Welcome to the Community of St. Bridget
an inclusive Catholic community!
We are a member-led Catholic Eucharistic Community served by 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.
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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 Liturgy * Subscribe to our Email Newsletter
Visit us on Facebook * Contact us * Donate
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors.
But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
~Khalil Gibran
But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
~Khalil Gibran
Coronavirus Precautions and Liturgical Practice
Due to the physical distancing necessary during this current coronavirus pandemic, there will be no in-person liturgies at the Brecksville location until further notice. Liturgical prayers will go out each week via our e-newsletter, and Zoom liturgies will be held every Sunday at 12 Noon. Please make sure you contact us to get your name and email address on our invitation list. All are welcome!
Due to the physical distancing necessary during this current coronavirus pandemic, there will be no in-person liturgies at the Brecksville location until further notice. Liturgical prayers will go out each week via our e-newsletter, and Zoom liturgies will be held every Sunday at 12 Noon. Please make sure you contact us to get your name and email address on our invitation list. All are welcome!
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests Respond to Chauvin Verdict:
Call for Systemic Justice and Accountability
Wednesday April 21st, 2021
The guilty verdicts in the case against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021 felt like victory. The tears of relief and vindication shed on the streets of Minneapolis were shared in many cities and towns all over the country and the world. We the women and men of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) share these feelings and reflect them in our own tears and prayers of thanksgiving for accountability in this case. But we recognize that accountability in one case is a far cry from justice for all. Because if this verdict is victory, it is a victory of one lap in a very long race. Accountability for one man’s unjust death. Accountability attained in the face of highly incriminating evidence provided by a teenager with a cellphone. Accountability brought to bear only after another attempted cover-up of police malpractice. Real justice remains elusive for so many marginalized people as they interact with the system.
Justice for all will only become reality in this country with the passage of real criminal justice and police reform. ARCWP stands in solidarity with all who are working to dismantle every system of inequality, oppression and domination of people of color, LGBTQI and other marginalized people. We pray, along with Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, that we as a nation are ready to “clear the field to be ready for new seed.” (Richard Rohr, 4/20/21) In the meantime, we continue the race. And we say their names.
Call for Systemic Justice and Accountability
Wednesday April 21st, 2021
The guilty verdicts in the case against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021 felt like victory. The tears of relief and vindication shed on the streets of Minneapolis were shared in many cities and towns all over the country and the world. We the women and men of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP) share these feelings and reflect them in our own tears and prayers of thanksgiving for accountability in this case. But we recognize that accountability in one case is a far cry from justice for all. Because if this verdict is victory, it is a victory of one lap in a very long race. Accountability for one man’s unjust death. Accountability attained in the face of highly incriminating evidence provided by a teenager with a cellphone. Accountability brought to bear only after another attempted cover-up of police malpractice. Real justice remains elusive for so many marginalized people as they interact with the system.
Justice for all will only become reality in this country with the passage of real criminal justice and police reform. ARCWP stands in solidarity with all who are working to dismantle every system of inequality, oppression and domination of people of color, LGBTQI and other marginalized people. We pray, along with Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, that we as a nation are ready to “clear the field to be ready for new seed.” (Richard Rohr, 4/20/21) In the meantime, we continue the race. And we say their names.
Homily – Trinity Sunday
May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021
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Past discoveries of our physical universe have plunged us into a new era of understanding the creative force that drives change. This change manifests itself in the physical world as ancient and contemporary scientists, along with expansive pictures from the Hubble telescope, obliterate the ancient thought of the world being held in a dome on a flat surface. We know now that the cosmos is a dynamic force that continues to expand and recreate itself. --The Divine Verb: Our Creator’s Imagination, 2018 by MECollingwood (an excerpt) In other words, our universe continues to be born in relationship to all the creative forces that energize it. As that force expands, the relationship grows deeper. This dynamic is called “grace.” Grace then can be understood as the active and holy communion of all creative energies. continue reading |
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