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
it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Second Inaugural Address
Wednesday, January 20, 1937
News updates:
CSB and BUCC to co-host Tea Time for Peace September 12th
In a break with tradition, Orthodox Jewish women are leading synagogues
CSB hosted the Ordination of four women - read the Cleveland Plain Dealer article
ARCWP Summer Newsletter now LEADING now available.
Catholic Women Preach homily for August 12th - Listen now
View archive of prior news updates
CSB and BUCC to co-host Tea Time for Peace September 12th
In a break with tradition, Orthodox Jewish women are leading synagogues
CSB hosted the Ordination of four women - read the Cleveland Plain Dealer article
ARCWP Summer Newsletter now LEADING now available.
Catholic Women Preach homily for August 12th - Listen now
View archive of prior news updates
From left to right:
Toni-Kay Attanasio, Susan Guzik, Mary Eileen Collingwood, Geraldine Lococo, Kathleen O’Connell Sauline
Ordination Day - June 30, 2018
Bishop Mary Eileen Collingwood, ARCWP, ordained four women in Brecksville, Ohio. Susan Guzik, was ordained a priest and Toni-Kay Attanasio, Geraldine Lococo and Kathleen O’Connor Sauline were ordained deacons.
Mary Eileen delivered the following homily:
We gather today to celebrate with great joy the ordination of Susan Marie Guzik as priest, and Toni-Kay Attanasio, Geraldine Lococo, and Kathleen O’Connell Sauline as deacons with the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.
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Bishop Mary Eileen Collingwood, ARCWP, ordained four women in Brecksville, Ohio. Susan Guzik, was ordained a priest and Toni-Kay Attanasio, Geraldine Lococo and Kathleen O’Connor Sauline were ordained deacons.
Mary Eileen delivered the following homily:
We gather today to celebrate with great joy the ordination of Susan Marie Guzik as priest, and Toni-Kay Attanasio, Geraldine Lococo, and Kathleen O’Connell Sauline as deacons with the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.
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Scripture readings
The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 18, 19 First Reading: Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm Response: Psalm 34:2-7 Second Reading: Ephesians 5:15-20 Gospel: John 6:51-58 The language used in this, and all our liturgies, is inclusive, celebrating our God who is neither female nor male, but beyond all our imagining! The source we use is The Inclusive Bible from the Priests for Equality at the Quixote Center. You can learn more about this marvelous translation here. |
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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
The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 12, 2018
The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 12, 2018
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The first part of today’s Gospel according to John shows something very real about Jesus’ life. People are grumbling about him. Instead of looking at how his speaking and doing and being show God’s ways, they say he’s too ordinary a person to speak or do or be that. The other three gospels tell that same kind of story. Luke’s gospel, for example, tells how, when Jesus leaves the desert and starts preaching in his home town, the people want to throw him headlong over the hill. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they ask. And Mark and Matthew tell pretty much the same story, with the people asking “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Isn’t he the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?” They were offended by what he said. read full homily |
This week's quote
A reader asks:
What do we know about Mary of Magdala?
What do we know about Mary of Magdala?
- She had seven demons cast out of her by Jesus (that is, he healed her of a serious illness).
- Along with other women, she provided financial support for Jesus' ministry.
- She stood by Jesus even as he suffered a horrible death.
- She was the first to whom Jesus revealed himself after the Resurrection.
- She was the one commissioned to go tell the apostles he was risen (hence the reference to her as "the apostle to the apostles").
- She has been woefully misrepresented in Catholic tradition, mostly due to Pope Gregory the Great's unfortunate sermon conflating her with a prostitute.
- Despite popular fascination with the book and movie, The DaVinci Code, there is no evidence that she married Jesus.
- Mary of Magdala was a faithful friend of Jesus who stood by him through thick and thin. This is the woman whom we celebrate today.
