak with Fr. Patrick, several other women were waiting, too. I witnessed and joined in with him praying for the healings of other parishioners. Fr. Patrick's joy, humility and love seemed to be overflowing to all around him. He thanked me several times for having a prayerful heart. Fr. Patrick did pray with me then, in the gathering space for some special intentions of conversion and healing for my adult children. Both my husband Sal, and I did attend the healing prayer service that evening at St. Michaels. Fr. Patrick Gonyeau led it with prayerful praise, joy, and peace. He reminded that it was the Holy Spirit that was healing and he was just a servant priest. Many parishioners stood up and gave their personal witness of healings, both previously in the week or right then at that prayer service. I also gave a brief account of my healing from earlier that morning. There was a young boy of 8 yrs. old that had his right foot turned in since birth who was sitting right behind me. He had taken off his shoe and exclaimed that his foot was healed. He was able to run up and down the aisle, which his mom said he could not do before. I have not had any back pain since that moment of grace. I am very grateful to God for the healing and Fr. Patrick's openness to serve the Lord in this ministry. A brief background: 7 years ago in 2016, I had sciatica going down both of my legs with lower back pain. An MRI and Xray determined chronic degenerative facet/ligamentous hypertrophy, degenerative anterolisthesis, 2 cysts, disc protrusion, canal narrowing and misalignment between L4-5. Pills, shots, and surgery were all recommended, but I declined as I wanted to try rest and PT first. The Ortho Dr. stated that I would be back within a year as 95% in my condition needed surgery. My back felt better after some time and prayers, but I knew that it was a chronic problem. It would act up at any given moment over the last few years, especially if I lifted anything slightly heavy. Most recently, my back had been hurting since the beginning of December 2022 and I was anticipating making another appt with the Orthopedic practice. My own recent prayer was, if it be God's will, that I could be healed so I could continue to serve Christ by serving others. Rudy Napoli: I would like to tell you about Rudy's Testimony regarding his thumb finger. At the last charismatic prayer meeting at Saint Andrew the Apostle my husband was having a lot of pain in his thumb. He was not able to move it. He had been telling me this for quite a while now. He asked to be prayed with for healing. After he had been prayed over by the prayer team, he was able to move his thumb again and was totally pain free! Praise God!!! Alta Grace (Sandra) Raad-Drury: Well, sometime in September 2022, I was in pain from a torn meniscus, and unable to even move items to my new home. Mr. & Mrs. Lobos of Remni Christi assisted with moving and setting up items. I have spent 11 years doing Zumba classes and now I was so distraught, thinking how I can move forward with this extreme pain. I had an MRI, showing I indeed did tear my meniscus, and the swelling and pain was part of it. I have been to 8 physical therapy sessions, thinking if by April I am not better I will get surgery. On February 3, 2023, at the Healing service at St. Michael’s, I was prayed over with a prayer team, and I felt the pain release and was completely gone. That night 2/3/2023, I was able to sleep because the pain was not there anymore. I did not move around restlessly as I had been in the past, and actually slept! Amen! I praise God for His healing. I do have water in my knee but not the tear anymore! Maria’s team from St. Michael’s, which include Debra Rony and Mary Trombetta, have prayed with me for inner healing, and I believe I have better clarity, insight, and abilities through the Holy Spirit’s guidance. I believe that my healing was real and happened! Lauren:My name is Lauren and I’m a year 1 student at the encounter ministries school. I have struggled with pretty severe eczema on my hands. In the winter it breaks out from the cold and dry air. When Fr. Patrick said healing prayers, I felt a warmth and tingling feeling come into the affected hurting area of my fingers. And I experienced the glory of God and His healing in the specific areas. Suddenly, I could bend and move my fingers in a way that would no longer physically hurt me. The next day after the healing service, I revisited St. Michael’s parish to thank Jesus in the tabernacle. I didn’t want to be like the lepers in the bible who did not thank God after He healed them. I wanted to be like that one who returned to thank and praise Jesus for this gift of healing. Lacey Binney:Maria, I met you during the Magnificat retreat at St. Ann's church, Clayton. You and another kind lady (Lisa Arguello) prayed over me while I broke down in tears. I wanted to provide you with some positive news! I received a job offer on April 4th (been praying for a job for a year) and I started my new role yesterday. In addition, my mental health has been better.
Christ In Us 2022 Testimonies/Sharing: Dear Friends, I have compiled some of the testimonies and sharing I received as feedback and posted them here for you to read and be inspired. I'd like to thank all those who attended our Christ In Us 2022 Conference both in person and via livestream from St. Joseph's Church, Raleigh NC. Here are the recorded talks from our 2 Day Conference "Christ In Us" with Fr. Jim Blount:www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tMoG__4liAg&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YbB520NxHfQ&feature=youtu.be. *Please visit the RESOURCE page for prayers including the Unity Prayer. Divine Mercy Radio recorded Fr. Blount at 2:00pm during Mass on Saturday. You may go to the PHOTO GALLERY page to view some photos of the conference. We were so blessed to have a full house with many local visitors as well as those who have been traveling far to join us. We welcomed friends from all around our state of NC, the Diocese of Raleigh, Diocese of Charlotte, the Outer Banks, all those who drove or flew in from Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California, Louisiana, Idaho, New York, Alabama, Texas and many more. We were honored to have all ministers, missionaries, deacons, nuns and priests join us in prayer, praise, worship and fellowship. I'd like to thank St. Joseph's parish, Fr. Blount, the Surrender Band, The Campbell's, all CCS Board members, Prayer Intercessors and all volunteers who served with love and generous hearts. I, personally, was blessed by meeting all of you in person and moved by your testimonies and faith. God truly introduces his friends to one another. It was an honor serving all of you. Thank you for joining us in person, livestream and in Spirit. You may continue to send in your testimonies and comments to post and I'll keep adding them in. Blessings and Love, Maria Muratore Marian devotion, Eucharistic devotion, the charismatic gifts and sacramentals were all brought together... The conference was very powerful and fruitful. Father Jim Blount’s talks were anointed and expressed full and tangible confidence in the ultimate victory of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the conference, Marian devotion, Eucharistic devotion, the charismatic gifts and sacramentals were all brought together. My sense is that the Lord would like to see these brought together more often within the Church to have a fully empowered church for the battle ahead. Father Blount expressed full confidence in the ultimate victory, but he did not diminish or sugarcoat the magnitude of the battle ahead. The conference brought together a diverse group of attendees. My sense is that some were newly experiencing more of the power of the charismatic gifts and the power of praise while others were newly experiencing more of the power of Marian devotion (Flame of Love), Eucharistic devotion and confidence (“He is there”), and/or newly experiencing the power of sacramentals. The Surrender Band provided anointed and uplifting praise and worship throughout the conference which excellently complemented Father Blount’s talks. Both the Mass for the Board members on Friday and the Mass on Saturday were powerful experiences. Father Blount is extremely devout in his relationship to Jesus in the Eucharist and the long pauses after the Consecrations were powerful moments of grace. At the healing service on Friday, I asked Father Blount to pray for my wife in relationship to experiences of supernatural joy. He gave me a word of knowledge for her which was very fruitful. At the Saturday 2 PM Mass, I had a powerful spiritual experience after receiving Jesus in the Eucharist. During Communion, there were a number of anointed songs After that, there was a period of silence. At that point, I sensed supernatural Peace flowing like a river. After that, it became more intense, and I experiencing the presence of the Lord and emotions similar to the experience of my first powerful conversion experience in 1999. After a certain period of time, clearly not determined by me, another transition occurred, and I experienced more peace and tears of joy. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of Endless Glory!- John McNally
“One of the best weekends of my life... God always wins”. Dear Maria, I would like to thank you all again for everything you did for us that weekend and for what you continue to do in the name of our Lord Jesus. Thank you all for your time, dedication, and your great faith. Hearing your story/stories and other people’s stories was very inspirational and it was one of the best weekends of my life, so far, because I learned so much from all of you and from the things that happened. My faith grew exponentially in three days by meeting you all who have such great faith in our Lord. We overcame the struggles and Father James was well in the end. Therefore, standing on those lines for hours was a true blessing. You, your team, father James and The Campbells, Carlos’ story, other people’s stories, have all impacted my spiritual growth in my faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ and I can’t thank you all enough. The small difficulties we all went through that weekend were all blessings in disguise. I get tears rolling down my eyes as I say this to you because “God always wins”. Thank you very much Maria from the bottom of my heart. My heart is overflowing with gratefulness to our Lord Jesus for giving us the GIFT and opportunity to have shared that weekend with you all. May God continue to bless you, the priests, and your parish community. Warmest regards, Brenda Mercado
Praise Report: How providential that I felt quickened to resume my search for suitable prayer group after giving up on it last year just in time for us to be able to *attend Fr. Blount’s event and also for me to * attend the Magnificat event where I met fellow Filipino- American who in turn has connected us to Fil-Am group that meets sporadically and hosts Fil-Am events. Providentially they’re *meeting this weekend for planning of Fil- Am festival. My chronic fatigue / brain fog due to numerous food intolerance kept delaying my goal to find prayer group and ministries to put my gifts to use and in so doing to live my purpose. Last month I felt empowered and perfect timing as I stated *above. As I shared with the prayer group last week, how very personal was the word spoken to me by Fr. Blount: To put in God’s hands everything that I had been overthinking about: A. finding service ministry to get involved in and concern about being able to follow through (challenges: 1. food intolerance, 2. seasonal affective issues Fall and Winter; 3.dependence on husband to drive me/ us to places as I have not driven since we moved to NC due to 1 & 2). B. My 3 grown kids - all educated in Catholic schools, in youth ministry of charismatic community we were members of (same one Supreme Court Justice Barrett have been a member) - None of them go to church. 2 of 4 grandkids - not christened. 14 y/o christened but that’s it. My 2 daughters were not married in the Catholic Church. I know this is too long. Please forgive me. But I also wanted to let you know my prayer requests: A & B above. God bless, Aina Healing and progress for those prayed for... Dear Maria, Thank you for this blessed event. My husband and I were so blessed hearing his words and giving us all blessings. The energy was electrifying with deep love by all. We met some lovely people at the event. Two days before the Charismatic Renewal event, our friend was taken to the hospital. He collapsed three times, not knowing why this was happening to him. The third time, his wife called 911 and took him to the hospital. All tests came back normal. Still, he could not walk. My husband took a rosary and placed the rosary on Padre Pio’s cloth and all the other relics and was blessed by Fr. James Blount. On Sunday, we took the rosary to our friend in the hospital and told him about this special rosary. He was so grateful. This person prays the rosary every morning and the Devine Mercy at 3:00 pm. He went home on Tuesday, after walking with the help of the walker. The doctor saw him and discharged him. This man is doing good as we speak. My husband’s brother is an alcoholic. He was in the hospital at the time of the renewal, and we prayed for him. On Monday, he was released and placed in rehab. A long journey for him. He seems to have daemons around him. My brother had open heart surgery several years ago and was not feeling well. He called and sounded great the other day after we prayed for him at the renewal. We left feeling renewed, joyful, calming and humbled by Fr. James Blount. Please let is know if there will be other charismatic speakers in the future. If it wasn’t for St. Joseph’s bulletin advertising the Charismatic Renewal, we wouldn’t have known. Again, thank you for heading up this two day event. Blessings, Amen, Halleluiah, Lily and Gene Kildosher
Experienced healings- physical, emotional and spiritual, during the healing service. Maria, I wanted to take a moment to extend my thanks to you and everyone who worked to make the Christ in Us 2022 Conference a wonderful success and an amazing blessing to so many. The conference was a beautiful and powerful expression of Jesus' love and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity and to meet you. I am grateful for the tickets that became available and your kindness in setting one aside for me. Thank you. I was blessed to experience healings, physical, emotional and spiritual, during the healing service. It was powerful, and I find myself searching for words that express the magnitude of the blessings and the depth of my gratitude. In particular, I was struck by the power and communion of the people united together in praise and prayer. It was so uplifting and joyous.
