A glimpse into the future of the Church?

Hispanics are projected to constitute almost half of all U.S. Catholics within 25 years, and 54 percent of them describe themselves as “charismatic” "protestant" (there, fixed it...)

California newspapers are preparing their inevitable retrospectives on the “Summer of Love” of 1967: the beginning of the hippie movement, when marijuana-scented youth flocked to San Francisco “with flowers in their hair.” Yet this timeframe holds another event that has had far stronger repercussions -- the birth of “Spirit-filled” Catholicism.

This summer, the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Catholic Charismatic movement, will be highlighted by plenty of special events. There’s the May 19 Rosary Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, and the May 25-27 Pentecostal Weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center. There’s a “Teaching and Healing Seminar” in Santa Barbara and a “Charismatic School for Spiritual Directors” in San Luis Obispo. There are Healing Masses in dozens of California parishes. There’s a big Pentecost Vigil Celebration at Our Lady of Refuge in Long Beach, and a truly huge “Trust in the Lord” Convention coming up on August 31 – September 2 in Anaheim.

Get thee to a "Teaching and Healing Seminar"....If only I could babble even more senselessly - in tongues...

"Immigration is changing the nature of the American Catholic, making worship more lively, more intense," said Monsignor Joseph Malagreca, moderator of the National Hispanic Committee of Catholic Charismatic Renewal. "We are accommodating the desire for a deeper and more personal relationship with God.”

"More lively"??? "More intense"???? "We are accommodating the desire for a deeper and more personal relationship with God.” I'm sure you are padre...except for those who wish to practice the faith as it was practiced for centuries before all of these "novelties" were allowed to enter the Church...But, at least, maybe we'll have dancing in the aisles!!!