https://www.benincasacommunity.org/home daily 1.0 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632677077844-F8PUP2WYM0I4MZIP5SG8/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+13-13-37+Karen+Gargamelli-McCreight+on+Instagram+%E2%80%9CBill+and+Sean+give+Thomas+an+adventure+at+guilfo%5B...%5D.png Home - Ready for a visit? We welcome visitors year-round for group retreats, community celebrations, farming help, environmental workshops, volunteer opportunities, and healing on the land. Contact us directly, or join our mailing list for bi-monthly reflections and the latest on upcoming events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632676937549-MSOV5WH7CQFIFAHM3VT2/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+13-15-21+Karen+Gargamelli-McCreight+on+Instagram+%E2%80%9CFront+of+the+house+got+a+makeover+%E2%80%9D.png Home - The Benincasa Community Motherhouse @ Fisher’s Nook Established in New York City in 2015 by three, young lay catholics desiring a more inclusive, diversity affirming way to live out their shared faith, Benincasa has grown to include over 600 engaged individuals from around the world who are committed to our most pressings peace movements for racial, environmental, gender, and economic justice. Now, our community’s “green” motherhouse in Guilford, CT is changing the way a radical faith life is practiced and understood. https://www.benincasacommunity.org/about daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://www.benincasacommunity.org/gather daily 0.75 2022-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632707600684-ZOXZ1KELGY01ZDG3IKSQ/IMG_4651%281%29.jpg Gather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632708683531-RLIEGHOCYS78FE5SP49D/Screenshot%2B2021-09-26%2Bat%2B22-10-12%2BBenincasa%2BCommunity%2B-%2BBenincasa%252BCommunity_Timeline%252Bw%252Bpictures%2Bpdf.jpg Gather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632708902974-E9390J3TRIEMQ8KSTYKZ/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+13-11-55+Karen+Gargamelli-McCreight+on+Instagram+%E2%80%9CPhotos+by+the+very+talented+Laura+Mogollon+Lee+-%5B...%5D.png Gather https://www.benincasacommunity.org/tend daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632710528952-BNLJZGUQ4BBP37UN3BF6/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+22-41-47+San+Martin+de+Porres+213+by+William+Hart+McNichols.png Tend - Medicine for the heart and body. Martin de Porres Field Acting in right relationship with Earth and one another. This is the basis of all play in the Martin de Porres Field, a living meadow for migratory species of birds and insects which rely of pollinator plants. Since St. Martin, a Domincan brother from Peru, was a doctor-healer who relied significantly on the wisdom he cultivated through natural remedies, the area around the ball field is maintained with a variety of native medicinal plants. Every year, Benincasa hosts regular nature walks and workshops, watershed conservation seminars, and an annual fall harvest festival and softball tournament in this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632710586802-ABES1QDF5VMZKU0FS6H7/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+13-17-04+Karen+Gargamelli-McCreight+on+Instagram+%E2%80%9CAnna+%28Karen%E2%80%99s+and+Sean%E2%80%99s+niece%29+took+these+photo%5B...%5D.png Tend - Encountering Mutually Enhancing Relationships Natural Diversity A pond, a river, a hillside, bountiful woodlands, meadows, trails, and countless species of birds, turtles, frogs, insects, rabbits, deer, and groundhogs all adorn the modest 6.5 acre landscape at Fisher’s Nook. Through healing encounters with this natural world, members of the human species are encouraged to contemplate each individual’s innate holiness, the necessity of diversity for a thriving community, and our deep interdependence upon one another for survival. Activists, groups, and individuals with limited access to nature are ensured special priority for visits. Humans are a part of the whole Earth community, not apart from it, and her wisdom can guide us in the struggle to achieve racial, gender, environmental, and economic justice. https://www.benincasacommunity.org/the-center daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632710916145-FGLV2994OFEPFPKL2V7G/20160502T1110-3055-CNS-OBIT-BERRIGAN.jpg The Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632711161143-958RIG3JGGC77IWUNH2O/Screenshot_2021-09-13%2B%2BTrusting%2Bin%2Bthe%2BUnimaginable%2B-%2BMay%2B2021%2BJune%2B2021%2BNewsletter%25284%2529.jpg The Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632711323072-0TEALXCWFL0VCFU3B95V/Screenshot+2021-09-26+at+13-12-18+Karen+Gargamelli-McCreight+on+Instagram+%E2%80%9CPhotos+by+the+very+talented+Laura+Mogollon+Lee+-%5B...%5D.png The Center https://www.benincasacommunity.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632704032756-SJPUMP8LI93Y1YM0ENW0/Fisher%27s+Nook+Logo+3+copy%281%29.jpg Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.benincasacommunity.org/grow daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614e6d8144f08f51acc768dc/1632710235026-R88WRDMFSJ6TZOAIIP6C/Peter+Maurin%2C+St.+Isidore%27s+Farm%2C+Aitkin%2C+MN%2C+1941+CROP.jpg Grow - Scholars must become workers, so workers can become scholars. Peter Maurin Garden Peter Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with Dorothy Day in 1933. In addition to establishing a house of hospitality in New York City to share the works of mercy with those in need, Peter imagined an “agronomic university” in rural settings where farm and trade programs could be learned in community with others. The Peter Maurin Garden at Fisher’s Nook aims to participate in this effort through restoration farming practices, sharing everything grown with local food pantries and soup kitchens, and providing opportunities for people to put their hands in the soil with purposeful, life-giving work on the land. https://www.benincasacommunity.org/newletter-archive daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://www.benincasacommunity.org/house-church-homilies daily 0.75 2022-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847767761-J2M1HI20BXRQ9XCR0HUD/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg House Church Homilies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618502539595-SQVFPHXO9PZ30YYYQ1LK/Large%2BJPG-20140228_Trade%2B151_0046.jpg House Church Homilies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618499940057-NOSVTAF5RUJ93L845Q7V/20140301_Trade%2B151_0124-Cropped.jpg House Church Homilies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847758762-K3GBXS5IJOG1B9FHF8T2/Large%2BJPG-Aro%2BHa_0428.jpg House Church Homilies