As Friday's service concluded, I remarked to the friends sitting next to me that I was excited that we were going to do it all over again on Saturday. I think it was a glimpse of Heaven where in joy and peace we will all praise Him endlessly!! Thank you! Amen! Hallelujah! I believe that I am on your email list, and would love to receive future communications. Also, please let me know how I can support this ministry. Thank you again. I look forward to participating in future events and will pray for the continued growth of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Raleigh Diocese-Anonymous
Dear Maria, Thank YOU for all you did to make the Conference such a success. We loved being there and can't thank you enough for getting us in. I personally received two words from the Lord through Fr. Jim that was right on...just what I needed to hear. Now I have to resolve to put them into action! The other two Sisters were quite inspired. I will ask them for any particular graces they received and convey them to you If they let me share them. God bless! Sr Gertrude-NC
Praise report from the whole family! DEAR MARIA,I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME PRAISE REPORTS THAT OCURRED AT OUR CHRIST IN US CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEKEND! FIRST OF ALL, I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE MY ENTIRE FAMILY ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. MY HUSBAND, RUDY AND SON, VINCENT BOTH WENT TO CONFESSION ON SATURDAY DURING THE CONFERENCE AND MY HUSBAND HELPED OUT AS AN USHER AND CATCHER DURING THE HEALING SERVICE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. MY DAUGHTER IN LAW, DANIELLE GOT A WORD FROM FATHER BLOUNT THAT MOTHER MARY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND THAT SHE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT! MY SON, VINNY RECEIVED A SUPERNATURAL HEALING WHICH HE HAD SUSPECTED FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW AND FATHER BLOUNT CONFIRMED IT FOR HIM THAT HE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!PRAISE GOD!!!-VITA NAPOLI
Thank you to all, the bandwas amazing! Dear Maria, I enjoyed the entire conference. There was so much to be thankful for. First of all, thank you to you and all who worked so hard organizing and serving so lovingly. Fr. Blount was outstanding, and the band was truly amazing. I felt the music usher in the Holy Spirit’s presence. It was a joy to sing and fellowship again. It was an added bonus to see the Campbells. Thank you again for all you do. -P Maria, Thank you so much, it was a blessing to be part of it, maybe next time I can get my husband n kids to go with me. I wish I would have had time to talk with you, but it was very busy packed full day. Thank you for your ministry, God bless you! Julie Cabana-The Outer Banks
Prophetic Vision and Word: Thank you to Maria and the board for organizing and working so hard to make the conference such a success. During the praise and worship in the church: I saw fire and heard that God is sending the fire of his love over all the church. I loved the music very much, it was very inspirational and joyful. I felt very inspired with anointed music.Fr. Blount was able to confirm and help me discern to make decisions. I really enjoyed the opportunity to fellowship and reconnect with old friends. It was a blessing-Rosemarie Mancino *Rosie also provided complimentary rosaries and prayer cards for all attendees-thank you to Rosie Mancino
Amazed by Fr. Blount and the Campbells ministry: Maria, thanks so much to you and your team for all the work you did to give us such a Spirit- filled Conference! It was truly awesome and much needed for our times now. I’m amazed by God’s love thru Fr. Blount and the Campbells as they continued to minister to His people long after the conference concluded- so amazed at their resilience and energy praying thru the early morning hours. It was a great blessing for us to host the Campbell family and that’s how I could tell how much they’ve given to help Fr. Blount with his ministering and deliverance. They’re also personal friends as we’ve known them for 9 years as they’ve ministered to us. Please keep me in your distribution list for future events. Thanks so much and God’s blessings pour out on you all. Blessings, Joy Dufresne
Attendees from Texas-Supernatural Experience while venerating Padre Pio Relic: Hello, my husband, son and I flew in from Texas to the conference and were so blessed by all who ministered. I had family intentions I’ve been praying about for a while. I had an experience the first night at the healing service. While we were in line and venerating the relics: I prayed especially with the Padre Pio garment. I felt a blowing gust of air upon my head. Fr. Blount afterward also blew on my forehead. When speaking to my adult son(who was with us) after the service, He said that when he prayed over the Padre Pio garment he felt someone blowing in his ear. He thought it was me! I said that it wasn’t but was amazed at how Padre Pio ministered to us. -Connie Johnson-Texas
Deliverance and Healing Testimony: Hi Maria, First, thank you for all that you do and for always being such a faithful servant to the Lord and us. I am so grateful to God that he made it possible for me to be ministered not only by Fr. Blunt but also by the Campbells and all of the Charismatic Renewal board members. I have been so blessed at this conference. The Lord has set me free of the things that have been tormenting me for so long. Things from my past, things that were impacting me on a spiritual level. I had fallen into such despair and was so fearful and anxious about everything. I didn't know where I belonged anymore and prayer was becoming harder, and harder. I was beginning to lose faith. I felt that my prayers were in vain. The pain in my heart had taken over me. I had been in a war with the enemy for so long that I was beginning to lose hope and was doubting that God could love me. I hoped for things to happen at this conference but deep inside doubted that they would. But God is so good. He had a plan, and I was and when I least expected it, way after the conference was done, when I had once again lost hope, he delivered me. He set me free from oppression among other things. God is so good. He showed me His love and kindness, he showed me I am not alone. He has never left me. He is with me at every moment, at my side, in my suffering. He told me so many beautiful things and I am his beloved child, and for the first time in my life, I truly believe this I know for this to be true. There are so many wonderful things that happened. . I am also aware that the battle for me is not over, but with Jesus and our Blessed Mother at my side I don't have to fear anymore, just keep persevering. Thank you again. -Anonymous
Prophetic Word received: “My people are dying of thirst. They are rooted and cannot move. Go to them and quench their thirst so they may be revived and grow fully in Me.” I asked Jesus, where and when shall we go, my Lord Jesus? “You will know where and when. I will prepare the way. “I asked, but might it be too late? “I am the God of the living. Trust in Me.” Our God is preparing us for a mighty battle. Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit are joining us and Mother Mary is on the sidelines cheering us on like a good mother. Wow! She can sure cheer loud and with great love for her children. Thanks, and praise be to God our almighty Father who watches over us all-Anne Franzel
The presence of the Holy Spirit was strong... Maria, My husband and I attended the conference and it was such a blessing to us. I wanted to reach out to you and let you know what a powerful experience we had. I had heard Father Blount on YouTube but being at the conference was such a heightened experience. The prayers were all so powerful and when prayed together with the other attendees at the conference even more. The presence of the Holy Spirit was so strong. I received a word relating to my healing prayer request and the wording was not any that I would typically use or think of. My request was in the realm of emotions and since then I have had a dream that I believe confirmed my healing is in process. Thank you so much- Anonymous
“SAVED MY SOUL” release and healing testimony! I just wanted to take a few minutes and let you know about the life changing experience I had this weekend. I pretty much have felt my whole life that I’ve just been going through the motions as far as my Catholic faith is concerned and never felt any deep connection or substantial relationship with God. I wasn’t sure why I never felt God’s presence no matter how hard I prayed and in the past year started praying a daily rosary to no avail. I was convinced that I was never going to fit in or be good enough for God like all the other devout Catholics and that he was just ignoring me. I went to this conference hoping to just feel something, ANYTHING, to take away the empty feeling I always carried inside. The first night I was so excited to attend and from the moment I walked in the door it was like a switch was flipped and I was completely under attack which I never ever felt in church. I saw everyone else being so filled with the spirit and I started to feel angry why I couldn’t be good enough for God to just notice me and see how hard I was trying and take this spiritual emptiness away from me. I left that night crying still feeling nothing, completely empty and angry and said I was not coming back Sat and meant it and was really upset with the Lord. Upon waking Saturday, I don’t know how or why, I decided to go and listen to Fr. Blount’s 2nd talk and then leave right away because he really had such a presence and passion for God that I’ve never seen or experienced before. I came back and wound up going to confession since unbeknownst to me I was standing on the confession line where I was hiding in the back of the church. After Fr. Blount finished speaking and most people left for lunch, I saw him on the alter with really not too many people around so I thought I’d ask him to just say a prayer for me and leave immediately knowing I would never set myself up like this again where I felt I didn’t belong. I don’t know how or why but I whispered to him what I was feeling and about my anger being there and feeling so isolated spiritually and not good enough to have God acknowledge me on any level and was so sad. He asked me to give my name to Wendy and asked if I could I meet with him Sunday. Fr Blount then told me to go over to Patrick and Joy to have them pray with me. I couldn’t stop crying and for the first time felt like I was understood, and that Fr. really cared. Joy and Patrick prayed over me and promised me that God was madly in love with me, and he is not mad at me and explained how I am at the top of the mountain, and I’m being attacked by the evil one because I’m right there ready to cross over and he can’t stand it and that I was blocked. It all made sense now how this intense anger and resentment came out of nowhere the minute I literally stepped foot in the church where I felt not good enough compared to everyone around me to even be counted as God’s child. They said I had a healing and they felt it after praying with me and I left St. Joseph’s floating on the clouds KNOWING THAT YES GOD SEES ME, YESSS GOD REALLY KNOWS ME, AND YESSS HE SEES HOW I’VE BEEN TRYING SO HARD TO GET CLOSER TO HIM!!! They told me it still may get harder before it gets better but I’m not quitting and I’m never turning back, I’ve come too far!! Since then, something has changed inside of me and I can’t explain it. I feel so much love for Jesus and REAL desire to think about him and pray throughout the day and night like never ever before!!!! My husband started praying the rosary with me last night for the first time and it just happened to be on our 24th wedding anniversary yesterday!! (He also was there Friday night and was also prayed over by Fr. Blount and his cross). I pray to God that I will never ever go back to that horrible place ever again that I was brought to under attack and ask that you all please keep me in your prayers as I certainly will be praying for all of you!!! I told Patrick and Joy, and I meant it with every fiber of my being that Fr. Blount and the two of them, SAVED MY SOUL ON SATURDAY AND something changed for me that afternoon and I will be eternally grateful to all of them for helping me!! Please feel free to share my deepest gratitude with Joy and Patrick and Fr. Blount. -Warmly, Denise
