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.
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​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

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News updates:
ARCWP Summer 2019 Newsletter LEADING now available.
Catholic Women Preach homily for July 14th listen now.
News archive.

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Scripture readings: 
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
July 20th, 21st, 2019

First Reading:  Song of Songs 3: 1-4
Psalm: 63
Second Reading:  Romans 16: 1-7, 16
Gospel:  John 20: 1-2, 11-18

Why celebrate Mary of Magdala?
Feast Day: July 22

Mary Magdalene was a first century Jewish woman who followed Jesus throughout his ministry.  According to all four of the Gospels, she was the first person who saw the risen Christ, and was charged with preaching the Good News of the Resurrection to the other apostles.  This earned her the title "Apostle to the Apostles."  There is a strong tradition that when the Apostles departed from Jerusalem to preach to all the ends of the earth, Mary Magdalene also went with them.  She went to Rome where she visited Emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE) and proclaimed to him Christ's Resurrection.  According to legend, she brought him a red egg as a symbol of the Resurrection and new life, with the words: "Christ is Risen!"
~ Joan Chittister

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Homily for Holy Spirit Catholic Community
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 14th, 2019

In today’s gospel Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, 
a story of clergy scandal if there ever was one. 
Two people walk by a victim at the roadside, 
going out of their way to bypass his need and his suffering. 
First the priest, with his priestly duties to tend to. 
Then the Levite, assistant to the priest in the temple, 
sort of like today’s deacons, with his duties to tend to. 
The victim is already half-dead. 
If he died while they were touching him, 
they would be considered unclean for seven days 
and would have to go through elaborate cleansing rituals 
to make themselves clean again.  
They just don’t want to make themselves unclean 
for the temple rituals 
by trying to help this horribly battered man in need. 

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