The Grail Center at Cornwall-on-Hudson

“Through time, experience, and personal commitment, the bonds of community deepen and widen, and the culture we create together grows richer, sustaining not only the work that we do, but also the reality of who we are.”  Sharon Thomson   Community has...

Living Grail: Bernice Belair Sisson

“I guess you can say I was at the right place at the right time,” Bernice Belair Sisson said, recalling how she started her work as an advocate for battered women in the early 1970’s. No laws had been created yet to address the issues of domestic abuse and almost no...

Why Women Walk, by Marian Ronan

To read more from Grail member, Marian Ronan, visit  http://marianronan.wordpress.com Let me begin by saying that I am a serious walker. One of the (many) reasons I love New York City is because it’s such a fabulous place to walk. Not that I am an Olympic,...

The New Grail Website

Welcome to the new U.S. Grail website!  We wanted to create a dynamic website that would be exciting to visit, easy to navigate, and inspiring to all who visit.  You will find everything from the old site on the new site.  And we have added a few different features...

Streams of Living Water Beside the Pilgrim’s Path

This Year’s Grail Retreat in Sobrado, Spain Karen O’Brien This past May, Judith Blackburn and I were fortunate to be able to attend the Grail retreat held at the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria in Sobrado, Spain. An ongoing collaboration between the Swedish and...