1. Christ Renews His Parish is a copyrighted parish renewal process that has existed since 1969 and been recommended by the renewal office of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. It has been used as the primary instrument of personal & parish renewal in over 1179 parishes in 35 states in the United States and in five other countries. All this has happened without benefit of advertising and full time staff. We believe that if the Lord wants to use CRHP in a parish, He'll tell someone there who can take proper action. We do not advertise. Parishes using CRHP agree to use the process only within their own parish. A Spanish version of CRHP is available separately.
2. CRHP is structured so that it becomes part of normal parish life without becoming another parish organization. CRHP supports other parish organizations and ministries and sends renewed people into these groups..
3. CRHP has four parts:
A. Experience a CRHP weekend. Metanoia, take the next step in your spiritual journey
B. Be a part of a team: go through formation. Team formation, preparation, and catechesis.
C. Minister a CRHP weekend. Authentic experience of lay ministry in the parish.
D. Search for the Lord's call to what is next in parish life. Sends people into service ministries in the parish, community and diocese.
4. When someone completes CRHP, they are called parishioner. Most CRHP participants go on to be a greater part of parish life. A few participants go on to coordinate the CRHP ministry under the authority of the pastor, thus lessening any addition to the task list of an already hard working pastor.
5. CRHP requires assistance from outside the parish to start. Once parish renewal has started, it continues using parishioners only. A number of dioceses have established renewal offices to coordinate CRHP within their diocese. CRHP is coordinated nationally by a volunteer group of lay people. CRHP does not receive any financial subsidy or support from any publisher, diocese or religious order.
6. CRHP is mainly designed for Catholic parishes and/or sacramental/liturgical churches. It works best in parishes with a reasonable number of members. It is not associated with any particular school of spirituality nor mode of prayer. CRHP is based on Word and Sacrament & utilizes much prayer, scripture, liturgy, and sharing. It operates in a parish under the authority of the pastor and the bishop.
7. Currently, the English process costs $495.00 per parish, a one-time registration/copyright fee. Once the registration fee is paid, handbooks may be ordered. English handbooks cost $40 each (when ordered by a parish in quantities of five or more) and are passed from team to team, thus eliminating the need to constantly purchase more handbooks. Handbooks are vital to the formation process so each team member must have a handbook to fully learn and understand the educational dimension of the preparation time which takes place during team formation. CRHP is more than just a weekend retreat.
Interested? Questions? We prefer to talk, to have real contact. Contact Data:
CHRIST RENEWS HIS PARISH, P O Box 19100, Cleveland OH 44119
Office: 216 731 7903 (voice mail) E Mail: crhpfw@aol.com
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