Awe-inspiring, educational, uplifting and spirit filled... Maria, Ave Maria! I found the entire day (we didn’t arrive until 11:15 from Belews Creek, near Winston-Salem) awe-inspiring, educational, uplifting and spirit filled. I had watched several Fr. Blount videos on YouTube and knew what a powerhouse and holy man that he is today. Plus, he’s one who has earned private revelations, much like a US-based contemporary Padre Pio. Father Blount is doing important work and we were blessed to have him in Raleigh. What is also noteworthy is that we saw a half-dozen or more couples or families from the Charlotte Diocese and Piedmont Triad area. Thanks for hosting the event and organizing it! God bless, Charlie & Geri Breeding A peacefulness and calmness enveloped my whole body inside and out. Friday and Saturday were both powerful for me. At some point on Saturday in church a peacefulness and calmness enveloped my whole body inside and out. The time when Father Blount and I met privately and talked he got some words for me that right now I am milling over and not ready to talk about. I wish I could have done more to help but I am glad I was able to do something. The core team with your leadership did a wonderful job putting the conference together. God is good. -Colleen
HOLY time... It was a great and HOLY time and meeting you as well. I wish we had something in our diocese. Gail Atkinson
Flew in from San Diego for the conference... Hello Maria, What a blessing and a grace to have made it to the retreat! I flew from San Diego to bring my sister, Barbara who lives in Apex, and if you remember we were the ones able to talk with Fr Blount afterwards by the grace of God. Praises to our Lord and King for all He did over the weekend. -I received peace in all the tribulations I was suffering; they were almost suffocating me like a daily wrestling match. The Lord had given me a word before I left about Him breathing His Spirit upon me as like a cloud. This breath was released upon me & my family. I saw the cloud (the breath of the Spirit) like a lasso, wrapping around my children bringing them back to the Father's breast. He told me He was bringing His peace in an overwhelming power. Unlike a tornado, His effects of power bring peace out of havoc, not havoc out of peace. Deep peace. a Breath of Peace. He said I would see dry bones come alive. He was going to part- like the Red Sea-the evil and make a way back to Him. That they would see a way out. There was more but I share this because the first night Fr Blount breathed upon us, literally! Several times (I have 3 children)! I went up to him wanting to pour out my heart like water (all that was weighing me down) but couldn't talk, he just said it's ok & breathed upon me & a breath of peace fell upon me. Comfort & peace. alleluia! I am still walking in that peace! -And I also share this because when I spoke with Fr to receive spiritual direction for my daughter who we knew was suffering from something causing depression, Fr gave me - by the guidance of the Holy Spirit- the vessel to lasso our daughter back to the Father's heart. The rosary! He confirmed something was weighing her down as he saw something on her (I took that as the "Red Sea" needing to be parted to release her from the oppression because he confirmed she had opened herself up to the occult) and that by the rosary and the Precious Blood prayer, the enemy would no longer have control over her, oppressing her. The Lord gave me the vision, and at the retreat gave me the reality of that vision. The way the Lord wills for her deliverance as they call the rosary "Our Lady's Lasso!" Amen! -And my husband has accepted that he has the authority to pray for our daughter in a much more powerful way than I do and has agreed to pray 50 of the 500 Precious Blood prayers for her every day! That is a miracle in itself! That he understands & accepts & is willing to obey. -I also received during the song- Way Maker- a new vision of something I had a vision of months ago. Months ago, I saw a desert with a crevice looking like a dried up river. I could see there was water, but it was very low down and a very narrow crevice. During the song I saw a raging river of LIVING water. It was alive. It was the most spectacular color blue I have ever seen. It sparkled & almost danced with life. -And after communion, Fr. had said that we receive the Father as well as the Son & Spirit. I never meditated on that before. He said that when we tell Jesus who He is, He tells us who we are. After receiving Him in the eucharist I could hear the Father in a loud powerful authoritarian voice saying- You are My daughter! She is My beloved daughter! It was like He was telling the demons to leave me alone (guilt, condemnation) because I am His. I belong to Him. He was telling the whole world & every spirit, all of creation.... She is Mine! I feel healed of any lies that I had believed from the past of how God feels about me. Amen praise you Father! God bless the work of your hands-Karen Briggs
Daughter’s return to the faith: Thank you for the amazing conference this past weekend. We received great news from our daughter regarding her plan to return to the faith and repair her damaged marriage. Please keep them in your prayers as they will be making a Retrouvaille retreat this weekend for their marriage. Thank you for all your prayers and good works. God bless you, Bill and Jeanne Hammond
Conference inspired two young adult sons: Maria, my family, and I recently attended the 2022 Fr. Blount Conference at St. Joseph Church. This conference was such a blessing for our family. It was such a joy filled experience for us. Our 23-year-old son found it so refreshing to hear a priest (Fr. Blount) speak such truth and not be concerned with being politically correct in his homilies and talks. He was very happy to be able to adore and praise Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Adoration with so many others all at the same time. Tyler felt grateful, privileged, and blessed beyond measure to have had the opportunity to altar serve at both masses that Fr. Blount said. Fr. Blount’s talks spoke to my (21-year-old college student) son’s heart. This conference has bore fruit in him. I see he is growing in his faith already. Nick told me since the retreat ended two big things have happened to him, a miracle, and an experience with the Holy Spirit. 1- There was a tool stuck on Nick’s truck so tightly (for a while) that nobody was able to loosen it. For several days Nick tried everything he could possibly think of to loosen it to no avail. He was rather frustrated! It was then that a thought came to him to stop and pray. So, he did that telling the Lord that he and nobody else could fix this situation, but only God. So, he told Jesus that he needed his help and asked him to help him. After Nick finished praying, he went back to the truck and literally touched the piece, and it came off in his hand. He and his friends were in amazement. He told me that God made that happen and it was a miracle. Praise God! 2-Nick was getting into the shower when a thought came to him to take a cold shower to do penance for sins. (Nick does not like cold water at all. That was out of character for him to even think of that and consider taking a cold shower.) So, he took a cold shower for an extended amount of time. As the cold water was beating down on him, he began to giggle uncontrollably. This giggling went on for quite a few minutes. The he began to cry tears of joy. He was not sure what to make of this. He came and told me later and I told him that that was the Holy Spirit. All glory to God! My husband feels more peaceful and not anxious since Friday. Since the conference my husband feels more peaceful and not as anxious since the conference began on Friday. I also noticed that he has been more joyful since he attended the Fr. Blount Conference. Eddie has noticed an increased desire to expand his faith and to make some changes to grow closer to God. He decided to wear a brown scapular now. He also has taken the initiative to say the Flame of Love rosary daily. As for me, I have had such an increase of joy in my heart since Fr. Blount began his mass on Friday. His joy felt like it was contagious, and I couldn’t help but want more of it. I loved being able to play a very small part in having Fr. Blount come and present this conference to all our brothers and sisters in Christ who were able to make it in person and online. I give all praise, honor, and glory to God for all he has begun in my husband, sons, and myself!! God bless! --Bernadette
“The fire ignited in the conference is propelling us, not just forward but upward in a new and stronger way”.-The Surrender Band Dear Maria, first of all we would like to thank you and all the people involved for inviting us to do the music for the Conference. We truly enjoyed it! There were many ways in which God used Fr. Jim Blount in a powerful way in our lives. We would like to mention a few:
There has been a sense that the Charismatic Renewal has been dwindling and winding down - Fr. Jim, with his anointing, conviction and personal charisms has done the following:
It appears, as the conference showed, that the Charismatic Renewal is converging with members of the Church that are not charismatics but are looking for "more." This is key because it means that there is a new openness to what's charismatic, to what is of the Spirit. The work of the Renewal is not done but appears to be broadening and will play a greater role in the Church at large! Hold on to your seats because it's just about to take off! People that are looking for more will look for help, discernment, wisdom, support, etc., and will find it in the Renewal (or people that are in the Renewal).
On a personal level, both Karen and I were touch by the healing power of God:
Fr. Jim's talks during the conference provided a vision of being simple like children, not complicated like adults. The simpler we are, the easier it is to receive. We have become too educated in the things of God, not that we have anything against studying His Word, etc. We always have an answer and some of the answers are to explain why we do not get healed or receive miracles. Or we center on the learning, rather than on God and standing in our roles as sons & daughters of the King, This was very liberating, bringing a renewed freedom as Christians in our everyday lives and our involvement in our parish, in our evangelizing of others.
