Advent: A Four Day Experiential Journey at the Interfaith Center
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Advent Journey
Advent: A Four Day Experiential Journey at the Interfaith Center
Thursday, Dec 4, at 9-11am, Thursday 11,18, and Monday Dec 21st 9:30- noon
This Advent, step beyond simply reading scripture and singing hymns. Because Advent isn't only something to read about. It is something to feel, inhale, embody and be transformed by.
Join us for a 4-day immersive experience that engages body, mind and spirit as we prepare our hearts for Light's arrival.
Each session offers a different contemplative/performance engagement along with reflective moments designed to open us to wonder, hope and presence.
This Advent adventure is sponsored by St. Marguerite Faith Community, a fully inclusive member of the Independent Catholic Church.
New Women's Group
Greetings my friends
I would like to share some of the feedback and questions I have received from other women with regards to a women’s order or sisterhood. One personal note, I benefitted from a group of women at the manufacturing plant I worked at when I was young. I feel that a sisterhood like that also includes spiritual growth, so both spiritual and personal growth would be our goals.
Why start a new order when there are orders out there already?
Answer: There are wonderful women’s orders out there and we in a way are looking at Sisters of Charity, begun by St Marguerite D’Youville. Yet those that I have had conversations with want to be sure that when other women look us up, they do not discount our order because of the limitations, (real and perceived), that those orders have. One important point is that we would fully accept LGBTQ+
Aren’t you being exclusive in a church that promotes inclusion?
Answer: Although men are going to be welcome, it must be understood that it will be prioritized that it is a woman designed sisterhood. We recognize that many other women’s religious orders and societies are designed and overseen by male leaders.
Let me share a recent accidental experiment that happened. I was with a group of people (male and female with some who are gay) having a discussion about a women formed and led sisterhood. I shared how in my career I experienced different work environments made up of; equal numbers of men and women, or mostly women, or mostly men. I expressed how women act very differently in each environment (men do as well but for this I am only focused on women). The present day discussion went well. Then the men left (they had other commitments) and we women talked for another 20 minutes. Then one woman stopped us and was surprised that we had indeed begun to act differently. It was neither good nor bad, it was just different. Women have been suppressed from full expression that we hope men, even gay men, will be supportive.
How is the Order going to be different from the men’s?
Answer: The best way to explain it is that men line up and women go in a circle. Again I will use my own personal experience to help.
Looking back on my childhood I noticed that most of the time female teachers like doing breakout sessions in circles while male teachers had us in rectangles (or 2 lines facing each other).
Another Biblical example is the crossing at the Red Sea. In Exodus we “see” the line of people crossing but after they have crossed and the water returned, it is the women that dance and some translations say they danced in a circle. It may be that ‘in a circle’ is removed because dancing in a circle becomes synonymous with pagan rituals.
I don’t know that I am called to be a nun really, but a woman’s group sounds interesting.
Response: There are 2 responses for this;
Belonging and taking vows can be 2 different steps in your faith journey and each of us has our own journey. Those of us that have started talking about this Women’s Order feel that vows are personal.
This is also the developing stage and we would like to gather more points of view, address more questions and hear from more women. Your level of commitment is up to you and can change as your life changes. Also we are still working on what we want for meetings, for outreaches, for gatherings and/or retreats and how much of it we can do online? These are only some of the possibilities we are working on.
What about those that identify outside the gender binary?
Answer: If that person is comfortable to collaborate in a feminine tone with a bunch of women (at least during this development stage), they are welcome. As I indicated above, after this development period there would be open gatherings and events open to all people. One purpose is that it helps develop more communication between the feminine and masculine within the RCC, not separate into a splinter group.
I am interested so how do I get started and connect?
Email me at revlinda1221@gmail.com
or
Text me at 702-807-2615
Share your thoughts, questions and or ideas.
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