From the Free-Range Priest

To access a PDF of Cathie Caimano’s final report, simply click here.

During the course of the 2020 Advent season, we were fortunate to be able to hold four “retreat” sessions on Zoom, facilitated by The Rev’d Cathie Caimano. You can read more about these sessions by clicking here, where you will also be able access the retreat videos that Cathie crafted for us.

On May 27, 2021, Cathie met with us via Zoom for a final session, and has now provided us with a final report reflecting on what she saw and heard from our community. This report is available by clicking here, and we would particularly draw your attention to the final four pages, where you will be able to read her material based on our May 27 follow-up meeting.

It is important to note that Cathie’s work with us was made possible using funds drawn from our “Communities of Calling” grant from the Collegeville Institute. From the outset we envisioned her role as being analogous to the monastic model of having a team from another monastery visit for the purpose of taking a “reading” of things and providing an evaluation of the community’s life and work. We are grateful to have had such an opportunity.