By touching the relics - something that I, Fernando, have not put a lot of credence or importance in the past. There was an atmosphere of anointing surrounding the relics, and especially felt when touching them expecting from God to do something.
By being prayed over by Fr. Jim - We both felt the power of God through Fr. Jim and continue to feel the effects.
Personal interest in every single person by Fr. Jim - this shows the personal interest of God in our lives and provided further conversations with him that further what God began during the prayer and blessing with the relic of the Holy Cross.
We were blessed by the people serving during the conference - they served with joy and were very welcoming and loving. This sets the tone and provides an atmosphere of love and acceptance to all the people participating. This was very clear, please continue this as it will open people to the Renewal and God will use it in a very powerful way!
The worship times were also a powerful time for us - We can praise & worship even if people do not respond to the music and prayers, but collective praise & worship makes the enemy flee and allows for our hearts to open up to our Lord's presence in deeper ways. It was great to see people praising, singing, lifting their hands, or simply sitting before God's presence in our midst. We were blessed as well.
There are many more ways in which God is using the conference, like getting ready for what's coming and is already in the world. With a willingness to go all the way, asking for the grace to be faithful, even if God was to require us to shed our blood for Him. Thanks again and may God continue and bring to completion what He started in the Conference! -Fernando R. De Urquidi-The Surrender Band
Husband praying again: Thank you so much for bringing Father Blount and the Charismatic conference to so many. What a blessing for so many that I'm sure will be expanded to others through those who attended. For years I have been trying to get my husband to pray with me, even just one Our Father or Hail Mary but he has been resistant for whatever reason. Since the conference we have been praying the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet every day. To God be the Glory. I am in the process of ordering and sharing the Unit prayer cards with family and friends. -A.C. Witness to the powerful move of God: As a volunteer for the “Christ in Us” Conference I got to witness firsthand the powerful move of God. Many people approached us and said how much they enjoyed the conference and several asked about how they could be involved in and learn more about the Charismatic Renewal in the Diocese of Raleigh. Many expressed interests in attending our local Charismatic Prayer Groups. I personally ministered to two different women who the Lord placed in front of me because they were going through a similar situation with their children that I had been through more than 10 years ago. I was able to minister to them and give them hope for what they are battling right now. The healing service went late into the night and many people received prophetic words from Fr. Blount. As a volunteer I had time with Fr. Blount as well as Joy and Patrick Campbell and was amazed at their devotion to praying and ministering to ALL those in need. They ministered 7-8 hours straight on Saturday and Sunday into the wee hours of the morning. No one walked away empty handed. God healed, delivered, and encouraged his people through these anointed ministers! - Debra Rony Inspired by the livestream: We were unable to attend in person, but we watched it all livestream. After watching it Friday night, we woke up Saturday morning wanting it be time for the conference to start again because we couldn't wait to hear Fr. Blount. He is everything one hopes for in a priest: He is a holy man, reverent, speaks the truth and backs it up with scripture, compassionate, funny, and on fire for the Lord. His talks were very informative. We wish we were there in person to touch the relics and feel the energy in the room that was undoubtedly filling the church. The Surrender band sounded great (as expected!)-Debi & Alan Online viewers: Hi Maria, I hope you were able to rest today after that fabulous conference! I so appreciate that Mom and I were able to view the conference online. Thanks so much for all you do, -Suzanne Rives Complete trust in the Lord, hope for future healing: Wow! What a beautiful, inspiring conference this was. What a blessing to have Father Blount come to Raleigh! Father truly brought much encouragement, healing and joy to so many with the gifts he has been given by the Lord. I had the privilege to be part of the team of people who helped out with this conference, we were all so happy and excited as the days were coming closer and closer to the big weekend. For the past 10 months I have been dealing with the possibility that I may have to have a heart transplant, after many tests and procedures over the summer and eagerly waiting for an answer, the day before the conference, I was told that I was denied. I was dealing with so many feelings and thinking what happens now! There was so much to think about and process. I went before the Blessed Sacrament and literally surrendered this situation to God. When Father Blount came in for the first time on Friday night, I was filled with so much peace and joy! I chuckled to myself when he spoke about being cheerful and not grumpy. God gave me and the rest of the team supernatural strength before, during and after the conference. When you work for the Lord, he truly takes care of you! “Jesus, I trust in you”!-Anonymous
“Holy Dream Team...” The "Christ in Us" conference was so beautiful. So much to be grateful and thankful for. One of the things that I was so happy to see was the way Father treated Jesus. He had so much love and reverence for Him. When he gave us communion, He took his time with each communicant so that we could reverently receive our Lord. The altar boys wore gloves and placed the patton directly under my chin where it belonged so as not to have one crumb fall. That alone could make me cry. Father's reverence and holiness alone made me want to strive to be a better person. Father Blount and the Campbell Family are a holy dream team. It was so beautiful when He called the family to intercede. I am so glad that they were there to help Father. Father is not just another speaker; He truly cares and is doing "mission". He did not just "speak.", he was talking to our hearts to let the word, the messages of Jesus sink in. He prayed and delivered many. He is truly an inspiration and instrument of God. I thank Father and the Campbells for all their love and for praying and ministering to all of us. You are gift. Thank you to the Board and all your hard work in making this special event happen. Sincerely, Donna Schroyer
Jesus was doing the healings. Let us give praise and glory to the Lord for all the works he wrought in us this weekend! I will never be the same for it was a wonderful encounter with the Lord, and I have been healed! Before the weekend, I prayed for the healing of everything that kept me from doing the will of God, whether it be physical, mental or spiritual. God answered my prayer and this is what I received. While waiting in line for my turn for healing, I looked up and saw Jesus standing in place of Father Jim. (Yes, a vision) I looked for Father Jim, but could not see him, only Jesus. Jesus was doing the healings. I thought about how many hours Jesus spent doing exactly this during his own life on earth, and how it must have been physically exhausting for him and the apostles; much like what Father Jim and the helpers must experience as well. Once home, I began to notice changes in my physical abilities. I can walk fast. I can walk up hill without stopping to rest or becoming short of breath. My lungs are expanding so far that they caused me to wake one night by pushing against the bed. My blood pressure is way down, and this is without medication. I wake up early and am able to shower and dress and run errands. I can get down on the floor and back up again easily. I am not sure what the medical term would be for the physical healing that I received, but none of these things were possible before. I was diagnosed as morbidly obese, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, prediabetic, high cholesterol, and low thyroid.I am embarrassed to admit that I spent many hours in bed, unable to perform simple actions and that all things had to be carefully scheduled, in order to actually do them, or go to them. Now I am even able to go to weekday mass. Lord, I am so thankful for your gift! Help me to use it well. There is another thing that I asked the Lord for, before the going to the conference. There is something that I believe the Lord is asking me to do. So I asked him to confirm it by having a sign, a special interaction between me and Father Blount, something out of the ordinary. Nothing occurred on Friday, but on Saturday, Father came around to the back near the confessionals, where I sat in the very last pew (it seemed to be a comfortable place) and tapped me on the shoulder, and handed me a water bottle he had found, and thought it might be mine. This touches my heart. Not only was this a special interaction, but Father didn’t know that I had had a dream a few days before, where someone handed me a bottle of water and I became drunk on the wonderful and delicious water of the Holy Spirit! This was the sign I had prayed for! Does our God not work in wonderful ways? Glory to you, Lord. I still wanted to make certain that God was confirming that calling, so I asked if he could give me a second sign, and since Father was speaking of Eucharistic miracles, I asked for something during the Eucharist. Ask and you shall receive! I received another vision while the consecrated host was still in my mouth. I saw the face of Christ crucified. He wore his crown of thorns with blood streaming from the wounds. His face, however, was clear and bright and beautiful. He was serene and peaceful and smiled at me. He reached out with his right hand and gently lifted up my chin. He didn’t speak but I felt that the message was “chin up,”and take courage, He will be there to help me when I take up my cross and follow him, and do the thing which he is calling me to do. When I returned home, I received two more confirmations about the project which the Lord has set before me, this time unasked for, except in general prayer. One was connected with Saint Padre Pio, I believe. Once home, I felt compelled to do a study on the light in the darkness. Also, I began shouting with joy, “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” I would say it three times. I stumbled across something from the Padre that spoke of the light shining in in the darkness and it was in terms that included information that had to bear on the project that the Lord has set for me, a third confirmation and a surprise gift! I feel that Saint Padre Pio will be my guiding patron saint for this project. The other confirmation, I will keep to myself at this time except to say that it included a locution from the Lord, an explanation of things going on for more that ten years. It was an answer to questions in my own heart; things prayed about, and a definite answer received. Praise to the Lord for my joy is complete! I am amazed at the goodness of the Lord. Thank you so much for putting on the “Christ in Us” conference, and giving the participants the opportunity to receive such beautiful gifts of healing. May you all be blessed.-Julie Tiska Testimonies From Divine Mercy Healing Conference 2021: From Maria Muratore: Praise the Lord! Thank you to those who joined us for this year's Virtual Divine Mercy Healing conference October 1st and 2nd. Fr. Sunil and his team in NJ did an amazing job with guiding us in prayer and praise. We had a wonderful inspiring Healing event this past weekend. We were so blessed by Fr. Thomas Sunil's teaching, prayer and beautiful prophetic words of encouragement and healing. Thank you to all our Intercessors and prayer warriors for praying so diligently for our registrants, their families and all those who interceded on behalf of those who couldn't even be at the event directly. I know many received answered prayers, healings and answers. Thank you to our Charismatic Renewal Board and especially Matt Sebastian for all technical help. Thank you to Wendy Edwards for singing so beautifully and leading us in the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Thank you to all who participated, assisted and prayed with us! Praise the Lord! We were so blessed to have had so many people all around our Diocese of Raleigh, throughout all of NC including various states NY, NJ, VA, FL, SC, ND, PA and more! Since this has been a virtual event we had a minor difficulty towards the end of the event during Mass and Adoration. See the YouTube linkbelow for missed Mass/Adoration. I have the YouTube connection for you to view: Linkto the Divine USA Youtube channel.People can watch the latest uploaded Adoration for October 2nd (specifically look on the channel for the second part which maybe over 2 hours long), to play a recording of the Mass and Healing Adoration sessions that we missedhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxcnQtQv7EVis2MImW0Gjw Also, the inspiring film link: Link to the 'Story of Love' played during the break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjSio8jur2Y&t=15s&ab_channel=thechurchtoolsmedia Here are the Bible verses mentioned during the conference for your reflection: Luke 10:13-16, Baruch 1:15-22, Romans 11:36, Psalm 22:15, Psalm 69:21, Psalm 341:1-12,19-20, Ephesians 1st Ch., Psalm 33:11, Hebrews 13:14, 1Peter 1:7, Job 8:9, Psalm 19:1, Romans 3:23, Phillipians 2:5-8, Isaiah 43:7, Genesis 1:28, Mark 1:14,15, Mark 1:40,41 Here are the Word Messages Received during the