Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide sacramental services and education in a climate of openness and inclusiveness where all are welcome and empowered, and to engage in charitable undertakings for the common good. Our community is one of equals, encountering and engaging the world in which we live through our words and works.

May today there be peace within.
May you trust in God that you are exactly
where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given you.
May you be content knowing that you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. Amen.
— St. Therese of Lisieux

On the First Mother’s Day (1872)

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether our baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons will not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.” From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: “Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.

Julia Ward Howe

THERESE of Divine Peace Inclusive Community
Liturgies on SATURDAY at
5 o’clock pm.
First Unitarian Church
5007 Waterman Blvd. at Kingshighway
St. Louis, MO 63108
In the HOPE CHAPEL at the rear (alley) of the building
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Pastored by Roman Catholic Womenpriests:

Rev. Rose Marie (Ree) Hudson
636-208-5598
reehud@sbcglobal.net

Rev. Elsie Hainz McGrath
314-477-6089
elsiemc@sbcglobal.net

Holy Union Homily
(May 5, 2012)

What a blessed and wondrous occasion – a public witness of vowed love. And from two people who have weathered storms that most of us in this church cannot even imagine. The opportunity to be with couples as they proclaim their sacramental love for one another is a joy that never grows old.…

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