Worship in the Charismatic Renewal

The advent of the Charismatic Renewal in the 1960s and 1970s played a critical role in reshaping the experience of worship for millions of Christians across the globe. Catholics within the renewal contributed to much of the renewal's early growth and helped direct the path that the renewal took. There is arguably no community with a greater impact on the development and shape of this Catholic Charismatic worship than the Word of God Community, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This study will offer a beginning for a liturgical study of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Rather than attempting to synthesize the whole of the renewal; this study will follow a methodology that examines the life of the Word of God Community through new primary source research and interview and presents a case study of their own life of worship - looking at their history, practices and the significance of their context for worship. The focus is on the years 1967-1990. This period reflects the years of greatest impact and influence from the community and demonstrates how their life as a covenant community impacted their contributions to the history of worship.