Walking The Prophetic Journey
Eucharistic
Liturgies for 21st Century Small Faith Communities
Mary
Beben and Bridget Mary Meehan
 Mary
Beben is a presider for a small faith community in Burke, Virginia and serves as
a spiritual director and counselor. She
is currently studying full-time for her degree in psychology and women’s
spirituality. She counts among her
greatest blessing her 41 year marriage to her husband, Joseph, with whom she has
raised six children and with whom she has also traveled the world in the service
of the U.S. Military. She has spent her life studying theology and spirituality and
developing methods to help awaken the people of God to their full inheritance of
God’s kingdom/queendom among us.
 Bridget
Mary Meehan, a Sister for Christian Community (SFCC) holds a doctorate in
ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts degree in
Spirituality from the Catholic University of America.
She is a spiritual director, conference speaker, retreat director,
workshop leader and consultant in women’s spirituality in Europe and the
United States. She is the author of
eighteen books, including The Healing Power of Prayer (Liguori Publications) Exploring
The Feminine face of God, Delightin (National Catholic Reporter), Heart
Talks with Mother God, (Liturgical Press), Heart Talks with Mother God, and Praying With Women of the Bible (Liguori Triumph). She is a producer
and host of Godtalk, a new cable TV
program that aims to nurture the soul heal the heart, expand consciousness,
transform lives, and inspire believers of all faiths.
Dr. Meehan offers a visionary approach to wholeness and healing for women
and men as disciples of Jesus and equals in the contemporary world. She also
coordinates a Women Eucharist group in Northern virginia and is the president of
The Federation of Christian Ministries.
Both
of the authors are certified members of the Federation of Christian Ministries
and are authorized to witness marriages, preside at liturgies, proclaim the
gospel and function as ministers of the Christian Church.
They
are available separately or together, to facilitate the emergence of small faith
groups as they begin to take steps toward egalitarian and reverent liturgies.
They may be consulted for retreats, workshops, and private spiritual
direction.
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