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: current homily
Shanon Marie Sterringer was ordained a priest July 10th, 2019
News archive.

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Statue that appears in the Museum am Strom:
Hildegard von Bingen
Bingen am Rhein, Germany

You are cordially invited to attend the 
Dedication of the Community of St. Hildegard
A NEW Woman Priest-led faith community in the
Roman Catholic tradition

Prayers and Rituals of Dedication
Bishop Mary Eileen Collingwood, ARCWP
Liturgical Presider Rev. Dr. Shanon Sterringer, ARCWP
Dedication and Liturgy of the Eucharist 
Ground Breaking of Hildegard Herb Garden

Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 1:00 pm.
Open House to follow
630 Plum Street
Fairport Harbor, OH  44077

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​​Shanon Marie Sterringer was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Women Priest Movement on Saturday, August 3, 2019, in Linz, Austria.  The ordaining bishops were Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger and Mary Eileen Collingwood.  Her diaconate ordination took place in Boston Hts., Ohio on July 10, 2019. She is the Founder and Director of the Hildegard Haus (formerly the Hildegarden) and the developing Community of St. Hildegard in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, and a member of the presiding team at the Community of St. Bridget in Brecksville, Ohio.  Continue reading

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Scripture readings: 
Twenty- Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14
Psalm 51
1 Timothy 1: 12-17
Gospel:  Luke 15: 1-10 25-33

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Homily for the Community of St. Bridget
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 17th, 2019

Our readings today mirror the message from last week on discipleship, only with concrete examples of what that message might include.  If you recall, the primary message last week was that discipleship can be a hard road to travel, but we don’t go it alone—there are people and signs from God that help us and support us along the way.  And this is the hope to which we cling.

This week we hear of Jeremiah’s plight, of how he has been scorned by those who fear his message will garner too much support, and so to curtail that message, his enemies throw him into a pit.  Yet a perfect stranger, who himself is on the margins of society, sees the injustice of it all and bails him out.  
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