Welcome to the Community of St. Bridget
an inclusive Catholic community!
We are a lay led Roman Catholic eucharistic community served by Roman Catholic women priests.
The Community of St. Bridget, an inclusive Catholic community
shares the same location as the Brecksville United Church of Christ
23 Public Square, Brecksville, Ohio 44141
We are easily accessible from I-77 near the intersection of SR 21 and SR 82.
Please join in our joy and come celebrate with us!
Inspired by the words of Pope Francis,
we are a community that builds bridges, NOT walls.
Join us for Weekly Mass * Subscribe to our Email Newsletter
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The Community of St. Bridget, an inclusive Catholic community
shares the same location as the Brecksville United Church of Christ
23 Public Square, Brecksville, Ohio 44141
We are easily accessible from I-77 near the intersection of SR 21 and SR 82.
Please join in our joy and come celebrate with us!
Inspired by the words of Pope Francis,
we are a community that builds bridges, NOT walls.
Join us for Weekly Mass * Subscribe to our Email Newsletter
Visit us on Facebook * Contact us * Donate
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much;
it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Second Inaugural Address
Wednesday, January 20, 1937
News updates:
Women’s Ordination Conference demands Equal Voting Rights at Synod of Bishops
ARCWP Fall Newsletter LEADING now available.
Women priests in Brecksville offer alternative to traditional Roman Catholic Church
Catholic Women Preach homily for December 2nd - Listen now
View archive of prior news updates
Women’s Ordination Conference demands Equal Voting Rights at Synod of Bishops
ARCWP Fall Newsletter LEADING now available.
Women priests in Brecksville offer alternative to traditional Roman Catholic Church
Catholic Women Preach homily for December 2nd - Listen now
View archive of prior news updates
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Scripture readings
Second Sunday in Advent December 8th, 9th First Reading: Baruch 5:1-9 Psalm Response: Psalm 126 Second Reading: Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 Gospel: Luke 3:1-6 |
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Homily for the Community of St. Bridget
The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 4, 2018
The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 4, 2018
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This reading from Exodus says that God was testing the Israelites, but I don’t think that’s quite right. I think that when the scriptures say that God is testing us that it means that WE are testing us. Doesn’t God already know who we are and what we’ll do? We need to discover who we are and what we’re made of. We can look at this reading and think, “Those ungrateful Israelites! They were hungry and God fed them. What is their problem?” Sure, the bread was in a totally unrecognizable form. And it wasn’t made the way they thought, or baked the regular way; it was still bread, right? WE would never be like that. Whenever God provides us with bread (or a blessing) that doesn’t look like the bread (or the blessing) we were expecting, it’s just fine with us, right? We never doubt that, even though the way God feeds us or blesses us is completely foreign to what we hoped for, it’s just peachy. So the bread was not what they asked for, but it got them to where they needed to go, right? read full homily |
Homily for Holy Spirit Catholic Community
First Sunday in Advent
December 2nd, 2018
First Sunday in Advent
December 2nd, 2018
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In today's Gospel we hear another apocalyptic message from Luke, who takes a story created by Mark and modifies it to speak a message of hope to his own community. Luke has Jesus talking about the signs of Luke’s own time. It’s between 10 and 30 years after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, sometime between 50 and 80 years after the Resurrection, a time of chaos and disruption and diaspora. As scripture scholar Fr. Raymond Brown put it, Luke looks at the destruction that’s going on in his own time and gives hope to his community by having Jesus say that God’s promise of deliverance from the upheaval will be fulfilled. read full homily |
This week's quote
What if sharing our suffering, sharing our wounds, and sharing our moments of decision
could help another person see themselves anew?
What if sharing our story could allow another person to have their own "moment of decision"
to change, endure, persist, and triumph?
~Maria Shriver
What if sharing our suffering, sharing our wounds, and sharing our moments of decision
could help another person see themselves anew?
What if sharing our story could allow another person to have their own "moment of decision"
to change, endure, persist, and triumph?
~Maria Shriver
Frequently Asked Questions
A reader asks: If women priests are trying to change the way the Roman Catholic Church operates, why do you ordain bishops? Are you not perpetuating hierarchy, only a newer version, one that suits you?
Our answers to this and other questions HERE
A reader asks: If women priests are trying to change the way the Roman Catholic Church operates, why do you ordain bishops? Are you not perpetuating hierarchy, only a newer version, one that suits you?
Our answers to this and other questions HERE
