Pentecost Today USA

In this week's episode we talk with Lauretta Froelich.  Lauretta is a retired prosecutor, litigator and lawyer.  She is currently a member of the Pentecost Today USA Board and is very active in the charismatic movement.  Lauretta discusses her over 35-years working with the charismatic movement and as a result is very active in leading various prayer groups as well as life in the spirit seminars.  We will cover a range of topics st...

The following is the second part of our 2 part interview with Fr. John.  Father John Gordon is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark.  He is a dynamic preacher, teacher and evangelist. Over his 34 years of priestly ministry, he has served in a variety of parishes, as well as having been a high school chaplain, and formation director of the Pre-Theologate program at Franciscan University of Steubenville.  Fr. John was recently name ...

Father John Gordon is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark.  He is a dynamic preacher, teacher and evangelist. Over his 34 years of priestly ministry, he has served in a variety of parishes, as well as having been a high school chaplain, and formation director of the Pre-Theologate program at Franciscan University of Steubenville.  Fr. John was recently name the Acting Vicar for Pastoral Life and remains the Coordinator of the Off...

Marianne Skrobiak has been involved in the Charismatic Renewal since 1978 having participated in many national leadership events. She was appointed Liaison by Archbishop Listecki in 2012 after serving as Associate Liaison for six years.  After six years she just finished serving on the Association of Diocesan Liaisons (ADL) and was the chairperson for 3 of those.  This is a national group representing liaisons throughout the US and...

Peter Mallampalli is a seminarian for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in his fourth year of formation. He is the youngest of four siblings. His father was born in Andhra Pradesh, India and is a convert from Hinduism, and his mother is from Iowa and comes from an Irish-Catholic background. Peter co-founded Opus Novum Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 2018 at Duquesne University where he was in Air Force ROTC and studied Business Su...

In this week's episode, we interview Rev. Peter-Mary Emmanuel.  Rev. Peter-Mary is a dedicated Catholic Priest affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of Kingstown in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Taking the name Mary after his Total Consecration to Mary on May 31, 1999, he consistently demonstrates a profound spiritual commitment throughout his journey as a clergyman. He is a lover of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A former stu...

Angelica is a young adult leader serving in the Hispanic Catholic Charismatic Renewal. She came from a large multicultural family in Southwest Missouri. She is 25 years old and she has had the honor of ministering to youth and young adults for the past 7 years. She is the youth representative of Region 6 in the Hispanic CCR and she forms part of the national Hispanic youth committee for the United States and Canada.She also forms p...

Timmy McCaffery currently serves as the Executive Director of CCRNO, a role he has held since August of 2021. Prior to being named our Executive Director, he served as the Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and prior to that as the Associate Director of Marriage and Family Life. Timmy taught Sacred Scripture at Jesuit High School in New Orleans for nine years, and has worked in various ca...

David Peterman has been active in the Charismatic Renewal for fifty years when he, as a teenager, was a founding member of the Christian Community of God’s Delight. CCGD is a predominately Catholic Charismatic Covenant Community in Dallas Texas that celebrated its 50th anniversary on March 24th, 2023. David has been serving as the Overall Coordinator since 2007. David also serves as the President of the Board for Mount St. Michael ...

Father Joe Freedy is the youngest of five children. He grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Bethel Park High School. Earning a scholarship to the University at Buffalo to play football, Father Freedy started at quarterback for three years. After college, he entered the seminary in Pittsburgh and was assigned to study in Rome first at the Gregorian University and then at the John Paul II Institute. He was ordained a priest in June of ...

This week we interview Bob Garrett.  Bob is one of seven active Elders of the Alleluia Community and he serves as the overall coordinator of the community.  His primary responsibility is oversight of the unity and activities of the community Elders.  He also serves as the overall head of the different activities, services and outreaches engaged by the Alleluia Community.  Some of these activities include working with the Charismati...

This week, we have the pleasure of interviewing Fausto Franco.  Fausto is the oldest of four children born and raised in the Bronx, New York. With a BS in Computer Science (Siena College), a MEng Computer Systems Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and MA Theology (Catholic Distance University). He served as the national coordinator for the Secretaria Juvenil Nacional (National Youth Secretariat) for the Hispanic Catholi...

This week we interview Rose Parente.  Rose lives in Pittsburgh PA, and serves as a member of the Unbound Pittsburgh/Greensburg, Praise Nation, and The Ladies of Charity in the Diocese of Pittsburgh ministries, promotes the Fraternity of Priests Healing Masses, and is President of the Madonna Della Civita Society of Pittsburgh as well as Trustee of the Ladies Spigno Saturnia Society.   Soon after her first Life in the Spirit, Rose j...