Thousands of Haitian Catholics meet in Philly

By NADIA POZO
CS&T Staff Writer

All it took was a friend’s invitation to lead Lise-Ziolaine Joseph back to the Catholic Church.

That invitation was to attend a charismatic prayer group. At first, Joseph found excuses not to go. She was too busy with work, with school, with life. But her friend’s loving persistence, and a moment of grace, brought Joseph to her first charismatic gathering.

“At the time, I had been going to the Protestant church,” Joseph said. “Then I got really sick and no one came to visit me, so I decided I would forget church altogether.”

Joseph had been raised Catholic, but didn’t have a deep understanding of her faith — that is, until she encountered the Charismatic Renewal movement.

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