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The CRC is raising funds through an online auction. Pre-bidding has begun and the auction kicks off Ascension Thursday and runs through Pentecost. Get caught up in the Holy Spirit bidding on one-of-a-kind religious items, quilts, afghans, home decor, golf, and so much more. Your money will support the CRC.

The Scanlan Foundation owns 21 of the 52 acres of the Christian Renewal Center. They plan to sell their land. This will negatively impact the current operations and future growth. The CRC wants to keep the entire 21 acres of land but will work to secure the property most critical to our current operations. Please go online to learn more and make a pledge to help us purchase the land.

Thank you to everyone that donated a prize and purchased a raffle ticket for the CRC Divine Mercy Raffle! We drew the raffle winners live on our Facebook page yesterday at 1PM. Winners have until April 25 to claim their prize at the CRC. Winners were notified by email.

Thank you to the 16 families, individuals, and groups that purchased one of our windows for Marian Hall. We are beyond grateful for your support to help us transform the CRC!!! Marian Hall renovation is underway and God willing, will be revealed in the next 8-months.

In the past 10-days, 12 of 16 Windows for Marian Hall have been purchased. The 6 Marian Windows, Spiritual Direction Window, and 5 of the USA Saint Windows have been purchased. We now have only 4 USA Saints Windows remaining. Purchase your window in memory of, in honor of, or donated by today!!!! USA Saint windows only $1,000! Images are a sample coloring as we work to compliment images with room colors.

The Scanlan Foundation has given the seed money to start the CRC Missionary Program. CRC Missionaries will be focused on the mission of the CRC, to draw people into a relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church through retreat ministry. They will serve in a number of capacities based on what is needed (office, running retreats, housekeeping, food service, and maintenance). In addition, they will live onsite and participate in the community prayer life.

The Harry S. & Isabel C. Cameron Foundation has given the CRC a grant to renovate Marian Hall. Volunteers are coming together to help with the project. The Grant funds the physical repairs. The plan is to add 15 Stain Glass Window Film (6 depicting Mary's role in Salvation History and 9 USA Saints). The windows are currently for sale for $1,500 or $1,000 apiece.

The CRC has limited scholarships available for Catholic Family Spring Break. Scholarship price is offered on the page. Available to first to register.

Join Kim Brown for a Lenten Day Retreat on Thursday, February 25 from 10AM - 2PM at the CRC. The retreat will focus on meditative prayer and the Stations of the Cross.

The CRC has been hit by the winter storm. Power has been out since late Sunday night. Without power, we have had to cancel or reschedule our retreats scheduled for this week/weekend. Please check your email and respond by email. Without power the CRC phone system is not working.

Upcoming Tours: 2021 Tour Dates at Noon: February 24,  March 23, April 23, May 3, June 7, August 2, October 4, & December 6 2021 Tour Dates at 6PM: February 2, April 6, July 6, & September 7 Meet Outside the Cafeteria. Currently must be in face-covering. Great opportunity to see available resources, see improvements, walk-through for your retreat, and chance to ask questions. 

The CRC staff is pleased to announce that Cardinal DiNardo has given permission for the Blessed Sacrament to be housed 24/7 at the CRC in our Meditation Chapel. This means that when the group arrives at the CRC, that Jesus Christ is physically present in the tabernacle!!!

Friends 72 and older or 70.5 by January 1, 2020, did you know you could bless the CRC with funds from your IRA? The US Government requires you to remove funds from your IRA each year of face a financial penalty. You could make an IRA rollover gift each year to the CRC. The IRA Rollover allows donors to transfer up to $100,000 directly from their IRA annually. Of course, we would be happy with any amount that you bless us with! Talk with your CPA or financial planner if an IRA Charitable Rollover is right for you. This allows you to gift directed from your IRA without taking the funds out, paying income taxes, and using after-tax funds to make a donation. These tax-exempt gifts are vital to the CRC's success now more than ever and keeping this Holy Ground open and improving.

