2023 Young Adult and Campus Ministry Grant Recipient - Peregrinos

Peregrinos                                                                                                                  $8000
Diocese of Arizona
The Marian Garden: an intergenerational, inter-communal ministry cultivated by the Peregrinos of All Saints’

Discerning a need for a new kind of sacred space, the 20s and 30s group of All Saints’ Episcopal Church (Peregrinos) is seeking to refurbish a neglected garden space into a Marian Garden with indigenous pollinator habitats and integrated labyrinth. The Peregrinos envision this space as a truly communal one, serving the needs of both our congregation and neighbors as an alternative worship and meditation space; celebrating the divine feminine, the Marian Garden brings needed balance and inclusion to the male-oriented iconography that has characterized All Saints’ since its construction in 1954. The Peregrinos’ will develop and lead an adapted, monthly Compline service with integrated contemplative walking in the hopes of serving our “spiritual but not religious” neighbors in Phoenix, AZ, while also developing lay leadership skills. Those members that are not interested in leading the Compline service have volunteered to each eco-theology and hagiography classes in the space to the congregation. Funding for this project would allow for the creation of the labyrinth and development of educational materials around creation care, eco-spirituality, and holy women of the Church, as well as marketing materials for a monthly walking meditation service for the Phoenix community.