Fr. Peter C. Sanders, Orat.
Adjunct Lecturer
Phone: 831-375-9769
email: ptrorat@sbcglobal.net
website: www.NewPentecost.org
“… to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” (Eph 4:12)
Fr Peter is passionate about strong, competent, and holy leadership in the Church. He teaches Field Education and Pastoral Theology at DSPT, bringing with him 24 years of ordained pastoral ministry experience. As a pastor of a parish, Provost of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Monterey and Director of New Pentecost Catholic Ministries, he participates in the spiritual, practical and intellectual formation of lay people and clergy.
At DSPT, his focus is to help prepare persons for both ordained and lay ministry in the practical world of real venues of Church life – and do it in a way that promotes the spiritual values of God’s Kingdom and based on a solid theological foundation.
Fr Peter has a great interest in the ministries of healing, evangelization and teaching. Jesus’ ministry brought the power of the God’s Spirit to the physical, emotional-psychological and spiritual dimensions of human existence, always with the purpose of building God’s Kingdom and bringing people into communion. Yet the ultimate embodiment of healing took place in Jesus’ death and resurrection. Likewise, a sharing in the Paschal Mystery by a minister brings power and authenticity into pastoral ministry.
These same dimensions were bequeathed to the Church for the extension of God’s Reign. This movement of the Spirit has followed institutionally in the administration of the sacraments. Yet, in addition to these, many people are endowed with charisms supplementing and complementing their natural talents. Part of the formation process is the recognition and development of these gifts, and the harmonizing them in the Body of Christ in a way that is Christ-like, mature and leads to communion.
The formative activities of Fr Peter’s ministry, done with ministry teams, include institutes, retreats and seminars for lay leaders in prayer, growth in character, worship, aspects of leadership. In addition, Fr Peter often preaches at conferences, leads worship and healing services. In Monterey, he is the rector of the Holy Spirit Chapel, a center of spirituality and counseling, where group and one-on-one ministry is conducted.
His formal education includes:
M. Div. Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
M.A. in Religious Education, University of San Francisco
M.A. in Counseling Psychology, University of Santa Clara
S.T.L. in Sacramental Theology, Jesuit School of Theology
Fr Peter’s ministry has taken him throughout North America, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and Africa.
Select Publication:
“Pneumatology in the Sacramental Theologies of Geoffrey Wainwright, Jean Cordon and Edward Kilmartin” in Worship, v. 68, no.4, July 1994.
The Holy Spirit in the Liturgy: an assessment of the pneumatological dimensions of Christian worship, Thesis for S.T.L., GTU library, 1994
Healing in the Spirit of Jesus, a practical guide for the ministry, Enumclaw, WA., Winepress Publishing, 2003.
El Ministerio en el Espiritu de Jesus: guia practica para ejercerlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006
The Power of Christian Testimony, New Pentecost Catholic Ministries, 2007
Numerous articles on the New Pentecost website at www.NewPentecost.org
Institutes, workshops and leadership seminars:
The Institute of Healing Ministry, 18-part teaching and workshop on the dimensions of healing prayer in the dioceses of Monterey, San Jose, & Oakland
The Institute for Intercessory Ministry, 13-part course of teaching and workshops on intercessory prayer, done in the dioceses of San Jose and Oakland
Conferences on Spiritual Freedom, five-part course of teaching and workshops in the Diocese of Sacramento
Acquiring the Temperament of Christ, six-part course of teachings and workshops for developing the Christian virtues in the Diocese of Oakland, Florence, Italy, Berazategui, Argentina.
Workshops the Charisms, teachings and workshops on recognizing, opening to and exercising the gifts of service for Christ’s Church, in the Archdioceses of San Francisco, Seattle, Monterey, San Jose, Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, Florence, Italy, Berazategui, Argentina.
Dealing with Difficult People, three-part teaching and workshop in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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