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About the Author
Renée Marazon
Author | Teacher/Trainer | Moderator | Wife | Mother | Grandmother
Renée Marazon is an author, speaker, Catholic educator, and parish consultant who has devoted her ministry to helping Catholics discover and live the gifts of the Holy Spirit. She serves at Saint Katharine Drexel Parish in Florida as Chairperson of the Jeremiah Leadership Team, Coordinator of the Charism Ministry Core Team and Prayer Team Ministry, and a member of the Holy Spirit Prayer Group Core Team. She is also a Eucharistic Minister and serves on the Formation Committee of Pentecost Today USA.
Renée has led retreats, parish missions, workshops, leadership formation programs, and conferences throughout the United States and internationally. She consults with parishes on charism discernment, leadership formation, and equipping parishioners to become missionary disciples. She also presents workshops on Intentional Catholic Parenting, helping parents intentionally form their children in the Catholic faith.
She is the author of several books, including Charisms of the Holy Spirit: Tools for the New Evangelization, the six-volume Intentional Catholic Parenting series, The Catholic Parent/Teacher Handbook of Child Growth, Development, & Learning, Renewing the Renewal: A Firestorm in the Catholic Church, and Deliverance Prayer: A Matter of Wisdom, Discernment, and Obedience.
Renée and her husband, David, have four children and eight grandchildren.
Our Work-Our
Publications
Our work and our publications are focused on forming Intentional Disciples, helping them to uncover how the power of the Holy Spirit, God's grace, and their charisms have been at work in their lives, bringing Christ to others. These disciples are invited to learn about and use their charisms intentionally and to celebrate the charisms of others.
Our Ministry
Our ministry work is focused on promoting "Life in the Spirit" promoting empowerment in the Holy Spirit through Catholic retreats, workshops, and parish missions that incorporate a wide range of topics Ministry options are IN-PERSON or via ZOOM.
For Parents
Our parenting publications focus on helping parents intentionally support and nurture their children's growth and learning across all areas of their development (affective (soul life), social (relationships) , creative, cognitive (thinking), language, and physical).
For Disciples on Mission
Our missionary discipleship publications focus on forming intentional disciples through "Discernment of Spiritual Gifts" called Charisms. Media includes an ONLINE Charism Inventory for Catholics, the book - Charisms of the Holy Spirit: Tools for the New Evangelization, Live and Online workshops, retreats, parish missions, and speaking engagements. THE THEOLOGY OF CHARISMS AND CHRISM DISCERNMENT...
The Marazon System is a comprehensive approach that redefines education by focusing on the whole child, celebrating their unique gifts and readiness to learn. Through six key domains—Affective, Social, Creative, Cognitive, Language, and Physical—it empowers educators with practical tools and a proven four-step framework: Planning, Environment, Assessment, and Partnership. This innovative approach nurtures each child’s growth with dignity and purpose. THE MARAZON SYSTEM
For Educators
Intentional Catholic Parenting Series
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What People Are Saying About Discerning Their Spiritual Gifts
Publications
Books & tools for discerning & developing spiritual gifts; hosting & attending spiritual gifts discernment
retreats; and hosting and attending spiritual growth retreats.
Click below to browse Catholic Spiritual Gifts Inventory.
Online Charism
Inventory
for Catholics
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Charisms
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