Alton Day of Renewal celebrates 50 years with a Jubilee programme
ADoRE (Alton Day of Renewal) is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year and launches a special Jubilee programme on 25th January with a meeting on Zoom, open to anyone.
ADoRE is a monthly meeting of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, dedicated to the encouragement of a personal relationship with God, through Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Formed in 1975 in Portsmouth Diocese, it is one of the longest continually running Charismatic Days of Renewal in Britain.
ADoRE Leader Alastair Emblem explains: “Our Jubilee programme for the year shares the same theme as the Universal Church: ‘Pilgrims of Hope.’ Monthly themes will reflect various aspects of the Christian Pilgrimage of Faith, with a particular emphasis on joy in the blessings and gifts of the Holy Spirit for revitalising the Church.
“In the first meeting on 25th January ‘Jesus is the Way,’ we remind ourselves of the importance of following His call to follow Him on the Pilgrimage of Faith. Guest speaker is Daniella Stephens, a young and dynamic Catholic Evangelist who travels the UK and abroad speaking at churches, schools, conferences, retreats, prayer groups, youth groups and more.”
As well as the inspiring talk, there will be live-streamed Mass and Adoration, Prophecy, Praise, and Prayer for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The free retreat morning takes place on Zoom from 10.00am to 1.00pm and advance registration is required at bit.ly/ADOREJAN2025 More information at www.altonrenewal.com
Alastair continues: “We are delighted to have received an encouraging message, in our special year of Jubilee, from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher to the Papal Household 1980-2024. Part of his message reads as follows: ‘I want to congratulate you for your 50 years of faithfulness to the Holy Spirit and the current of grace of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal…. I will pray the Risen Lord to pour down his Spirit in a new powerful way upon the speakers and the participants to the programme.’
“The Cardinal’s prayer will be a powerful support for our programme, and we are confident, in this year of Hope, that many new participants will join our meetings and be blessed by the Holy Spirit.”
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This is part of ADoRE’s Jubilee Year Programme to inspire Catholics to renew their commitment to travel with Hope in the Holy Spirit on their pilgrimage of life. Details of the year’s programme can be found at www.altonrenewal.com/2025. There is also a wide range of free information, resources and other videos on the website, explaining many aspects of renewal in the Holy Spirit.
People from all over the country (and beyond) have been joining the ADoRE mini-retreat Zoom mornings over the last four years and thoroughly enjoying them. Here is what two recent participants said about ADoRE:
“Another wonderful session. So much to feed and nurture my faith and so much inspiration to take into my wider life and to share with all. Praise God.”
ADoRE (Alton Day of Renewal) is a monthly meeting of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Formed in 1975, it is now one of the longest continually running Charismatic Days of Renewal in Britain, dedicated to the encouragement of a personal relationship with God, through Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
It is affiliated with CHARIS, an international body established by Pope Francis in 2019 to support all those working to share the current of grace which is the charismatic renewal.
“Charismatic Renewal is a great force at the service of the proclamation of the Gospel, in the joy of the Holy Spirit.” – Pope Francis June 2014