Virtual Divine Mercy Healing Conference 2021. (Testimonies Below) At Fr. Sunil's request: please send in your testimony if you receive and claim any particular Word messages below: -To someone: The Lord says He formed you in your mother’s womb for a purpose. He began that purpose in the womb of your mother. Realize the Lord is bringing you to a deeper level within your heart. The Holy Spirit is giving you Grace. He says “I am the Lord who formed you in your mother’s womb”. I have a purpose for you. -Someone is being delivered from fears: specifically, from the fear of floods and/or drowning -Mouth issues are being healed -Shoulder/Arm pains are being healed -Someone has had difficulty sleeping. You have been sleeping on one side., having pain. All sleeping issues/pains being healed -Two families who are concerned with their young adult children-your prayers are answered and your families will be blessed -A large family will be blessed and provided for: Whole household with 4,5,6 or more children will receive necessities -Someone is receiving a blessing and answered prayers about their workplace/job -Someone is not receiving peace in your heart because of your lack of forgiveness towards someone. Forgive and then receive the peace -Someone is praying for a family member/loved one who is far away. God is blessing your loved one and hears your prayer -God is calling someone to give a testimony for an answered prayer, you still haven’t acknowledged God for this. -God sees someone who has been praying in a prostrate position, facedown. God sees you and is pleased with your surrender. He hears you. Continue to surrender yourself in all areas of life. -God is acknowledging those who have compassion and love by praying for others. God sees your compassion and is moved. He hears these prayers and will bless those who pray and those that are being interceded for. -God is reminding someone that he has not forgotten you! -To those that are feeling unsettled/shaken by recent events, God will be establishing you. Trust God. -Someone who is worried because their reputation/image/name is being spoiled. Don’t worry about the past, look towards God. -Those who are preoccupied with vanity and are complacent, beware because this is robbing you of grace. Vanity is robbing you of your grace. -Those who are working very hard and are discouraged because they are not seeing results, frustrated. You will now see the fruits of your labor spring forth. Your work/labor is not in vain. Someone will be encouraged to read this. -Various forms of Addictions are being healed. Especially those that have hurt family members. -Someone is planning or will be meeting an influential person, pray first if possible before the meeting. God touches people’s hearts. God is your refuge and fortress. -Someone praying for another faith community. A community of believers is lacking love. Although it has spiritually gifted members. That community needs better fellowship and love. Keep praying, God hears. -Someone is praying for their brother. Don’t worry. God will show signs in the upcoming weeks. -For someone worried because a work has not been completed. Don’t worry, God will make sure it’s completed. He will do this for you. Trust in the Lord. -Someone praying for a person/people in prison. God is touching that person. -Some people need to surrender ENVY! Stop this enviousness. Surrender, confess and pray! -Someone is asking for boldness. You feel the need to speak out. God is giving you boldness, strength, and wisdom. -People are being delivered from selfish ambition. Surrender selfish ambitions. This ruins spiritual growth -Someone is very disturbed because someone has been giving you a very hard time. Anger, resentment have been building up inside you. Continue going to confession, Forgive and surrender the situation to God and it will be fixed. -Someone is disturbed because you have become aware of someone who wishes for your downfall/made to struggle. Surrender this, give God authority over this. -Someone is being delivered from desires and lusts of the Flesh. You’ve been struggling and God will help and deliver you -Someone who has a case, an argument to prove a point, let the Holy Spirit help you prove it. In upcoming weeks, the Holy Spirit will bring evidence to light and things will be cleared up. Give testimony! -God is healing various physical ailments throughout the body: Those with muscular problems, pains are being healed. -God sees those who are praying on bended knees. This is a powerful posture for prayer! More knees need to be bending during prayer time. God is pleased and hears. -Someone is disturbed about or having issues with their property. This may be boundary issues concerning property. God is giving clarity in this area -Someone will be receiving financial/money support. Obstacles in finance removed -Someone has an obstacle to overcome. God is sending someone in authority to help in this difficult moment. Give the glory to God since He is the one inspiring those in authority to help in this situation. Glorify God! - A hospitalized person is being touched, receiving healing and grace -Healing from emotional and mental health issues, Behavioral issues are being healed -Someone is going for therapy, God is taking care, healing the problem -Someone who is depressed because of the oppression by others will receive relief. God is sending his healing touch to you. -someone who has had difficulty in purchasing a house will finally get a house, obstacles will be removed. You will be able to move to another house -God is healing the broken hearted -Someone who feels “lonely in a crowd” is being healed of this isolated feeling -God is giving grace and wisdom to parents who are concerned about the raising of their children. God is helping you. Also, parents of young children 10 years and younger are being given grace. God is blessing the children. -God is healing a family who are suffering the results of domestic violence (2 or more people involved with this issue). God is showing His mercy and compassion here. Continue to pray especially for the deliverance of the ones causing the violence. God is with you. -For those who have increased attendance at Mass and Adoration, God sees this and is pleased. More blessings are being sent. You are receiving grace and blessings. -For someone, now is the time you will receive God’s favor -For God’s people: you may now be experiencing trials and difficulties, but they are God’s “pruning and dressing of the vine”. Don’t be sad or sorrowful, God is sanctifying you! Do not worry, this is the process towards grace. -Some have been experiencing a lack of enthusiasm, discouragement. You’re feeling low, faint in spirit. God is delivering you and you will be uplifted -Someone has been in a rut: Pray for a breakthrough now. God hears -Pray for priests. Priests are being blessed. Pray more. God is using priests in a mighty way. -Someone has been waiting patiently for justice. It will now shine like the dawn. God will be your vindication. -Healing of anxieties. God is especially freeing those anxious about fires and floods. Some are very fearful of natural disasters, hurricanes, and plagues. Don’t fear: God is sending His angels to protect. -Someone is very ashamed, embarrassed about a situation. Come ‘out of your anger’ God wants you to repent and surrender. God will turn shame to Glory. -Someone needs to manage their anger. You are really feeling like you are a failure and you’ve become angry at others. Stop and surrender this to God. Let him help you in this area so He may bless you. Testimonies and Feedback: Win Wallace: I want to give you a praise report: You might remember some of the fears I had before leaving for my dad’s funeral...Well, here's what happened, and I believe it is because there were people there praying for us all. So, I need to thank you and everyone for supporting us in prayer at this time. There was unity and peace among all my family at my Dad's Wake, Funeral, and the reception afterwards. Everything ended up being done beautifully with a spirit of. cooperation and harmony among all of us. Everyone wants to move forward and forgive and forget whatever happened in the past. My Dad would have been so proud of the way his family pulled together in remembering all that he was and what he stood for and encouraged us to be. He was a great man, a humble man and in the end, it became very obvious that he taught us all to never lose our faith and the importance of forgiveness. I believe he must have prayed for all these things too. It is hard to be sad when I see all the good that has come our way. But, of course, I will always miss him, and I have new reasons now to pray more each day, knowing he just might need my prayers too. Thank you again, Maria! Please give our love to all! Looking forward to getting home ...but, also there is still much to be concerned about with my mom. So... begging more prayers for her and for discernment for her best good for the future. Linda A.: Claiming breakthroughs for the following. I have had a hard time from a family member. I receive a little acceptance if I go a great mile to please her. I have had resentment as a result. I have asked God to forgive me, help me forgive her and take control. I know God has won the war for me, Alleluia. Christine Kempski: I want to claim something from Fr. Sunil last night: "God is blessing 2 families who've been praying for their young adult children" (me and Debi praying for our sons' spiritual wellbeing) Also,"God is blessing someone who's been compassionate with those suffering around her" (several people in my life are struggling/hurting) Thank you! Maria Muratore: I along with those viewing with me at home, I saw the Eucharist pulsating and vibrate during Adoration. I'm claiming to receive a miracle and confirmation about the word concerning "a person praying for brothers and God will show signs in coming weeks." I have just received information about a renewed understanding and reconciliation among the relatives. Praise God! Joe S.: I have been praying for adult children and grandchildren. I believe these prayers were answered. I have seen some beautiful peace ever since the conference. UPDATE: October 15, 2021: Miraculous peace and communication received from my son. I believe a big step towards a healing of past issues from 5 years ago. Debra Rony: claiming word for her young adult niece. God has an answer to all questions was confirmation for word she had earlier Rosie Mancino: I had a vision during adoration of lights and movement in the Eucharist. Vision also of the monstrance with rays of light streaming out of the Host. I saw a Raised cup with fire from heaven down to the cup. I’m claiming immediate healing from sleep issues. I was unable to sleep except on my side. After the conference, I am pain free and have no more sleep issues. I’m also claiming healing for my sister-in-law suffering from excessive grieving in Italy. I’ve also been lifting up more relatives living in Italy. I had been praying for her healing and I believe she is feeling much consoled. Nephew is being Healed from bitterness and addictions. Mary Trombetta: I am very thankful to the Lord for the word from Father Sunil during our conference. I claim the word about a young adult child. After praying for so long for my 24-year-old, I came home from the conference and my husband told me my son decided on his own to get therapy for his anxiety. Very grateful and thank God for hearing prayers. Debi Johnson: I have had neck, back and arm pain for over 6 months due to a bulging disc in the neck and possible nerve damage. I have tried medication, physical therapy and injections. None of these cured me. My belief was that I was not meant to live the rest of my life in pain, and there would be a breakthrough. One of the doctors I had seen was pushing for me to have neck surgery. I did not believe that was the direction I was supposed to go for my healing. Since I wouldn’t have the surgery, he referred me to a pain management doctor. This doctor understood my hesitancy at neck surgery and discussed several adjustments I should make to reduce stress on my neck, and also suggested some supplements I could take. I made the suggested changes, and I am happy to report that I have been pain free for several weeks now. Lifestyle changes and prayers resulted in healing without surgery. Thank you, Lord! Peter Muratore: I received the word from Fr. Sunil about someone finishing a project. It was very miraculous how God put in motion things that I have been planning for quite some time. I was organizing and came across some difficulty and was stressed that I needed things to be done before my deadline. God came through and removed all obstacles. Thank you, Jesus! Donna Schroyer: I am claiming all of the Words below for myself and family! -To someone: The Lord says He formed you in your mother’s womb for a purpose. He began that purpose in the womb of your mother. Realize the Lord is bringing you to a deeper level within your heart. The Holy Spirit is giving you Grace. He says, “I am the Lord who formed you in your mother’s womb”. I have a purpose for you. -A large family will be blessed and provided for: Whole household with 4,5,6 or more children will receive necessities -Those who are working very hard and are discouraged because they are not seeing results, frustrated. You will now see the fruits of your labor spring forth. Your work/labor is not in vain. Someone will be encouraged to read this. -Someone is praying for a family member/loved one who is far away. God is blessing your loved one and hears your prayer Mary Jane Wands: I have had issues with Vertigo, dizziness, ear infections and other ear problems for months and after Father Sunil’s conference most of it is gone. Praise the Lord! Vita Napoli: Our son Vincent Napoli got a promotion with his Insurance Company to Agency Manager! Praise the Lord!
