Holy Cross Day: A Special Feast Day for Companions
It is Holy Cross Day, 2021. Companions celebrate this occasion at Adelynrood, our beloved home base and retreat center, with a procession to what we call the “Great Cross.” It stands on a granite outcropping, reminding us who we are
We Remember Her
Each year, Companions gather in a memorial service to remember our sisters who have died in the past year. We celebrate lives well lived and mark a Companion’s move to what we lovingly call the Paradise Chapter.
The Call of Spiritual Direction
Sometimes the “changes and chances of this life,” instead of wearing us down, present us with something life-giving instead. Which is how I found myself drawn to spiritual direction.
Mechthild of Magdeburg: Leaping into Love
Mystic, visionary, artist of transcendent word imagery, self-described “unruly woman of God” – Mechthild of Magdeburg has a voice that soars with radiance across the 800 years since she was alive.
ENJOYING THOSE LITTLE BOXES
Surprise! What a rich experience meeting on Zoom is turning out to be for Companion chapters. We are getting good at enjoying each other in little boxes. Of course we miss the hugs, the spontaneous laughter, singing together, but it’s
NOONDAY PRAYER (NDP) DURING A PANDEMIC
Companions from all over the United States have connected with Companions and Discerners who previously were only names in prayer requests. We celebrate life events. We are present to those living alone. We join the Companions for our individual reasons
EMILY MALBONE MORGAN
If you come to a service in The Episcopal Church on February 25 and the “saint” commemorated is “Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader and Contemplative, 1937,” you may well wonder, “Who is that? Never heard of her.”
THE THREAD THAT LED ME TO COMPANIONS
I hope that you will come at the right time, too. When we meet there, in that circle, I’ll probably have my knitting with me, and we will make the time for one another to find that long thread together.
LISTENING TO INDIGENOUS VOICES
For Midwest Companion chapters, our October 2020 regional conference demonstrated this dynamic. The theme was Listening to Indigenous Voices: What Do We Need to Hear?