European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Putting Healing Back in the mainline churches by George Vecsey new York times the practice of spiritual traditionally associated with pentecostal is rapidly gaining favor in the United states in thousands of roman Catholic and episcopal institutions that have Long been uncomfortable with that ancient Christian rather than emphasizing allo nothing Healing services in the established churches stress Inte grating Long Range spiritual and physical Healing with the benefits of modern Medicine and Many of those involved in Healing services agree with the John Harke of an episcopal priest who said recently that physical problems can often be traced to the emotions to troubles of the Parke is the top official of the International order of Luke the whose members include clergymen and they believe in the Healing Power of god channelled through intensive prayer groups the Blessing of Medicine and physical Contact the laying on of some doctors and clergymen claim results beyond any scientific people Are putting Healing Back in the mainline where it says the Alfred a 78yearold Pioneer among Epis Copal the growing interest in Healing has been stimulated by the charismatic with its emphasis on the holy by disillusionment with by renewed inter est in the and by a new wave of particularly Ruth Carter who has drawn Praise from Many Healing is not new in the United Oral one of its Best known has thousands of evangelical followers who believe he has effected Mirac Ulous Roberts has recently built a Hospital of futuristic design in that combines modern rid Cine and his spiritual Healing he american image of Healing has also been shaped lie flamboyant shows of Faith healers who assert Futhey have caused hundreds of incurable cripples to to their feet As the prayers and the music William the surgeon and once i some of the late Katherinc Kuhlmann cures in Healing a doctor in search a and i no evidence of lasting pentecostal healers were something we had to says people expected to see crutches Ori ithe a tent extravagant but were were very conserva the episcopalians stress regular sessions of in tense prayer aimed at the full spectrum of modern Christ healed the the and was in Strumental in casting out Parke said today the demons Are obsessions such As gambling and emotional we can help deliver people from those obsessions their fears and other troubles of the because of work by such people As Agnes san Ford and Emily Gardiner More than episcopal churches in the now have weekly Healing and ministers such As Edward Schmidt of the lutheran Church of our redeemer in n and Charles a presbyterian minister in n arc among ministers in those churches who conduct Healing services Are held at More than Catholic churches that have charismatic renewal according to the Michael Scanlan of who says Catholic Liturgy is full of Healing refer among the prominent charismatic healers Are the Francis an academic from and sister Briege Mckenna of both of whom Are besieged by the sick because of their reputations for miraculous Healing is growing in the Catholic and episcopal churches Independent of most Bishops and adminis and the interest frequently crosses denominational one person with an ecumenical View of Healing is Pris Cilla von Roeschlaub of port a trained Counselor and the wife of an episcopal several years she attended a seminar on inner Healing by Ruth Carter the evangelical sister of the pres and found herself Able to forgive instantly a Hurt had been worrying her for 30 von Roeschlaub she also experienced the physical Healing of a sinus infection that neither sur Gery nor draining nor counselling had been Able to cure for seven painful too Busy with her own duties to attend Healing services at Stephens episcopal von Roeschlaub accompanied her and two friends to a Cath Olic Healing service by the Ralph Diorio of at the end of the father Diorio invited the participants for a general and without having planned to do von Roeschlaub found herself telling the priest i have trouble when the Diorio placed his hands on her Chest and she fainted toppled Over like a Telephone her husband As she father who had never met her remarked she had a real since that moment eight weeks von Roeschlaub has had Clear and her friends both wordly professional people have also expressed a sense of 1 dont feel i believed in von Roeschlaub that what makes the experience so overwhelm i had been dieting to cure some allergies 1 had Dis i think i was on my Way to but to suddenly be Able to breath i nose if s definitely a Price can give examples of Many similar and of occasional recoveries from had been labelled he says there is a biblical tradition in Over 600 Healing references in the a frequently cited passage is in Luke called the 12 together and gave them Power i Over All demons and to cure diseases parted and went through the gospel and Healing the spiritual Powers so common Attl were Price because of the i and science in recent he a ened with a railing Grade at Harvard i 1929 when he wrote his senior thesis on gospel a powerful Man who looks More stockbroker than a flashy Leader of the order of Luke and still i even in Price tells of certain cancer patient i or enjoyed Long or Days were he and other episcopal and Catholic club feet that straightened out after t crippled legs that lengthened in a matter of i cries from paralysis and but they i not to Promise instant cures to we dont have All the pleased How much Success we have i people Are working and Page u the stars and stripes the Leslie Long laying on hands at Thomas episcopal Cut