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Last updated: 4-24-2008

The first TEC weekend was held October 9-11, 1965.  During the following years the TEC movement met with great success in the Lansing Diocese and was shared with many other dioceses near and far.  However, no over-seeing authority to moderate the quality of the process was in place. As a result, the original process underwent various changes in various places, until under the same name of TEC, a vast variety of manuals were being used. In Lansing itself, the number of weekends was such that the adequate preparation of adult teams suffered, and by 1970, the local movement closed down. However, strong centers throughout the U.S. continued to maintain the high quality in the original movement.  

Beginning in 1975, these solid centers of the movement, sensing the need for unity and clarity in their work, started to come together to share their experiences and efforts to maintain authentic spirituality in the movement. These annual gatherings resulted in the formation of the National TEC Conference, an organization designed to sustain the spiritual quality of the local movements. One of the projects that was constantly in the forefront of their considerations was the publication of an official manual which would contain clear concepts and authentic norms for the unfolding of the process.

In the summer of 1984 in Omaha, Neb., concrete plans were laid to draw the fragmented movement together and re-establish it on the basis of the original principles and spirituality.  Through a series of annual workshops and retreats over a 12-year period a group of TEC leaders developed the material for an official manual.  

In recent years, the word "national" has been dropped from the title TEC Conference, and the TEC Leadership Council, which guides the work of the Conference, has assumed a more spiritual role in the movement. Within the Council, a spirituality committee has been established to monitor and facilitate the proper unfolding of the movement. No local TEC Movement may be established unless it is under the direct authority of the local bishop. Since the renewal of the movement, it has been growing at a rapid pace.

At present there are over 100 TEC communities all over the United States as well as in Germany, Lithuania, and Czech Republic.