Enrich Your Faith by Joining Our Christian Ministry Programs
At our nonprofit organization, we do more than celebrate and bear witness to our love for the Lord. We put our faith into action by developing and implementing various Catholic/Christian ministry programs. These programs feed the spiritual needs of our sisters and brothers-in-faith across the United States.
ORACLE PENTECOST Retreat * BMW: Blind Men Witness * WWW: Well Women Witness * The Path of the Suffering Savior – JESUS CHRIST * ORACLE Revivals * ORACLE National Summer Institute for Youth * ORACLE Mystagogia Institute * ORACLE Young Adult Ministries
Kindly read below to learn more about our programs:
ORACLE PENTECOST Retreat
ORACLE Pentecost Retreat: is an event two days awaiting the celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost is a Christian celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus Christ after His Ascension into glory. Christ’s apostles along with his disciples waited 10 days after His Ascension. Love was worth waiting for!
The ORACLE Pentecost Retreat illustrates through praying, teachings, and healings that this LOVE is worth waiting for. One learns from Old Testament and New Testament who the Holy Spirit is as a PERSON, identifying His LOVE Life and mission. LOVE worth waiting for!
The ORACLE Retreat is saturated in prayer. It involves: “Personal Prayer,” “Prayer of the Church [Liturgy of the Hours]” “Prayer Groups,” “Prayer Warriors (Intercessors).”
This Pentecost Retreat moves participants to exam one’s personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and one’s communication skills with God.
BMW: Blind Men Witness
BMW: Blind Men Witness ~ Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin, a consecrated woman, a teacher with a prophetic calling, helps you apply the teachings of Jesus Christ using St. John’s account of the Man Born Blind (John 9:1-41) to experience a spiritual journey that explores man’s unique identity of the soul. The Blind Men Witness (BMW) is a Saturday retreat to receive God’s anointing, healing and understanding of man’s place among all others. This retreat includes bible teachings, discussions, challenges, and victories as you grow closer and stronger in your walk with God.
Testimonials of Men's Experience of the ORACLE Programs
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MSGR. RAYMOND EAST
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R. MR. DOUGLASS JOHNSON
WWW: Well Women Witness
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Witnessing: Women are commissioned to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…” Witness is communicated not only as testimonials intended to bring others to Christ, but by the Well woman’s life.
WWW: Well Women Witness is a women’s Retreat based on THREE women in the Bible: 1) The Samaritan woman at the Well (John 4:1-42), 2) The woman with the alabaster box (Matt. 26: 6-15), and 3) Mary, at the foot of the Cross of her Son (John 19:25-30). Blessing each other in Jesus’ Name, invoking the Holy Spirit to “stir the waters,” we experience anointing and healing. There’s a spirit-filled WWW Prayer Service; The Gospel is dramatized with Bible teachings. Women gather with alabaster boxes of perfumed oil for meditations with “letter writing.”
The Meditations: A mirror meditation, rock meditation, Cross meditation and Closing Mass all lend themselves to women “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
Commissioned: to “Witness to the Glory of God,” Well women, Second-Line with umbrellas as they sing: “When the Saints Go Marching In!”
Joined by the “Cloud of Witnesses,” Well women, like the woman at the well, run out and declare to others, “Come! Come and see...” And others will know for themselves: “...truly Jesus is the Savior of the world.” They will go to family, friends, in parking lots, super markets, even clubs to share their WWW experience, “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
Commissioned: to “Witness to the Glory of God,” Well women, Second-Line with umbrellas as they sing: “When the Saints Go Marching In!”
Joined by the “Cloud of Witnesses,” Well women, like the woman at the well, run out and declare to others, “Come! Come and see...” And others will know for themselves: “...truly Jesus is the Savior of the world.” They will go to family, friends, in parking lots, super markets, even clubs to share their WWW experience, “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
The History of the WWW Program:WWW: Well Women Witness began at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, VA. of the Diocese of Richmond, VA. There, one hundred four (104) African American and African women gathered at the Well!
As a national program, WWW was able to travel to parishes and dioceses and catechize women who longed for spiritual growth. From 2015 to the present WWW found its way from the Basilica in Norfolk to Washington, DC @ St. Teresa of Avila 3X’s, Incarnation Catholic Church (DC) (3X’s), New Orleans, LA (Hosted St. Mary’s Academy), Wilmington, DE, (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Paul William, OFM -pastor), the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Dr. Greta Stokes Tucker), returning to DC @ Centro Maria Center (DC) Feb., 2018, and in DC Incarnation Catholic Church, Fr. John Carroll, SSJ (October 27, 2018). Numerous women have returned to WWW three (3) to eight (8) times.
