St. Brigid’s Community
Sunday service
St. Brigid’s Community is a gathering of people
who find their soul nourished by the liturgy of the Book
of Common Prayer and ancient/future music. we meet on the first Sunday of the month at 5:00 PM at St. Augustine’s located
at Broadway and College. Free parking is available at
the church.
Our worship service is inclusive. We believe all are
included at the Lord’s Table as we join each week
to celebrate in communion and community. Your intellect
will be engaged. We also believe that critical thinking
is not separated from the pursuit of the mystery of faith.
The Bible is the sacred text of our faith. Its words
populate our worship as they did our ancestors. We celebrate
the beauty and the difficulty of the Bible. We are impassioned
by it, while at the same time we argue with it.
St. Brigid’s Community is open to all. You do
not have to be a part of the ASU campus life to attend
St. Brigid’s.
“To be Christian means to be in a primary
continuing conversation with the Bible as foundational
for our identity and vision.” Marcus Borg
“It’s important to know that the answer
to this condition is not simply to change the “card” (the
music or the preaching style), but the change must
come from the understanding of reality… it’s
not simply an issue of changing the packaging or method
but the very understanding of the reality of God. This
is why the creation of Christian community is so important
in the post-evangelical world.” Doug Pogitt
Why St. Brigid? Saint Brigid of Kildare, Ireland (453-523
CE) is often considered the patron saint of pilgrims.
She is known for patience, prayerfulness, inclusiveness,
her compassion and her power as a soul friend. Brigid
invented the double monastery with men and women. Tradition
has it she was ordained a Bishop. The Episcopal recognizes
St. Brigid on February 1st http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Ireland
“I would like the angels of heaven to be among
us. I would like an abundance of peace. I would like
full vessels of charity. I would like rich treasures
of mercy. I would like cheerfulness to reside over
all. I would like Jesus to be present. I would like
the three Marys of renown to be with us. I would like
friends of heaven to be gathered around us from all
parts. I would like myself to be a rent payer to the
Lord; that I should suffer distress, that he would
bestow a good blessing upon me. I would like a great
lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like to
be watching heaven’s family drinking it through
all eternity.” St. Brigid of Kildare
A neo-monastic community experience
St. Brigid’s Community is more than a Sunday service,
though. Many of us choose to form a web of people connected
across the globe who care about each other. Those that
decide to be a part of St. Brigid’s Community of
monastics covenant to live a new monastic form of life.
While it’s impractical for us all to live together
in a monastery (though we would all love to), we are
committed to a style of life that needs good prayer and
good food.
We encourage everyone to be intentional about creating
a pattern for their life that feeds the soul and the
body in a healthy way. A rhythmic prayer life matched
with care for the body often leads to the development
of a Rule of Life http://www.ohcmonks.org/Benedict.htm If
you are interested in being a part of this new monastic
community please contact the Chaplain. You will be mailed
a packet of information.
“Through a series of unexpected events, the
congregation was able to reinvent itself as a kind
of open monastic community – a place of spiritual
practices, hospitality, worship and justice.” Nora
Gallagher and Diana Butler Bass
“What lost or neglected metaphors can churches
rediscover or re-imagine that will help it reach out
to postmoderns? Church as monastic community? Mission outpost?
Artistic haven? Our metaphors will either free up or
constrict how we conceive of ourselves; they will determine
what we measure and value.” Timothy Keel
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