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Louis Rogge Collection (ROG), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Papers relating to the Charismatic Renewal, collected by Louis Rogge, O.Carm.; consisting primarily of newsletters produced by prayer groups, communities, and other Renewal organizations; also literature on many of these groups and the conferences they organize; articles and other reference material on the Renewal, gathered by Rogge for his Ph.D. dissertation; with a small quantity of records of the national office of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal accumulated by William Truesdell, SJ, during his tenure on the national organization's advisory committee; and tape recordings of charismatics, 1970-1983.
The Charismatic Renewal is a loosely knit movement dedicated to the renewal of Christian life through the action of the Holy Spirit and characterized by charismatic phenomena such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in tongues. The Renewal is predominately Catholic, although it stresses ecumenism. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal was established in 1970 to serve as a national organization for the movement.
Newsletters, periodicals, and other publications from charismatic and pentecostal groups in the U.S. and other countries. Few of the runs are complete due to the sporadic publication schedules of the local groups and the decentralized nature of the Renewal. The Archives maintainsa current run (1989- ) of several of the periodicals from this collection.
Minutes, correspondence, reports, memos to members,lists of committee members, and press releases generated bythe national office of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.The records are largely those of Rev. William Truesdell,S.J., who was a member of the Advisory Committee in the1970s. The records reflect the activities of the nationaloffice: coordination of regional and local groups,organization of conferences, development of the movement'stheological stance, financial planning, and leadershiptraining. Also included are records relating to thenational conferences of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Records from a wide variety of prayer groups,communities, and other organizations related to theRenewal, including conference brochures, informationalliterature, correspondence, and catalogs. Also includedare national Directories of Catholic Charismatic RenewalPrayer Groups (1969-1978). Many of these groups producedpublications which have been filed with other newslettersin the first series of this collection.
Articles, unpublished writings, pamphlets,bibliographies, books, and newspaper articles, most of itcollected by Rogge as part of his research for his disseration,"The Relationship between the Sacrament of Anointing the Sickand the Charism of Healing within the Catholic CharismaticRenewal." Also included are questionaires, responses, and datacards from a survey on healing conducted by Rogge in 1975.