St. Hildegard's Community

Our Vision

Neighbor Tree
by Mary Truly ErmeyWE are a community of faith,
sharing from the springs of living water we know in our
own lives, and reaching out for others who thirst.

WE are restless in the Church that we love,
longing for faithful change.

WE see a flowering of the Holy Spirit,
drawing deeply from the lively tradition
to do a new thing for a new time.

WE recognize the Spirit,
calling us to boldness and passion.

WE want to follow Jesus
in compassion, and in the liberating discipline
of the Spirit.

BELONGING to the larger Body of Christ,
we are called to help recreate the Church for the
future, to be new wine in new wineskins, a Church in
reverent relationship to all creation.

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WE will reach out to those who long for
authentic COMMUNITY:
For those seeking intimacy with God, self, and others
that is gentle and generous, fostering accountability,
healing, and growth.

For those seeking the nurture and stretching of the
nephish, which encompasses both intellectual liveliness
and openness to the Wisdom of our bodies.

For women and men seeking discipleship and maturity in
faith, the deep listening for the piece of God's dream
which calls forth initiative and the releasing of unique
gifts and creativity in community.

For children and young people
who need a community which embodies
the hope-filled dream of God's abundant creation.

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WE will reach out to those who long to
WORSHIP the compassionate God
in beauty and in truth:

For those who long for liturgy that is truly a poetic
work of the people.

For those who seek emancipating speech about God that
challenges the assumptions woven into language by the
Domination System.

For those seeking richness of liturgical, sacramental
expression with diversity of music and arts.

For those who seek contemplative worship that calls
forth our creativity and our questions.

For those who seek to hear the word of the Gospel
enriched by the understanding of science and the wisdom
of other sacred traditions.

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WE will reach out to those who hear God’s
call to be a  PROPHETIC Church:

To create a partnership of men and women living in hope
as they work to heal the Domination System.

To make peace through active and creative non-violence
which will bring humanity beyond war.

To cherish and protect the earth as God‘s creation,
exploring the implications of the connectedness of all life.

To choose the struggle of the poor and powerless as our
own, knowing our own brokenness, and having compassion
and seeking justice for ourselves and others.

To embrace a lifestyle of simplicity which frees our
resources for the dream of God.

To belong to a beloved community open to the outcast and
the marginalized of our society.