Resurrection Community Celebrates Inclusive Catholic Eucharist in Cincinnati Monthly: All are Welcome!

Janice Sevre-Duszynska and Paul Hoeffer

On Feb. 13th about 90 people gathered in Cincinnati for our monthly Eucharist. Some
came from the city, others
from northern Kentucky and Dayton. Each month we have first-timers who come up
to me and say, "I've been looking
for this for so long. I am grateful to be here."
Ours is an every-growing Eucharist Community and truly a discipleship of equals.
Our name is Resurrection Community and we have been  gathering together as the
people of God three years this May. In the emergence of our faith community we
have had the support of loving and prophetic people...
During the summer when it is hot, we gather in the church which has air
conditioning. During the other months, we celebrate as the people of God in the
fellowship hall at tables where there is also bread and wine for all to
consecrate along with the priest.  Our music and songs are coordinated with our
theme. People are invited to give homilies and become part of the liturgy
committee. For two years, we used ARCWP's worship aide and sometimes folks wrote
original Eucharist prayers. Now we are putting together our own liturgies and
they, too, are  grounded and meaningful.
At our Ash Wednesday liturgy last night, a first-timer told me she cried when
she gave Eucharist to the person sitting next to her, saying; "You are the Body
of Christ." In our faith community, we are living the Kindom experience of 
liberation and empowerment.
Janice Sevre-Duszynska, arcwp
www.arcwp.org