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 Autumn 2019 Newsletter LEADING now available.
Catholic Women Preach: current homily
Shanon Marie Sterringer was ordained a priest July 10th, 2019
News archive.

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Scripture readings: 
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, October 12, 2019, 5PM

2 Kings 5: 14-17
Psalm 98
2 Timothy 2: 8-13
Luke 17: 11-19

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​​Rev. Dr. Shanon M. Sterringer, ARCWP
September 15, 2019
Homily for the Dedication of the
Community of St. Hildegard in Fairport Harbor, OH

In the Gospel we just heard, Jesus tells his disciples, they will expel you from the synagogues. I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you’ll remember that I told you ahead of time.  

While preparing for this liturgy, my husband asked me if I was going to start the homily with a joke.  I thought about it and here goes: “They will expel you from the synagogues” – and then they will send you letters of excommunication and post your name in the parish bulletin… History has shown us time and time again, no individual or institution, regardless of its perceived power, can stop the work of the Holy Spirit.  Continue reading

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Homily for the Community of St. Bridget
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, September 28, 2019

According to our calendars, five days ago our world experienced the Autumn Equinox— I have tapped into the words of Lindsay McLauglin from the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community in Harpers Ferry, WV, to describe this period of Equinox, a time when the sun appears to stand still.  It is a time of balance amid change, a threshold time between what was and what will be.

Each time one season flows into another is an opportunity to shift focus, to move with the Earth, to change perspective and see what happens.​
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