Father Robert DeGrandis is a member of the Society of St. Joseph. His work has included ministries in radio, national television, newspaper, work, and college and hospital chaplaincies. He became involved in the Catholic Renewal in 1969. For a year he directed prayer and leadership groups on the island of Grenada, in the West Indies. He has worked with groups in Guyana, Brazil,Trinidad, the West Indies, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. He gave the keynote address at the Brazilian National Catholic Convention and was also the main speaker at the National Methodist Charismatic Convention held in 1976 in the United States. He has also ministered in England, Scotland, Italy, Germany, and Venezuela. Some of his writings include The Ten Commandments of Prayer, Healing and Catholics, The introduction to the Healing Ministry, The Power of Healing Prayer, Growth in the Spirit, Failure in Your Life, Deliverance, and To Forgive ls Divine. He and Betty Tapscott coauthored the books entitled Self-image and Forgiveness and inner Healing (Spanish translation is Perdonar Y Sanidad interior). Father DeGrandis is presently involved in a full-time teaching, leadership training and healing ministry across the United States. He is a member of the Association of Christian Therapists and a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.