A book, Well Women Witness ~ Letters from Christ authored by Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin, was published in 2018. WWW Small Groups in numerous cities emerged as a result of Women’s individual experiences of letter writing through the book.
With life’s “normal” interrupted by COVID-19, WWW: Well Women Witness now returns with a new vigor. Instead of the one Biblical text of the Samaritan woman, there are now three women. Instead of a one-day retreat, WWW is a weekend conference retreat. Instead of ministering to locals, women travel from abroad to attend the Retreat.
As a national program, WWW was able to travel to parishes and dioceses and catechize women who longed for spiritual growth. From 2015 to the present WWW found its way from the Basilica in Norfolk to Washington, DC @ St. Teresa of Avila 3X’s, Incarnation Catholic Church (DC) (3X’s), New Orleans, LA (Hosted St. Mary’s Academy), Wilmington, DE, (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Paul William, OFM -pastor), the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Dr. Greta Stokes Tucker), returning to DC @ Centro Maria Center (DC) Feb., 2018, and in DC Incarnation Catholic Church, Fr. John Carroll, SSJ (October 27, 2018). Numerous women have returned to WWW three (3) to eight (8) times.
A book, Well Women Witness ~ Letters from Christ authored by Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin, was published in 2018. WWW Small Groups in numerous cities emerged as a result of Women’s individual experiences of letter writing through the book.
With life’s “normal” interrupted by COVID-19, WWW: Well Women Witness now returns with a new vigor. Instead of the one Biblical text of the Samaritan woman, there are now three women. Instead of a one-day retreat, WWW is a weekend conference retreat. Instead of ministering to locals, women travel from abroad to attend the Retreat.
The ORACLE Retreat: The Path of the Suffering Savior – JESUS CHRIST
This ORACLE Retreat is one of our most recent programs, aiming to empower people to pray with vigor and clear understanding. Participants gather in person for this soul-searching event that lasts for a weekend.
Its main highlight is the unique and insightful teachings of Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin and Msgr. Raymond East about the meaning of the 14 +1 Stations of the Cross. Participants are placed on the Path in the suffering of Jesus Christ while empowering them to overcome their crises in life. Prayer services, meditations, testimonies, Scripture readings, spiritual activities, and a Eucharistic celebration are also held. The ORACLE Retreat: The Path of the Suffering Savior: JESUS CHRIST comes out of my experiences with Catholics who participate in rituals with minimal understanding of the deep meaning behind what they pray, believe, and celebrate. As a result, too often I have heard comments such as: Sister, it doesn’t do anything for me, or I’m not being fed. What I continue to hear is that Catholics don’t understand what is going on in Catholic rituals, and they do not see themselves growing.
What are we to do? What can I do? I can educate. I can take familiar devotions like the Stations of the Cross and teach their meaning. I can bring freshness to the prayer experience; appeal to you intellectually, help you to make informed decisions, and identify with the Stations through your emotions and life’s experiences. I can get you on the Path that leads you into an authentic encounter with the suffering Savior, JESUS CHRIST.
Its main highlight is the unique and insightful teachings of Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin and Msgr. Raymond East about the meaning of the 14 +1 Stations of the Cross. Participants are placed on the Path in the suffering of Jesus Christ while empowering them to overcome their crises in life. Prayer services, meditations, testimonies, Scripture readings, spiritual activities, and a Eucharistic celebration are also held. The ORACLE Retreat: The Path of the Suffering Savior: JESUS CHRIST comes out of my experiences with Catholics who participate in rituals with minimal understanding of the deep meaning behind what they pray, believe, and celebrate. As a result, too often I have heard comments such as: Sister, it doesn’t do anything for me, or I’m not being fed. What I continue to hear is that Catholics don’t understand what is going on in Catholic rituals, and they do not see themselves growing.
What are we to do? What can I do? I can educate. I can take familiar devotions like the Stations of the Cross and teach their meaning. I can bring freshness to the prayer experience; appeal to you intellectually, help you to make informed decisions, and identify with the Stations through your emotions and life’s experiences. I can get you on the Path that leads you into an authentic encounter with the suffering Savior, JESUS CHRIST.
