[Nfb-krafters-korner] Principal of Pray Shawl

[Terry Knox]

About the Shawls...


In 1998, Janet Severi Bristow and Victoria Galo, two graduates of the 1997
Women's Leadership Institute at The Hartford Seminary in Hartford,
Connecticut gave birth to a ministry as a result of their experience in this
program of applied Feminist Spirituality under the direction of Professor
Miriam Therese Winter, MMS. Compassion and the love of knitting/crocheting
have been combined into a prayerful ministry and spiritual practice which
reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace, as well as in
celebration and joy. Many blessings are prayed into every stitch.


Whether they are called Prayer Shawls, Comfort Shawls, Peace Shawls, or
Mantles, etc., the shawl maker begins with prayers and blessings for the
recipient. The intentions are continued throughout the creation of the
shawl. Upon completion, a final blessing is offered before the shawl is sent
on its way. Some recipients have continued the kindness by making a shawl
and passing it onto someone in need. Thus, the blessing ripples from
person-to-person, with both the giver and receiver feeling the unconditional
embrace of a sheltering, mothering God!

(*The shawls can also be crocheted, quilted, woven or machine knitted as
well!)

 

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