The Holy Spirit of Freedom Community is a Catholic faith-based association founded in 1986 by Deacon Francis Feain in Melbourne. Officially recognized by the Archbishop of Perth in 1999, the community is committed to living out the Gospel through prayer, service, and outreach to the marginalized—especially homeless youth.

Weekly, members gather to serve the homeless near Victoria Market by offering food, friendship, prayer, and hospitality. In January 2021, several CCR Melbourne Coordinators were invited to witness how the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community supports the needy, particularly the homeless, every Friday. Inspired by this, they initiated an annual Easter and Christmas hamper distribution, which began Easter 2021. The hampers contain Easter eggs and other treats, as well as day to day items. This is follow by a repeat with Christmas hampers in December.

What began with 100 hampers in the first year has now expanded to 150 hampers in recent years for both Easter and Christmas. Once the distribution date is announced, people experiencing homelessness patiently queue, eagerly awaiting their turn. Many look forward to receiving these hampers, as they rarely receive gifts. Their smiles and gratitude are a testament to how much these hampers mean to them.

Through these efforts, the poor and homeless are reminded that they are cared for and valued.

May God bless all who serve and support this mission of mercy and hope.

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What is Healing Prayer?

CCR Melbourne Healing Prayer Centres provide an opportunity to seek God’s healing in areas of people’s lives that need healing such as physical, emotional and spiritual.

We are not counsellors, nor do we offer advice.  Our commitment is to Listen, Love, and Pray.

Prayer ministers are lay people who have received training in this ministry to cooperate with the Holy Spirit who bring healing in body, mind, soul and spirit.  They freely give of their time to help others, and many of our lay people have been trained by Christian Healing Ministries (USA). It is a ministry of compassion that relies on God’s healing power. The sessions last approximately one hour, allowing sufficient time for the prayer recipient to share their story and for the prayer team to provide a deeper level of prayer in accordance with the discernment and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

We offer personal prayer ministry through:

• Personal Prayer Appointments (in-person)
• Days of Healing Prayer
• Open House (no appointment necessary)
• You may leave a prayer request for our intercessors.

What does it cost?  There is no charge for a prayer appointment, but donations are most welcome as CCR exists entirely by donation.

Healing Prayer Centres are located at Chelsea, Pascoe Vale and Fitzroy Nth.

• For enquiries or prayer appointments:
  Phone: 03 9486 6544 or
  Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Why pray for healing?

In the healing ministry it is vital to establish that what we believe and teach is scripturally sound. When Jesus announced His ministry in Luke 4:18, He said He came to proclaim the year of the Lord, a time of restoring people to their (God) spiritual core.

People today still seek healing. They hunger and thirst to know God in a direct, experiential way. The sick still need healing, just as much as they did in Christ’s day.

When He sent out His disciples to further His ministry, “He gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick." —Luke 9:1-2

We believe this commandment is still very relevant to Christians today, and that the gift of healing, (a gift of the Holy Spirit) is very much available to those who will simply ask God.

Jesus’ ministry was one of compassion and healing, even at great risk to Himself. We are called to continue His ministry to humanity.

‘But because of our sins he was wounded…beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.’ (Isaiah 53:5)

We believe ….

Catholic Charismatic Renewal affirms the historic Christian beliefs as contained in the creeds (the Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed), which have served as the basis of Christian belief since the first century. Because of the nature of our prayer ministry, we stress the need for the power of the Holy Spirit, in order that we might serve as vessels of God’s healing power.

We also affirm the value of the medical and counselling fields, since they too are ways in which God’s healing power is manifested. Beyond medicine and human means, we believe God can work miracles of healing through Jesus Christ, and we see this as part of His role as our Saviour.

We are explicitly Christian and accept Sacred Scripture as our guide and norm. We welcome all who seek Jesus the Healer to bring healing into their lives.

What we do exclude, by the very nature of our ministry as Christians, is anything that goes counter to established Christian truth, as well as any kind of healing that relies upon a spiritual power other than that of Jesus Christ.

To order email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone +61 3 9486 6544

Would you prayerfully 
consider donating to continuing the work of CCR?

Your extraordinary generosity in giving a gift to CCR will sustain and expand our work in promoting the fire of Renewal with National and Regional Events, Tools and Resources, News and Publications and Renewal Ministry support.
No donation is too small or too large.

Glory to God in the highest for how the Holy Spirit has and will enkindle in us the FIRE of God’s LOVE as we work together to serve the Lord in our mission to BRING baptism in the Holy Spirit to the whole Church, BUILD unity in the Body of Christ, and SERVE the poor.

Ways to Donate

Direct debit to: 

Westpac Bank
BSB:  033-174
ACCOUNT NO:  404807
REF:    'SURNAME & DONATION'

By Cheque to:  CCR Melbourne, PO Box 340, Fawkner 3060

May the Holy Spirit continue to empower you as you live and share Life in the Spirit!

Consider a gift to CCR in your Will.

Catholic charismatic Renewal relies entirely on gifts from individuals to continue its mission.

Would you consider a gift to CCR when making your will, or updating it. Making a gift to CCR can be as simple as adding a codicil to your existing Will. You may use this or a similar statement.

“I/We bequeath… % of my/our estate to Catholic Charismatic Renewal, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..”

Giovanna was called to join the Renewal in 2008 and attended the Blessed Trinity Prayer Group Pascoe Vale. She is now the leader of this Prayer Group.  

Giovanna has felt led to become part of the Healing Ministry and is currently being formed for this particular ministry.

She works full time as an Office Manager for a Real Estate Agency in Melbourne CBD.

Pope Francis has called for all Christians throughout the world to join in praying the Our Father on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at noon.

He made the appeal after praying the noonday Angelus on March 22, broadcast from Apostolic Library in the Vatican.

The Pope also announced that on the following Friday, March 27, he will preside over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peter’s Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps immediately in front of the façade of the Church, reported Vatican News.

The Holy Spirit, who, as we saw in the preceding meditations, leads us into the fullness of truth about the person of Christ and his paschal mystery, also enlightens us on a crucial aspect of our faith in Christ, that is, on how we obtain in the Church today the salvation Christ accomplished for us. In other words, the Holy Spirit enlightens us on the important question of justification by faith for sinners. I believe that trying to shed light on history and on the current state of that discussion is the most useful way to make the anniversary of the Fifth Centenary of the Protestant Reformation an occasion of grace and reconciliation for the whole Church.

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