11/06/2025
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The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) Ghana
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) movement started in the 1970s specifically in Takoradi by Rev. Fr. Bob Gilmour, a Holy Cross missionary from the USA. Its formal national coordination however started in the early 1980s by Rev. Fr. Ernst Sievers, a ‘White Father Missionary’ from Germany, with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference approval. From 1970 to 2011, the CCR has grown about 2000 prayer groups in twenty (20) Dioceses and in fifty (50) Tertiary Institutions including the Major Seminaries in Ghana.
The Late Msgr. Ireneous Songliedong of Wa Diocese took over from Rev. Fr. Sievers who was requested to relocate to Germany in 1984. During their terms of office, Fr. Sievers operated from the Centre for Spiritual Renewal (CSR), Kumasi while Msgr. Songliedong operated from Wanye Renewal Centre in Wa. Following the recommendation by the Caribbean team led by Msgr. Michael Kosak who was invited to organize Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS) and National leaders training in 1982, the CCR was structured to comprise the National Service Team (NST), Diocesan Service Teams (DSTs) and Local Service Teams (LSTs). The idea of forming the National CCR Centre was then conceived by the NST in the late 1980s.
In July, 1991, a proposal for the appointment of the first Lay National Coordinator of the CCR, in the person of Mr. Anthony Osei Assibey, which was addressed to the Bishops’ Conference in 1990 received approval. Msgr. Richard Kyeremeh was also appointed Episcopal Liaison. The National Office of the CCR started to operate in the same year from a rented house – old Adom Fie (House of Grace)
