To Live Sacramentally, To Labor Faithfully, and To Love Universally The New Monasticism and the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC The New Monasticism arises not as a rejection of the ancient monastic traditions, but as their renewal within the life of…
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Coworkers of Christ
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The Coworkers of Christ: An Affirmation of Vocation
The Coworkers of Christ: An Affirmation of Vocation By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC “We are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” — 1 Corinthians 3:9 I. Who We Are We, the Coworkers of Christ, gathered in the freedom of the Spirit and the unity of love,…
Faith, Conscience & Common Good
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The No Kings Protest: A Christian Perspective
The No Kings Protest: A Christian Perspective On June 14, 2025, millions of Americans took to the streets in what has become known as the No Kings Protest, a nationwide demonstration against authoritarianism and political corruption. Among those standing in solidarity were Christians, committed to justice, peace, and the teachings…
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A Consecration I Didn’t Seek, and the Grace I Found
On the Feast of St. Kevin of Glendalough, nineteen years ago today, June 3, 2006, I was consecrated to the episcopacy and made a bishop within the Free Catholic tradition. It was a day marked by equal measures of challenge and grace, shadow and blessing. The truth is, the day…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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Betrayal: That Cold-Hearted Kiss
I had written this several years ago after Holy Week and Easter. And I thought it appropriate to post it here at this time. I hope you find it as illuminating reading it as I did writing it. Blessings upon your head, your heart, your home, and your own loved…
Poetry, Prose & Prayer
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Hoping For Resurrection
on the back of an ass riding into town faint praise turns to criticism all too often in a garden of woe lies are the seeds and betrayal is the perennial bloom thorns are treacherous hanging betwixt heaven and earth suffering and forsaken lost and alone crying out love and…
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The Seal of Confession
Confession is such a spiritually important and often over looked and misunderstood sacrament of the Church. And while I’d agree that most of the traditional seven sacraments are misunderstood and often overlooked it has been my experience as a priest that the Sacrament of Confession tops such a list. A…
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Validity, Legitimacy, & Education
Recently I had the occasion to dialogue with a young priest in the ISM (Independent Sacramental Movement) on Facebook. While he wasn’t necessarily young in age, he hadn’t been ordained long. The conversation started with some folks talking about the need for better training for clergy in the ISM, or…
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The Work of St. Martin’s Lent: The Blessing of the Kindling
I awoke to a cold, drizzly, blue, mist-soaked morning here on Bear Mountain, and immediately two thoughts rose up in me. First, we have entered what I’ve long called the “blue time of the year”, not only in terms of how the season settles on the spirit, but in the…