Louisville, KY

The Louisville LCG group began meeting in 1990. From six to eight members typically attend their monthly meetings. They have twenty-five persons on a email list who are informed of their meetings.

The group usually meets on the third Monday evening of the month at The Merton Center on the campus of Bellarmine University in Louisville. Activities include group quiet prayer and discussions of a wide variety of contemplative issues and practices.
The contact is: Jon Siegrist jon.siegrist@dsm.com
 

Cincinnati, OH

The community was formed in 1988 and along with the Louisville group was one the original groups to begin meeting regularly.  We currently have fifteen members; three from the Dayton area and two from Northern Kentucky.   Most recently the group has been welcomed by the Franciscan Poor Clares to conduct our days of prayer at their Monastery of St. Clare located in Springfield Township north of Cincinnati. 

In 2006 we are beginning a monthly schedule of gatherings that include four days of prayer (March 11, May 6, October 14, and December 9) at the Monastery of St. Clare. We will have community days on the second Saturday morning of the months of April, June, and August that will include group discussion on ongoing formation topics and group prayer.  In February and November we will have social gatherings that will include supper or brunch.  We will join fellow Lay Cistercians for gatherings at the Abbey of Gethsemani in January, July, and in September for the annual LCG retreat.

The community will also begin a group study and discussion of the Exordium: A Program of Reflection and Study on the Values of the CistercianReform.. We have setup a group website for the purpose of this study.

For further information about our Cincinnati area Lay Cistercian community, you may contact either Eve VanSickle at eve7208@juno.com  or Mike Johnson at LCG503@aol.com.
 

Indianapolis, IN

The Indianapolis Lay Cistercian community has recently formed.  Our group began meeting in November 2005.  At the present time, the group consists of two members plus two candidates in formation.  We are meeting monthly for now at 7:00AM on a Tuesday morning at a local Starbucks.
 
Indiana has only a few LCG members and we are attempting to organize ourselves as a state grouping as well as a local Indianapolis community  We hope to have a state mailing in the next few weeks and perhaps attract more LCG members to our Indianapolis community. As more members are added, we will have to change our meeting location.

Since we are so new, we have been discussing our thoughts about Cistercian spirituality and what has brought us to this change in our lives. We are sharing ideas on what we are reading and experiencing.
 
For information about our community contact Carol Andrejasich at carol.andy@prodigy.net  or Charla Banner at Charla81048@aol.com.
 

Midland, MI

The Midland Michigan LCG; is a group which began with 3 people in mid 1990’s and became an official LCG community in June of 2001, we continue to be blessed with growth. We meet monthly for prayer, centering, sharing and development in the Cistercian way. It is in the sharing of our lives and how we each live our Plan of Life in ‘our world’ that we encourage and learn from one another and grow in the Cistercian Way.

We study various books or Cistercian documents together, in order to grow in our knowledge of the Cistercian way. We have studied the Exordium, “Monastic Practices” as well as other books and documents on Centering Prayer, Lectio and other Cistercian tools.

We also share our lives deeply with one another at our meetings at various member homes, community work projects and as we get together two or three times a year for a social evening with our spouses.

The current facilitator is Bob Siegel, bobdee8@chartermi.net or he can be reached by mail at 1714 Sayre St., Midland, Mi. 48640, or phone 989-835-7419. We are always interested in new members and or forming other groups in Michigan.
 

Columbus, OH

Don Buckingham, dbucking@columbus.rr.com and Mary Guilbert
aboundo@earthlink.net are co-facilitators for the Columbus LCG group. Gatherings are held the second Saturday of each month from 11am to 1pm

The group was formed in November, 2004. They meet for prayer, sharing and discussion of various spiritual writings. We have time for sharing, centering prayer, exploring the cistercians charism and time to eat! The group gathers from 9 to 16 folks at each gathering.

We meet at Mary Guilbert's home (7739 Burkey Dr., Reynoldsburg, OH) She can be reached at 614-577-0687 CLICK HERE to email her.

Memphis, TN

Gray Matthews, matthews@memphis.edu is the coordinator for this new LCG community. He can be reached at 901-678-3191. They also have members in Nashville, Sevierville, Cordova as well as in Memphis.

Kingston LCG, Kingston Ontario

There are four members of the Canada community. Diane Law is the contact person. She can be reached at KingstonLCGA@hotmail.com
 

Northeast Community

Jane Endriss is currently the facilitator for the Northeast Community. Our community is composed of a group of members who live at quite a distance from one another in northeastern USA. We have monthly meetings via teleconference, and are currently using computer web pages for online discussion, exchange of resources, and exchange of ideas. We are a new group, and growing. We hope to also have semi-annual retreats. She can be reached at JEndr@aol.com
 

Chicago, IL

Bob Johnson is the facilitator for the Chicago Community. He can be reached at rvjatty@ameritech.net