Under the CARES Act, donors can get a Federal income tax deduction for charitable contributions of up to 100% of their Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). It was formerly 50%. If for example someone earned $100,000 and they gave $100,000 cash to charity, they could previously only offset $50,000 of their income (50%), but this year they can offset 100% and the entire $100,000. What You Can Do: Thanks to generous people like you, the CRC has been able to continue ministering and keeping the Holy Ground open for retreats. And with your continued support, we will continue to provide retreats that allow people to encounter Jesus Christ and His Church through retreat ministry. COVID has created a longing for God and the CRC is here to minister spiritually. If you have questions or need more information about your gift, please contact your CPA or Financial Planner for help. Be sure to get your gift into the CRC by December 31, 2020, to go towards the 2020 calendar year.

What a wonderful day of golf and fellowship we had this past Monday at South Shore Harbour for the 2nd Annual CRC Golf Tournament. We are grateful for your support of the CRC. As you know, our goal was to raise $20,000 profit for the CRC. We were close, but we still needed about $6,000 more. One of our fellow golfers has offered to do a $3,000 Matching Gift, which means dollar for dollar, your gift gets doubled up to $3,000!!! Please help us reach our goal by donating online at All funds donated by this Sunday will go towards the Matching Gift opportunity.

CRC Novena as we prepare for Consecration to Christ the King. Please prayerfully considering joining us in this consecration to Christ the King. We will pray for nine days starting on Friday, November 13, and ending on November 21 on the Feast of Christ the King's vigil.

The CRC has hosted many Eagle Scout Projects over the years. Scouts have found working with the CRC to be very easy and a fast way to plan, implement, and complete their Eagle Scout Project. The CRC offers a variety of projects that range in money from $0 - $10,000 as well as working in a variety of areas: landscaping, woodworking, concrete, building, sheetrock, etc. Plus many projects are perfect for Social-Distancing. Eagle Scout Project List: - Room Drainage (digging paths for water to travel away from the side of the rooms) - ADA Confessional (cutting out sheetrock and framing 36-inch door), installing sheetrock, patching, and painting. - ADA Sidewalk (identifying ADA issues, having company slapjack concrete in the needed area, replacing wood spacers as needed, replacing awning support beams as needed) - Awning Improvement (cutting away rot at bottom, replacing support beams as needed, sanding beams, and painting new color). - Building a Marian Grotto in the Woods (including cutting away small trees, pouring slab foundation, stone work to build grotto and installing Marian Statue). - Building a Gaga Pit (wood building) - Build a Low Ropes Course (wood building and cement pouring) - Install Water Line to Fire Pit on Lodge & Room Side (trenching, installing pipe) - Building 14 Bench Swings (wood building) - Building a Prayer Labyrinth (dirt work and concrete) - Building Benches for Fire Pit Lodge Side (removing current rotted benches & wood building)

Together miracles are happening at the CRC. In July Kim was trying to figure out a way to generate additional donations for the CRC and started studying Matching Gift campaigns. A week later a gentleman attending a CRC event offered to be a Matching Gift donor for $2,000 if Kim could find others to do the same. Kim started looking and asking and 4 others step forward. With $10,000 in Matching Gift Funds, the campaign started with the event Be Transformed! Donations started coming in and we were amazed. Then another donor offered $3,000 additional Matching Gift dollars if we were able to get to the original $10,000. Well as of today, 3 weeks later we have raised to date $17,167 plus the $13,000 Matching = $30,167!!!!! We are grateful to God for the success of this campaign and to each of you that supported us.

The CRC has an incredible opportunity to raise some serious money to support the CRC during these challenging times. What started out as a $10,000 Matching Gift has become a $13,000 Matching Gift opportunity. Dollar for Dollar is Matched up to $13,000!!!!

Join the CRC on Friday, September 4 at 7PM for 30 Transformational minutes! The event will include a keynote by Catholic author, speaker, and Spiritual Director, Kim Brown, a musical performance by grammy-award winning artist Cecilia Shinn, as well as a big CRC announcement! All coming to you live through facebook.