by Carol Bradsen

Ecowomanism: Servant Leadership School Offering for Winter 2019

To Honor the Earth January 10 — March 28, 2019, 10 classes Thursdays/afternoon and evening classes Afternoon 4 pm — 6 pm  CST Evening 7 pm — 9pm CST With Melanie Harris’s book, Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths, as inspiration and guide, we’ll dig into our own stories—How did you and I grow up in relationship with Earth?  How were our ancestors rooted in honoring earth?  What resources are to be found in faith traditions honoring earth?  Melanie Harris shares her own story as well as a womanist process that challenges the white, usually…

by Carol Bradsen

A Retreat with St. Hildegard’s Community: February 2019

HILDEGARD’S KIN-DOM JOURNEY: a Way of Life Embodying the Circle of Love You are invited to a time of future-visioning in the spirit of Hildegard of Bingen. We will be sharing our practices of embodying the circle of love in our daily lives and in community. WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday, February 14 through 2 p.m. Sunday, February 17, 2019 WHERE: Cedarbrake Retreat Center in Belton, Texas (60 miles north of Austin) Come explore being part of St. Hildegard’s as we grow into a dispersed Community. We also welcome you if you are seeking spiritual resources personally…

by Virginia Marie Rincon

Reflections from Sister Virginia Marie and Sister Margo on the Global Climate Summit in San Francisco Sept 12-14

Reflection from Sister Virginia Marie Rincon on the Global Climate Summit in San Francisco. I remember as we waited to enter Grace Cathedral how my heart was beating so fast and at the same time feeling an overwhelming sense of peace that we, the indigenous people, were no longer invisible, at least for that glorious moment.  I had been asked by Bishop Marc Andrus of the Diocese of Northern California and who is also the Bishop Visitor for our community, St. Hildegard,  to open the Global Climate worship event with the sacred ceremony of the…

by Virginia Marie Rincon

Sister Margo attends the Rise Up For Climate Change March

I was a holder of this parachute all through the march yesterday in San Francisco.  I was singing  "Mother I Feel You Under My Feet."  After I finished the song, a butterfly landed on this boy who was in front of us on the march. It was so wonderful to have a song to sing.  It is a little anti climactic to march and not make a song heard from your heart.  Thank you St. Hildegard's for giving me the song that sings what my heart knows.  

by Virginia Marie Rincon

Sister Margo’s article on General Convention 2018

General Convention 2018 Austin    Some of us Hildegardians attended the General Convention of the Episcopal Church this July in Austin. With a gathering of 10,000 Episcopalians, there were a lot of interesting events to choose from. I played it simple, and went to events planned by groups we at St. Hildegard's are connected with.  Of the four events I attended, I want to bring news from the Diocese of California night, which was something that brought me a new understanding of Episcopal involvement in projects to reduce the hardships impacting populations of people that…

by Virginia Marie Rincon

St. Hildegard community invites you to join us

Friday, July 6 at 9 am-10:15 CDT Traditional and New: Religious Communities in TEC The Religious Life lives at the heart of the Church in the Episcopal Church (USA). Join us for a conversation about Religious Life in current times--its traditional, new and yet-to-be expressions. Sr Faith Margaret, CHS and President of CAROA (Conference of Religious Orders in the Americas) will moderate the panel featuring members of both traditional and new religious communities as well as your questions.   Location:  St. David’s Episcopal Church Austin, Texas,  301 E. 8th St., Austin, Texas Sunday, July 8,  St. Hildegard…

On June 25th of this year, The St. Hildegard Community of seven professed members celebrated their foundation day anniversary.    St. Hildegard's Community is devoted to the greening of the church in ways that flow from the life of Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth century Benedictine abbess.  We offer our local expression of community as a seed that will grow into a dispersed community of individuals and perhaps someday, sister communities. Click to see professed members photos