Our Mission: To Encourage a living, personal relationship with Jesus
The CDSC team promotes Pope Francis’s vision for CHARIS (the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service), which is the revitalisation and renewal of the Church in order to evangelise the culture within and across the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.
Our Vision is to bring together the various manifestations of the renewal, promote the grace of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, promote Christian Unity, and serve the poor and needy. All four being at the service of evangelisation, and in which we will endeavour to include the youth of the diocese.
The Promise of the Father
The Promise of the Father is a season of teaching, prayer and formation leading to Pentecost 2024, on the coming and the works of the Holy Spirit on us, the body of Christ. The Holy Spirit is our free gift from God and this course is to supercharge understanding and faith so that as loving children we can unleash the power of the Holy Spirit and respond to our call. Each of the six sessions is centred on good teaching and prayer, building faith using scripture while reflecting on the traditions of the church. You can find all supporting content and videos of the excellent talks on the The Promise of the Father course homepage.
Arundel and Brighton Pastoral Plan "The Word Who is Life" Prayer
Lord, The Word who is Life.
May all the people of our Diocese
grow in openness
to the power of the Holy Spirit,
so that through a growth in understanding
and courage,
and truly open to your call,
we may bear powerful witness
to all around us,
for you are Lord for ever and ever,
Amen
You can read the Word Who Is Life Pastoral Plan for Arundel and Brighton on the Diocesan website. Link here.
Charismatic Prayer Groups
There are many great Charismatic prayer groups across our Diocese – why not get involved in one local to you? See the many A&B Prayer Groups here.
TORCH Groups
A place of welcome for those suffering in anyway with mental health needs in our local communities. Find our more about TORCH groups here.
CHARIS
Charismatic Renewal International Service (CHARIS) was created following an explicit request by Pope Francis to provide the Charismatic Renewal with one unified service. CHARIS has an International and Regional structure and in England and Wales we have a Diocesan structure of which our CDSC team is part.
You can find out more on CHARIS International here.
The National CHARIS England and Wales website is here.
Prayer Ministry
An aspiration of the CDSC is to establish well trained Prayer Ministry teams who are equipped for the service to offer prayer ministry in the moderated parishes across A&B Diocese. Content to support appropriate growth of Prayer Ministry to support A&B Diocese is starting to take shape on our dedicated Prayer Ministry page.
Get involved in the work of your CDSC
We invite you to get involved in our mission and to serve the vision of CHARIS within the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. Our mission is centred on love, service, and helping all in the Catholic church to build a deep, personal relationship with Jesus. We welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to grow our capability and network and to work ecumenically across the broad body of Christ.
If you’d like to get involved or have any questions on our work in A&B, please email the A&B CDSC team: dabcdsc@gmail.com