Testimonies: Maria Vadia Conference "Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God" September 10, 2021 From Maria Muratore: Wow! We really were blessed by our recent Maria Vadia conference last Friday evening: "The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God"! Thank you to all those who participated. A special thank you to all who used their gifts to minister to all: our music ministry, intercessors and our Charismatic Board members who prayed (without ceasing) and planned for this event. I must say that DONNA SCHROYER and DEBRA RONY made an awesome musical duet and sounded amazing!!! The music was truly anointed;) Maria Vadia was very inspiring, transparent, and open in her witness. I genuinely felt the movement of the Holy Spirit during her prayer and teaching. Many of you have already sent in feedback and testimony. See below as I included a few testimonies, more to come in future emails/newsletters. ***PLEASE NOTE:Even for those who were unable to experience this event firsthand, please feel free to read the following and let me know if these healing resonate with you and your loved ones/friends. As a reminder, here are the following prophetic words from Maria Vadia:
- Throat and esophagus healing
-acid reflux and stomach pain being healed
-foot pain and bunions being healed and released
-Freedom and deliverance from those with depression and feelings of hopelessness
-God is restoring joy and gladness to those who have been in despair
-Healings of the head, especially brain. Specifically, Nebula region of the brain.
-extreme anxiety and fear are being healed.
-worries and always feeling "knots in stomach" being completely healed
-Word to some: "Don't move in fear anymore"
-you're receiving a fresh Baptism in the Holy Spirit-new Spirit gifts for some especially prophetic and word gifts
-Release of the prayer language:speaking in tongues
-Someone Is getting a new lease on life like "Lazarus coming out of the tomb"
-headache, head and neck ache healing
-all issues with shoulders are being healed
-all back issues including lower back and legs are being healed
-kidney issues and kidney stones
-instructions to all to write past blessings and times you were miraculously protected
Testimonies and FEEDBACK... Peter Taveras:I was introduced to your zoom conferences by a member of our Charismatic Prayer group at your Old Church, Notre Dame Catholic Church, New Hyde Park, New York. I am co-leading the prayer Group with Sister Joan. I would like to reach out to Maria Vadia, regarding her 2022 and 2023 schedule. We would like to invite her for a one day conference. If you have an email address or contact info, please advised. Thank you for any assistance in this matter. As always, God Bless you and your prayer group, it is truly a joy and something to look forward to on the Fridays in which it is available. Vita Napoli: At the time of the Maria Vadia Conference I had no idea that my husband, Rudy was having kidney stone pain. I took him to the hospital on Friday night for a cat scan and it showed that he has a #5 size kidney stone and another one, a #4 on its way down. He passed the first one but not the second one yet. He also has 5 more tiny ones in each kidney right now. The doctor gave him Motrin and Morphine for pain that night. I was not allowed to go in with him so I waited in my car for six hours until he was ready to come home. I am claiming a total and complete Healing of kidney stones for my husband from now on in Jesus Name! Mary trombetta: I was so happy that my NC friend’s had the opportunity to be part of the Maria Vadia virtual event and to hear Maria’s remarkable story. I would often attend her events in Boston, truly inspiring how the Holy Spirit uses her to encourage others to use their gifts. I claim for a family member a healing from depression and a new lease on life. Thank you to all who helped make this event possible, and many thanks to Maria Vadia for sharing her special gifts and talents. God bless! John McNally: Donna Schroyer and Debbie Rony did a great job in leading praise and worship with anointed songs and prayers during the Maria Vadia conference! I was impressed by Maria Vadia’s powerful testimonies, her dedication to multiple ministries and her knowledge of Scripture. Thank you for all of your work in organizing this conference! Also, claiming kidney healings on behalf of Paul McInerney. Alice DeFazio: Hi Maria. Thank you for having Maria Vadia. I liked the way she gave examples of the gifts wrapped up in one situation. I also liked the message of using the gifts and specifically the explanation of the gifts of tongues. I feel many people misunderstand that. She also mentioned about thinking/writing about how God has helped you in the past. I have a healing story of a lady where the Lord gave me to say that to her. That happened about 5 years ago. Just wanted to share that with you. Stay well. Debra Rony: There were a couple things that really stood out to me about her talk and testimony. The first was when she was talking about how sick she was right before a week long conferenceshe was a part of . She stood her ground with the enemy and prayed in tongues and declared Gods Word over herself and laid hands on herself and she was healed the next morning and never had another issue with the sickness again. She struck me as a woman who knows her identity in Christ and her authority as well. The other thing that kind of shocked me was that she had a personal friend who already had raised 7 people from the dead! That was a wow moment. I really admired her zeal and passion for spreading truth about we are in Christ and our responsibly as children of God to the world. I truly believe most Christians and especially Catholics aren’t walking in anything close to her annointing which is a shame . Because it’s available to all of us with Gods Grace and the charisms . *Also, I'mclaiming healing for her mom from stomach pain and anxiety and private intention healing Barbara Gardner:A thank you to you and your team for the powerful conference last Friday night! I was truly blessed. I believe I received a healing that evening when she called out digestive disorders. I am claiming it! Christine Kempski: I really enjoyed this event, and I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. I hope to sometime receive the gift of tongues (I've never had it.). Thanks to you and everyone who did so much preparation. There's a new member (I had mentioned) in the N.D. Charismatic group, Pete, from Queens who joined in (his name is Pedro Taveras). He was so moved by the event, he's working on booking Maria Vadia for Notre Dame in 2022! What a blessing that would be. Hope all is well with your family! Thanks again and God bless! Rosemarie Mancino:I experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit and rays of light (seeing purple color of majesty) while watching the conference. I’ve always wanted an increase in Spiritual gifts. I’ve been able to evangelize to my family and my husband’s aide successfully after the conference. The music ministry did a great job. I'm claiming healings of the following: acid reflux, stomach (specifically from hiatus hernia)and kidney issues. Throat healing. Head and neck pain relieved, claiming lower back healing. It was a confirmation to journal God's past blessings. I asked for and believe I received the interpretation of tongues gift, joy has been restored, deliverance from a certain fear, Claiming more word gifts. Thank you to everyone who helped to provide this event. Maryjane Wands: I prayed with my husband for healing from neuropathy and he tells me he is in less pain, Praise God! Peter Muratore: I really enjoyed the Maria Vadia event. I was very moved and inspired by her teaching and testimonies. I’m claiming healing of all neck and headaches. The music and singing by Donna and Debbie was exceptional and very uplifting. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible. From Bernadette DeVito: Yes, I claim that word about new lease on life for my husband, Eddie. I see it in this work situation as well as his faith. Vita Napoli: I'm claiming Kidney healing on behalf of my friend, Norma. I saw Norma Quinones at Mass and I asked her how she was feeling with her kidneys and she said much better and that she hopes she doesn't need to have surgery again. I told her to testify and she said ok she hopes so! Debi Johnson: pending confirmation of healing of her neck shoulders and lower back,leg. Andy Wallace:Maria, the event was excellent. Thank you for all the work you put into it. I tried to jot down all the Bible verses she mentioned but she spoke faster than I can jot them down. Breakthrough Healing WorkshopTestimonies: Patrick and Joy Campbell June 4-5, 2021 From Maria Muratore: I would like to thank Patrick and Joy Campbell for leading the Breakthrough Healing Workshop for our Diocese of Raleigh Charismatic community. I would also like to thank all our CCS board members, ministers and leaders who assisted to make this powerful event possible. Thank you to all who attended and joined us for this workshop. Some have sent in beautiful testimonies. If you are still waiting for answered prayers, be patient. Sometimes change occurs over a couple days, weeks or even months. My family and I were so blessed and had a great experience. Our beautiful Music ministry (Donna Schroyer, Trish Bell, Wendy Edwards and Debra Rony) were wonderful. Thank you to Dee Craine and family for providing lodging and hospitality with an open heart and home. Our Intercessory prayer team led by Mary Trombetta had been praying for months in advance and throughout the actual event for all registrants and everyone involved. Thank you, again, to everyone for using your beautiful gifts!!! The Campbell's were amazing and incredibly open about their own testimony. I feel like they are old friends/family. Their engaging personalities and gentle humility allowed so many to relate and created an awesome environment for the Holy Spirit. The Breakthrough Workshop was very thorough in identifying and eliminating any blockages to healing and answered prayers. I encourage everyone to participate further by following them on Joyful Hope TV Youtube and Facebook. They are an anointed and gifted couple (and family) doing God’s work. They are getting so many souls “back on track”. I’ve been recieving testimonies from young and old alike. WE LOVE YOU PATRICK AND JOY!!!