May 2009
The Triple Crescent
RCGI Newsletter, Vol 2, Issue 2
{RCGI} {Donate to RCGI} {Motherhouse Blog} {Seasonal Salon} {WTI}
Gathering of Priestesses & Goddess Women

May 15 - 17, 2009
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
celebration

Come help us celebrate RCGI's 25th Anniversary!

 The Gathering is almost Sold Out - register NOW to reserve your space!

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Current Members

RCGI is an international congregation of Goddess Women. Currently, 2,921
women have signed the Affirmation of Women's Spirituality and become members of the Congregation.








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RCGI Hallows Gathering
WTI group









October 16-18, 2009
Wisconsin Dells, WI

Save the date
to come celebrate the magick of Hallows with RCGI!

 


Highlights of the Gathering

This is what you have to look forward to when attending the upcoming Gathering!

RCG-I 25th Anniversary Celebration
Ordination Ritual of RCG-I Priestesses

WTI group

Workshops

  • Patricia Monaghan -Goddess by Degrees: Academic Study & Goddess Worship
  • Jade River - Deepening:  Prayer and Magic
  • Barb Lutz - The Art of Altars: Methods, Materials & Meaning
  • Kim Duckett - Goddess Wimmin's Psychologies
  • Sid Reger - Seneca Grandmothers' Dance
  • Bellezza Squillace - Goddess Wimmin Prayer Flags
  • Dana Alder - Welcome In!
  • Letecia Layson & Holin Kennen - The Magic of Menopausal Madness
  • Beyond the Door Drummers - Drumming 101
  • Lee Melchior - Constructing a Goddess Puppet
  • Kip Parker - The Future of Bards: Sharing our Wisdom in a New Age
  • Marguerite Rigoglioso - Unveiling Women's Holiest Mystery: Divine Birth
  • Ayla Heartsong - The Soul of Chants/Chants of the Soul
  • Nano Boye Nagle - Ritual Drumming
  • Bendis - Creating & Diving with Ogham Twigs
  • Nano Boye Nagle - Emotional Freedom, Healing & Returning to Self
  • Kathy Erdman - Auras
  • Letecia Layson - The Babaylan, Past, Present & Future: An Indigenous Filipina Goddess Lineage

Sharing Wealth While Times Are ToughWTI group

I began WTI, back when it was still called Cella, with the help of a $50 check from a sister witch.  I had sat rapt, listening through the informational discussion with a sinking heart.  A poor college student, I knew that I did not have the money to join, even though the program just felt right.  A woman (whose face, but not name, I remember clearly) turned to me and said that she would give me the $50.  My Path began with that simple act.  It was a theme throughout my WTI experience; unexpected support was always there when I needed it.

These days, we want to dig in and hold on to what is ours.  It is a time when we forget how important community is; how important it is to ask for help.  A middle class girl, I was taught that asking for financial help was shameful.  But the truth is, we are strongest when we work together in community - when we let the abundance flow like water from those who have to those who need and then back again.

Giving money is a simple way to energetically connect with and support RCGI's diverse and far flung community.  As it flows from you, so it shall flow to you.  If you have a little extra, donate to the RCGI Scholarship Fund so your sisters can follow the Path if they feel Called.  Donate to the RCGI Motherhouse Care Fund so that the center of our community can continue to stand solid and strong.  Or donate to the RCGI Community Fund to help your sisters in need.

Set up a monthly donation to support RCGI.   A small donation of $1 to $5 per month means a world of difference -- imagine if each of RCGI's almost 3,000 members just gave $1 a month!  And monthly donations are easier than ever with our online system.  Click on the link below to get started.  May Abundance and Support always be there when you need it!
- Debby Zygielbaum,
Priestess of RCGI
 


Daily Celebrations

May 1-Beltane
Bathe your eyes in morning dew to get a glimpse of your true love; celebrate as usual.

May 2-Fire Festival of Bona Dea
The "good Goddess" was worshipped in secret women's rites led by Vestal Priestesses. Be creative.

May 3-Feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland
Feast day honoring Mary as the Great Mother and Her role in fertility.

May 4-Irish holiday honoring sacred wells
Put some fresh spring water on your altar today. Drink some as a prelude to any healing work oWTI groupr for trance induction prior to Otherworld journeying.

May 5-Guatemalan Rain Ceremonies
Use the altar spring water from yesterday to do some rain making magic. Sprinkle it on a garden, pour it on a rock, and ask that the nurturing rains come at just the right time to assure an abundant harvest for the world.

May 6-Day of dedication to the Star Goddess
Stay up late tonight and star gaze; learn the myths associated with the constellations you are able to identify.

May 7-Day of Anukins, Goddess of Fertility of the Nile
Create a "flood" on your altar and ask that all those in Africa and every other place in need have enough to eat this year.