ORACLE Revivals
In the late Eighties and early Nineties, Catholic Revivals were in vogue, accompanied by gospel music in Black Catholic Churches. In response to this, Sr. Oralisa founded the ORACLE Revivals (1993). She currently designs packets in collaboration with pastors and parish revival teams to meet the needs of parishes or dioceses requesting ORACLE’s services. As an evangelist, Sr. Oralisa Martin preaches and spiritually ignites a Catholic assembly. The congregations, comprising African-Americans, European-Americans, Hawaiians, Hispanics, Filipinos, and Belizeans, are to their feet
It’s through the ORACLE Revivals that Sr. Oralisa’s healing ministry took off. People were healed on-site; the blind would see, and the physically disabled would lay aside their crutches and stand up from their wheelchairs to walk. Before COVID-19 more than 25 ORACLE Revivals have been celebrated nationwide. Sr. Oralisa has resumed the ORACLE Revivals ministry in 2023 exclusive of “Laying on of Hands” for healing.
It’s through the ORACLE Revivals that Sr. Oralisa’s healing ministry took off. People were healed on-site; the blind would see, and the physically disabled would lay aside their crutches and stand up from their wheelchairs to walk. Before COVID-19 more than 25 ORACLE Revivals have been celebrated nationwide. Sr. Oralisa has resumed the ORACLE Revivals ministry in 2023 exclusive of “Laying on of Hands” for healing.
ORACLE National Summer Institute for Youth
The ORACLE Youth Institute is a 2 1/2-week summer, residential, co-ed program for high school students that’s comparable to a retreat with a Christ-centered atmosphere. The prayer services, Bible studies, workshops, liturgical celebrations, and fellowships serve as the impetus to a unique, life-changing experience.
The youth institute enables our Gen Z’s to encounter Jesus Christ with miracles taking place before their eyes. Participants even learn how to pray and live within a community. The program also serves as a laboratory for life with 17 workshops, 8 seminars, and several field trips. These provide the content and substance for faith development, discussions, value clarification, orations, drama, and debates.
Through the ORACLE process, young people discover who they are in Christ and their purpose in life. The program trains our Gen Z’s for leadership and service within their schools, parishes, and diocesan boards.
Implementation was suspended during COVID-19.
ORACLE Mystagogia Institute
“Mystagogia” refers to an exciting new approach to lifelong Christian formation. The ORACLE Mystagogia Institute uses this RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) approach to invite all Catholics/Christians to a much deeper plunge into the truths of our Christian faith. In the first centuries of the Church, the newly baptized had a period where they deepened their knowledge of Christ’s birth, life, passion, death, resurrection, and ascension - the events later forming the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.
The curriculum for the ORACLE Mystagogia Institute is based on the liturgical seasons within the given year A, B, or C liturgical cycle. The consecutive Liturgical seasons are identified as: Advent covers the memorable expectation of the 1st Coming of Christ to humanity; and the anticipation of Christ’s 2nd Coming at the end of time.Christmastime covers Jesus’ birth to His Presentation in the temple.Ordinary Time covers Jesus in the Temple, Jesus’ Baptism, and Jesus’ Public Life.Lent - 40 days include: Ash Wed., to five consecutive Sundays, to Palm Sunday of the Passion, to Thursday morning.Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Resurrection Sunday)Easter Season is the Resurrection of Jesus to His Ascension into Glory to Pentecost.Pentecost covers the manifestations of the Holy Spirit.Ordinary Time is extended to the action of the Holy Spirit forming the Christian Church.
The curriculum for the ORACLE Mystagogia Institute is based on the liturgical seasons within the given year A, B, or C liturgical cycle. The consecutive Liturgical seasons are identified as: Advent covers the memorable expectation of the 1st Coming of Christ to humanity; and the anticipation of Christ’s 2nd Coming at the end of time.Christmastime covers Jesus’ birth to His Presentation in the temple.Ordinary Time covers Jesus in the Temple, Jesus’ Baptism, and Jesus’ Public Life.Lent - 40 days include: Ash Wed., to five consecutive Sundays, to Palm Sunday of the Passion, to Thursday morning.Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Resurrection Sunday)Easter Season is the Resurrection of Jesus to His Ascension into Glory to Pentecost.Pentecost covers the manifestations of the Holy Spirit.Ordinary Time is extended to the action of the Holy Spirit forming the Christian Church.