-Thank you for coming and serving all of us virtually and in person here in the Diocese of Raleigh. Sharing a Prophetic Word: The Campbells said things are going to get really big with our charismatic community. People are going to start attending events in great numbers and prayer groups will experience a large influx of people-more men and young people will be attending. He had a vision that we were on a high cliff looking out. He said a lot of the hard work was done already to get up here. He had a Lion King vision as the cub was raised up on the cliff. He said we've been climbing and are reaching new heights. We're going even higher now with new tools. He said current leadership will be focused on training and growth with many already anointed members as they grow making room so they can lead/minister to more people who'll be coming back to the church. Patrick and Joy felt tremendous peace as they entered my house and the peace remained throughout. They were impressed by the gifts in our community and the words we've received and how we all prepared. More gifts and work are coming for us but it will be a joy. They confirmed our prayers for starting Healing Masses again. They confirmed all the necessary growth of Intercessory prayer teams. We all need more time at Adoration, Communion, Confession and getting back to in person events/meetings. He said big growth will happen very soon and we need to prepare. God has been preparing us. The Eucharist IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PROPHECY and leadership. We need the Blessed Mother Mary's continued intercession. Love you all and thank you to all for using your gifts throughout the whole process-planning, interceding, ministry and all those who assisted spiritually and physically. God bless you all as you continue to process what God has done for you personally;) From Bernadette Divito: First, Maria and Peter thank you so very much for being so welcoming and hospitable to Eddie and I, the Campbell family, our faith family, and more importantly for hosting the Campbell’s workshop. This thank you seems so in adequate for what you both have done. It is very apparent that your family serves the Lord. Secondly, Eddie and I experienced a tangible sense of peace and love permeating throughout your home. The Holy Spirit is present in a very big way there! That is a special gift you all have been given. Eddie said that he felt so welcome and that he was amongst “family”. Praise God! Thirdly, thank you to Patrick, joy and their family for putting on this powerful workshop for all of us. It was truly blessed and anointed. While participating in this workshop via Zoom, I felt such a palpable sense of peace and anointing coming through the screen. It was as if I was present at the workshop at Maria’s house even though I was not. I felt the Holy Spirit‘s presence in a very profound way! I have a praise report to share! Patrick was speaking to us about the importance of writing down our request of the Lord on paper, that the Lord wants to answer our prayers and bless us and others through this workshop. He then mentioned that he received testimonies that a request had been answered in 30 seconds, some others had been answered in 30 minutes, some in 3 hours, some that day or yet some in the days to come after the workshop. One of the requests that I wrote down was that my youngest son would be baptized in the Holy Spirit and grow in a more intimate, personal and loving relationship with the Lord so that he may know, love and serve the Lord all his days. Not even five minutes after Patrick was speaking about God wanting to answer our prayers, my son called me from work. He said “I am canceling my plans with my friends on Saturday night so I can go to dinner with my old youth group leader and catch up with him“. His youth leader called him at work (while Patrick was talking about Jesus answering prayers) and invited him to go out to dinner and spend some time catching up with him. Nicholas was so happy and excited to hear from his leader! Nick has been struggling with finding Catholic friends. He really likes this youth group leader. He told me that this man was his favorite leader of all his teachers. Thanks be to God! To God be all the praise, honor and glory! While Joy and Patrick Campbell prayed with me privately, Patrick shared something special with me that I’d like to share. Some days before this workshop, he was in his storage and found a crucifix that he had made which was missing it's left hand. Patrick said he prayed about what the Lord wanted him to do with it. He wondered if he should throw it away or keep. later that day, the Lord told him to give the crucifix to the person that was missing their left hand. He said that the Lord wanted me to have that crucifix. God is so good! Praise the Lord! Maria, thank you again for all you do for this diocese and for all of your sisters and brothers in Christ. I am truly blessed to call you my sister in Christ and my friend. The way you live out your faith and put to use the gifts that God has given to you is such an example to all of us. May God continue to bless you, your family and your ministry abundantly. From Wendy Edwards: The Healing Workshop with Patrick and Joy Campbell was a life changer for me. Singing with Donna, Trish and Debra was a great blessing. I am still praising God and thanking Him for putting us together. I wake up in the morning hearing our songs in my head and heart, this brings me exceeding joy. During the ending prayers, I felt a heaviness lift from my body. I had a pain in my left shoulder and it would pop whenever I lifted my hand above my head. After the prayer, I noticed that I could lift my hand without pain or popping! Thank you Jesus! There are more miracles to come from this healing workshop. Let’s all keep our r heads up with miraculous expectation! Let’s remember what we wrote down so that when the evil one tries to bring it back we can rebuke it with confidence, power and purpose. Let’s continue to bring to mind our experiences during the workshop so we don’t have to deal with the letdown that comes after the spiritual high. I’m already looking forward to the next time we can get together! From Cecilia Soporowska: I have been trying to process all that I experience during this amazing conference. Some many breakthroughs and revelations a specially "Soul Ties". In prayer over time with Patrick and Joy, that I never met before, they told me things that only I and God knows. I know for a fact that God was speaking to me through them, giving me new direction and putting me on the path to the victory. It does not mean that is going to be easy but yet I feel such an overwhelming sense of peace , lightness in my heart and mind. Special gratitude to you Maria and your husband Peter for opening your home to make this conference possible ,wonderful after dinner party and fellowship. Let us not forget our great music pray and worship Ladies, they were awesome. Praise God. From Debi Johnson: I remember being at the Damian Stayne conference and hearing about the Campbells that were there, and were struggling financially, and also seeing their beautiful crosses. I was so happy to learn that the couple leading this healing conference was the very same couple, and that their lives changed dramatically during the Damian Stayne conference. It is an amazing testament to how God can move mountains. I thought this conference was very good, and the Holy Spirit was working in me as I completed the written exercises they requested. When I met with them after the conference and they prayed with me, I was unprepared for the message God had in store for me. I had my own thoughts about some questions I wanted to ask, but I quietly waited while Patrick and Joy prayed, and then Joy shared what she was seeing. She said I was surrounded by angels, and she prayed some more. Patrick asked me if I was involved in intercessory prayer. I told them that I am, and I have a ministry praying for those who don't have a relationship with the Lord, and those that were a bit lost. I said that I have a book with over 700 people listed in it, and that I recite each name daily, and I have a team of intercessors that also pray for them. Patrick said that the angels that Joy was seeing were the 700 guarding angels of those I was praying for. I sat there trying to absorb this information. I knew that the Lord had guided me into forming my ministry, but I was and still am, humbled by the image Joy had seen. It was a gift, and it showed me how my ministry was pleasing the Lord. They gave me further guidance on how to direct my prayers for these people, and that I will see breakthroughs with these changes. I am so glad that I attended this conference, and grateful for the Campbells and their ministry. From Nicole J: Many have been praying for me indefinitely about my job this past year or so. On May 1, we had gone to St Andrews for Delia's walk to Mary, and it happened to be the feast of St Joseph (patron saint of employment). Well two days later I took a risk and applied to a job I saw online in a career that aligns with my educational background. They reached out to me for an interview the same week. Next thing I know I'm back for another round of 5 interviews with the entire team. While I was on vacation with my husband I was offered the job and I accepted The healing workshop this weekend was much needed. I have needed healing from this job for a long time. Almost four years of constant dread, anxiety, and lowering self-esteem and confidence. I struggled to let God show me His workings in this place. I did hit a period of peace during covid when I got to be home and away from people. I began praying for my bosses, coworkers, and clients. I even saw some positive change in how I viewed them despite how I was being treated. But I wanted to say thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all of your prayers and encouragement. I ask for your prayers as I begin this new phase. I lift all glory to God as this couldn't have happened without His will. Praying for you all as well. Blessed Be His Name From Michelle M.: Michelle put in a job application the Monday morning after the workshop for a summer job in Raleigh at 11:30am. She received a call at 2:30pm requesting an interview at 5:00pm. Arrived in Raleigh for the interview and the woman literally gave her the job on the spot and started introducing her. She started immediately the next day. She’s been putting out resumes for months and was getting discouraged. God did it all in one day!!! Praise God!!!! *This could be the confirmation answer about the word about a person’s recurring prayer request for a long time but was blocked then all of a sudden God answered that long awaited prayer request. From Maria Zollo: Very powerful., you could feel the Holy Spirit at work. I was made aware of how to let go of my fears and how far forgiveness goes. I loved the fact I learned about the use of the green svspuler and how it works to help bring your loved ones yo the Lord. Everything about the occiult and generational sins. I loved the way Patrick and Joy shared their healing and blessings. So happy I joined all of you From Domenica Mossa: It was very helpful and uplifting, well done! Thank you so much for everything you are doing to uplifting all our Spirits. God Bless you with the intercession of San Micheal the Archangel and all his Angels. From Vita Napoli: I do have a testimony to share! The very next day after the Breakthrough Healing Workshop my husband, Rudy was asked to be an investor for the new Mamma Mia Italian Restaurant opening up in Holly Springs real soon. This has been an answered prayer for him! Praise God!!! I thought it was Amazing and very Deep especially during the Renouncement segment, however I was not able to hear the Beautiful music being played and sung by our music team due to some technical issues on their part. From John McNally: The workshop led by the Campbells was very valuable. It included powerful testimony, both regarding their family situation and experiences during their ministry. The teachings on how to remove strongholds provided valuable insights and the prayers were powerful. The music ministry also did a great job and had an excellent choice of songs to complement the teachings. My only suggestion is the following: For each of the five topics (except the first on forgiveness), the teaching and commentary proceeded right up until the time that the next topic started. I think it would be better to allow a quiet time for reflection of about 15 minutes for individual prayer and reflection and to fill out the sheet on the topic after all teaching and commentary had concluded. I think this would be good to do for each of the five topics. From Andy and Win Wallace: What a great reintroduction to Charismatic Catholic events. We first got involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 1985. This was our first Charismatic event since 1996, a year before we moved to NC. Here are my thoughts: 1. The Breakthrough Healing Workshop is aptly named. My wife and I have each received spiritual healing and several breakthroughs as a result of the workshop. Patrick and Joy did a masterful presentation of the 5 major obstacles blocking God’s graces--- unforgiveness, fears, unhealthy relationships, the occult and generational sin patterns, (I never thought I’d spend a day and a half working on these areas). They led us through a thorough discussion of each of the issues and gave us time to work on each of them before moving on to the next. Once we finished these 5 areas, they guided us through each one, letting us deal with them one by one then finishing with a prayer. It was a remarkable experience. 