Welcome to the Tabor Community
the brothers and sisters of the Transfiguration
About us
We are an Ecumenical, Inclusive, Intentional, non-residential Community in formation sponsored by the Inclusive Celtic Church
On Sunday August 3rd the community will be blessed during the Eucharist at the Church of St. Savior in San Francisco.
The sisters and brothers do not have to members of the ICC or the Church of St. Savior, nor live in San Francisco. They may be clergy, lay, men, women, L/G/B/T or straight.
We keep in contact through a googlegroup on line community.
We will strive to meet together once a year as a whole community.
Individual groups may meet together at least once a month.
Bishop Rusty & Mother Kaaren after making their promises and the launch of the Tabor Community August 3, 2008, at St. Savior's San Francisco
(for more photos of the launch of the community please see our More Photos page
in this web site)
We invite you to join with us in new adventure of a religious community!
Our Rule of Life and Promises (renewed annually)
Our Rule of Life and our promises are the same.
To seek the transfiguration of Christ in:
my being
my relationships
my community
our world
and this planet,
by contemplative witness in:
prayer
truth-listening and truth-telling
compassion
and active engagement with all and with whom I encounter each day.
Liturgical Life
The sisters and brothers are encouraged to commit to some form of daily prayer. Any daily office is appropriate or other forms or prayer, as long as it is consistent and is realistic for their daily lives. When gathered together in community, the following will be used:
Morning Prayer (Prayer in the Morning-A Book for Day’s Beginning, by Jim Cotter from Cairns Publications)
Daytime Prayer (anytime from noon through the evening) (Prayer in the Day-A Book of Mysteries, by Jim Cotter & Peter Perez from Cairns Publications)
Night Prayer (Prayer at Nights Approaching, by Jim Cotter from Morehouse Press)
Eucharist based upon forms found in “Love Re-membered” by Jim Cotter from Cairns Publications and the “Grail Liturgy” from the Grail Trust
Habit
The Thomas Merton Celtic Cross (for everyday) - see photo below
White hooded alb (for liturgical gatherings)- to see habit go to www.gloryandpraisevestments.com, click on catalogue, click on albs, see monastic alb.
Hooded Baja shirt in "natural" (optional)
On line Community (members only)
From the Mount
for more information please contact the Rt. Rev. Rusty Clyma, sbT at
photo of the Thomas Merton Cross
Some thoughts on the inspiration for this community from our founder, Bishop Rusty:
"Words that come to mind now are companioning the world, individuals,
our own spirits and one another. Contemplation in action (to borrow
from Merton) living on the edge (the thin places) and practicing
presence to each situation and person we encounter. I don't know, does
any of that make sense? There is obviously this sudden invitation to
Transfiguration that I am not even certain where that came from. It has
just suddenly lodged in my mind and my spirit. I don't know
Transfiguration as healing? Transfiguration as becoming who we really
are? It is about constantly leaving Tabor to take Transfiguration out
to the people and places and situations that are too tired to come up
the mountain?
Inspirations are groups like the little brothers and sisters of Jesus,
Teilhard de Chardin, Charles de Foucauld, The Jerusalem Community and
such, at least that's how it feels. The edge (thin places) I know is
the primary inspiration, I keep coming back to it. The loneliness of
the world and the loneliness of our own souls keeps popping up.
I am praying that it will all unfold and shake out in the next couple
of months, maybe not, maybe it is time to embrace the journey as the
point itself. That is very much the pattern of the Celtic Wanderers,
the Peregrini, no shrine or destination in mind just the sacredness of
the journey itself, because, well, we carry the shrine within us
wherever we go."
from a letter inquiring about the inspiration and vision for the Tabor Community