Fr. Tom Forrest

Fr. Tom Forrest, a Redemptorist Priest, was ordained in New York in 1954 by Cardinal Spellman. For the first 23 years of his priesthood, he worked among the poor of the Caribbean. In 1971, he became involved in the Charismatic Renewal and in 1978 was elected director of the International Office for Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He served in this capacity for six years,first with Cardinal Suenens in Brussels and then in Rome.

He has traveled to and spoken in more than 104 different countries, and his articles and books have been translated into a number of languages. He has spoken with Pope John Paul II many times and on eight different occaisions was invited to meals with the Holy Father. He has organized two Worldwide Retreat for Priests, one in 1984 in the theme "A Call to Holiness" and the other in 1990 on the theme "Called to Evangelize." A total of 11,000 priests attended the retreats, both taking place in the Papal Audience Hall.

For a year he worked at the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, collaborating to promote annual events to foster priestly renewal. At present, Fr. Forrest is International Director of EVANGELIZATION 2000, a Catholic effort to promote Church renewal through prayer, proclamation of the Word, and the formation of a more evanglistically activated people of God. He now resides in Washington, DC.

Friday Oct 8 at 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 The Power of the Word

Saturday Oct 9 at 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 Testimony Breakfast (Advance tickets)

at 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm. The Power of the Word

at 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 Eucharistic Celebration and Healing Service

Location

St. John Brebeuf Church and Hall - 1707 John Brebeuf Place

CCRS of Manitoba - 204-895-7544