2. Since the workshop ended, more healing and greater resolution unfolds daily. Long-held resentments and instances of unforgiveness have been released and healed. Fears and uncertainties have gradually come to light and have been released. I have remembered some unhealthy relationships, giving me the opportunity to reflect upon them and to pray for resolution. In addition, we discarded some books and a few items around our house that we realized did not belong in a Catholic home. Importantly, I recognized some unhealthy, sinful generational issues in my family and have been able to pray about them to bring more healing. 3. Because this workshop was delivered virtually, I do not know how many people participated in it. Patrick and Joy were able to generate energy and enthusiasm without the buzz of the crowd to create that atmosphere. In the future, I hope that I am able to participate in the workshop again, this time in person rather than online so that I can experience a dynamic found only in a live setting. 4. Most importantly, the workshop motivated me to do the difficult, somewhat unpleasant work needed to take an honest look in the mirror, to try to see me the way God sees me. I must admit, I didn’t recognize the guy looking back at me from that mirror, and was appalled/ashamed/embarrassed at what I saw. As I reflect on the event, I am motivated to continue to continue the work begun last weekend. I think that this work will keep me busy for the rest of my days. I hope this feedback helps. I look forward to the next event. Veni Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit! From Delia Smith: Amen! What a blessed, anointed, and beautiful weekend. Thank you, God, for all your blessings and this amazing community. Thank you to each and every one of you for the contributions. Sending love to all! From Lisa Arguello: I thought the Campbells were very faith filled and their talks were insightful. The music was beautiful and filled with spirit! I regret that I had to go in and out from the conference so much that I wasn’t able to fully benefit from their knowledge and charisms. I have listened to some parts on YouTube that I missed but I sure it would be so much better to have seen them in person. I feel blessed to have been able to see as much as I did! Maria, you are continually led by the Holy Spirit to choose wonderful speakers ! Thank you! From Donna Schroyer: I just wanted to say thank you to Patrick and Joy Campbell for coming to Cary to love and serve us through the Healing Workshop. They came to love and share their story in hopes of a healing breakthrough and salvation for us, God’s people. The most beautiful thing that they gave us was their hearts. They truly care about all that they serve. No judgments, just love. They shared their story and struggles. They so much remind me of looking into the eyes of Jesus. It is so hard to explain but there is something so different about the Campbells. The workshop is not just an “event”, it is part of their hearts, a gift to those they minister to. There was excitement in the air! We all were looking forward to the arrival of not just another speaker, but our friends, our family. Patrick, Joy, Talon and Iggy. The workshop was excellent, much to ponder, many insights. Going through the workshop certainly gives us a bigger picture of life…. Our friends gave more to us than we could possibly have imagined and it was effortless for them because of the love in their hearts. After the workshop many of us were prayed prophetically for over the next 24 hours. What a gift! During my prayer time, there were many confirmations and a feeling of strength in the Lord for what He has done for me and for what He continues to do. As I process, there is more and more of God’s goodness and inner healing. As I speak with friends during the week, there is still a spiritual high even after 2 weeks! We listen and process as we continue to remember all that had happened at the workshop. God certainly took care of all of the details. Dee Crane was so kind as to allow the Campbells to stay at her house. Much love. Peter and Maria Murature opened their home also to have the workshop and fellowship. I absolutely loved participating in the praise and worship with Trish, Wendy and Deb. It was amazing! We surely felt the fire of the Holy Spirit. Healing is a process, sometimes healings are quick, sometimes they take much time. I believe God is also working with each of us as we continue to share our stories and intimate details of healing and growth. He has given us each other to confide in, and help each other become whole. So, I thank God first for giving us this beautiful gift to carry with us on this spiritual journey we are on. Thank you Lord for putting all the pieces together from shelter to lay our heads, food for our bellies, prophetic words for the soul, just everything! May God bless all of us as we continue this healing process. In Jesus Name. Amen! From Linda Asiabaka: I am happy I attended Campbell's Workshop on healing and deliverance. When Mr. Campbell spoke in the likes of, it is not about the prayers you have been saying but the first prayer after forgiveness and deliverance. That resonated with me. I had been battling with forgiveness for some time. During this workshop I wrote about it and my fears, before the end of the workshop I felt peace in my heart towards those individuals. I knew God had helped me and I had forgiven them. I prayed for a successful C-section and a good experience. On June 7th I gave birth to a healthy baby in the same hospital where I had other c-sections, but this hospital experience was the best. I have continued to heal very well and quickly too. I give God all the glory. I went to the hospital with positivity, faith, strength and most importantly knowing that God is with me. I am very happy I attended Campbell's workshop. From Celia Sandoval Thank you for following up with me regarding Patrick and Joy healing work shop. I would like to give testimony to what our Lord did for me as a result of attending. During one of the deliverance prayers… I had an impression of me standing in front of Jesus and 4 or 5 others … I did not look to see who they were…but I was standing on a cloud and could feel a gown on me … I looked down to see that I was dressed in a white gown. It was a very quick impression … But for a few seconds after …I could still feel the white gown on me….…since then I see and understand or notice lines in scripture that I did not notice or see before. Mama Mary has been more present as well. I am eternally grateful to our Lord and thank you for allowing Jesus to use you , to put on this workshop. It is much needed because our Lord is much needed. From Dr. Allan Weilert: Thanks for inviting my dear friends Patrick & Joy Campbell to present their awesome workshop. Although I have no miracles to report, I would like to share a link to a book In deliverance and healing ministry I published last year. I hope you enjoy it: https://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/bookdetail.php?PB_ISBN=9781631294273 I’ve been involved in the Charismatic Renewal since 1974 and couldn’t imagine life without our precious Holy Spirit! May He inspire and direct your work for Him
January 2021 Recognizing and Operating in The Gifts of the Holy Spirit RETREAT TESTIMONIES: Just wanted to give a shout out to my Mom, Maria - she ran an absolutely beautiful retreat weekend with insightful teachings and the holy spirit was on fire within all of us. I wanted to put out there to say thank you to everyone who participated and has supported my mom with your prayers for this weekend to go well. I'm so thankful for you mom. Yes, oh my goodness that little kit was so sweet- Thank you Mary T.I was listening to Fr. Mike Schmitz on his show talk about how sometimes you come back from a retreat and it feels like you "lose your fire" or are "oxygen insufficient", he said that we need to surround ourselves in our regular life with things and people who might build up faith like it does on retreat. He said don't hang around 'fire extinguishers'Thankfully the last 2 days I've dedicated my mornings to God and I found a peace the rest of the day. But good thing to keep in mind - stay away from anything that will extinguish your fire for Christ - Nicole Jungclas Thank you Maria! It was wonderful! Thank you to those praying and Thank you to Mary Trombetta for the little gift bags and card. It was so special.-Stephanie Fallahee Maria, thanks for all the hard work to make the retreat so beautiful and successful. Special thanks to everyone who attended and all who helped in so many different ways- Delia Smith Hello all! We have to admit Karen and I were a bit apprehensive about coming as many of our long time members had decided not to participate, but we decided to come anyway. We were only there a few minutes when it all felt like home, the right place to be. From Friday evenings praise and worship through the presentations and activities of Saturday and Sunday's recap you could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit. We were truly blessed to have Fr. Ignatius as our Celebrant, who knew he could dance! We want to thank all of you for your help, your guidance, your suggestions but most of all for your prayers as we work to group this ministry here at St. Paul's. Working now to raise awareness of the ministry, to grow our outreach to the community. All of you have energized us in our call to serve. Again, thank you. Love and blessings-Bob and Karen Zupanek I've been struggling for a few weeks with a lot of issues. On retreat I was able to get some clarity and I know it was the spirit and the prayers of our intercessors. I want to publicly give thanks to all those who prayed for ys all and especially for my needs. I made a big decision and I quit my job!I will stay till the end of March or until they can find someone but I feel so much better. Thank you all for your prayers, your support, your love, and my community- Maryjane Wands Last year when we learned the dates of this year’s Charismatic Leaders retreat, I gave my mom the option to decide whether or not we would go, since it was scheduled on her birthday weekend. She immediately said “There’s no place I’d rather be!” So we got excited about being with the Holy Spirit and celebrating. When I learned that we would have a priest celebrate mass on the Saturday of the retreat, I got more excited because that was the day that Ada would have her birthday. When Fr. Ignatius arrived at the retreat, I asked him to give my mom a birthday blessing. I noticed that when he walked in the room, he brought the Holy Spirit in with him and I instantly felt the glory of God. He was happy to celebrate mass in her honor, praying her several times during mass. He truly brought heaven to earth. I was moved to tears often that day. The weather was perfect. It was the best birthday we ever celebrated! Be blessed - Wendy Edwards Praise Jesus! The Retreat at Salter Path was a time of spiritual renewal in the Holy Spirit. Participants took away a good deal of learnings on the gifts and charisms of the Holy Spirit, especially some of our newer members to the Diocesan group. Personally I was spiritually sharpened during the sessions by Maria and Paul, refreshed by the fellowship we shared, and renewed in healing by praying with the prayer teams. I have a personal testimony of reduced pain in my neck and easing of numbness on my left hand and shoulder that has been bothering me for quite some time now. I thank Maria and the intercessory prayer team that has been praying for the healing of the attendees, and pray that our Lord continue to use them for this selfless service for the greater good of His Church! Peace in Christ-Matt Sebastian Thanks for all your hard work and helping me have a wonderful birthday and a great retreat.- From Ada Horton