Kevin Ranaghan (1940-) is a religious scholar, Catholic deacon, and a founder of the People of Praise. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Scholarly method &mdash or as it is more commonly called scholarship &mdash is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as Deacon is a role in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind but which varies among theological and denominational traditions People of Praise is a Christian Ecumenical charismatic Covenant community He is married to Dorothy Ranaghan, and has six children and twelve grandchildren.
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Early life
He was born in New York City in 1940 to Irish Catholic parents. The City of New York
College
While completing his doctoral degree in liturgical studies in the theology department at the University of Notre Dame, Kevin met his future wife, Dorothy. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in They were married in 1966.
Religious Conversion
Kevin heard about a new work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of some friends at Duquesne University. In mainstream Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is one of the three entities of the Holy Trinity which make up the single substance Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. After an initial period of skepticism, their prayer and study led him and his new wife to be baptized in the Holy Spirit on March 5, 1967. In ordinary usage skepticism or scepticism ( Greek 'σκέπτομαι' skeptomai, to look about to consider see also spelling differences Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit According to the New Testament, the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience sent by Jesus Christ. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal
In 1969, Kevin and Dorothy published "Catholic Pentecostals", the first book detailing the history of this new renewal movement, and articulating its theological implications, linking baptism in the Spirit to a renewal of the sacraments of initiation. A sacrament, as defined in Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion is "a Rite in which God is uniquely active The book was translated into several languages, and Kevin traveled extensively both in and out of the United States spreading the news about this Pentecostal outpouring in the church. Pentecost (πεντηκοστή, pentekostē, "the fiftieth day" is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian Liturgical year, celebrated the His travels brought him into contact not only with Catholic groups throughout the world, but also with groups of Protestants from Pentecostal, mainline, and evangelical streams of Christianity, who rejoiced to hear what God was doing "among the Catholics". Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Kevin found himself serving as a bridge between Catholics and those from other denominations who, for the first time in history, were experiencing a simultaneous and similar renewal in the Spirit. List of Christian denominations (or Denominations self-identified as Christian) ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships
Committees and Conferences
Kevin was ordained a permanent Catholic deacon in 1973. Deacon is a role in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind but which varies among theological and denominational traditions He then joined the United States National Service Committee for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for 15 years, and for 11 years was its executive director. An executive director is the senior manager or Executive officer of an Organization, company, or Corporation. He has been a principal organizer of national and international conferences, especially the 1975 Catholic Leaders Conference in Rome, and the 1977 Ecumenical Conference in Kansas City. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Currently serving as an ICCRS Council member representing the community expression of the renewal, Kevin also serves as council vice-president. He was a member of the council from the time of its establishment in the late 1970's until 1984, and returned to the Council in his present role in 1990.
People of Praise
Kevin was a founding member of the People of Praise, an ecumenical Christian covenant community. People of Praise is a Christian Ecumenical charismatic Covenant community Ecumenism (also oecumenism, œcumenism) refers to initiatives aimed at greater Religious unity or cooperation A covenant, in its most general sense is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action In biological terms a community is a group of interacting Organisms sharing an environment.
References
- This article includes text derived from the ICCRS Newsletter, used with permission
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