The Christ Catholic way is not meant to be walked alone.
At its heart, being Christ Catholic is not about joining another jurisdiction, submitting to another ecclesiastical machine, or collecting one more religious label to wear on our sleeve. It is about following Jesus more faithfully, more mercifully, and more honestly. But even the most solitary pilgrim needs companions. Even the desert fathers and mothers were part of a great communion of prayer. Even the wandering disciples were sent out two by two.
We need one another.
The Christ Catholic way is deeply connected to the wider family of Jesus followers, Red Letter Christians, sacramental communities, contemplatives, peacebuilders, justice-seekers, mystics, misfits, and mercy-makers who are trying, in their own way, to take Jesus seriously.
We use the word ConneXions because connection is not merely networking. It is not branding. It is not religious marketing. Connection is communion in motion. It is the holy recognition that the Spirit is already at work in people and communities beyond the borders of our own familiar circles.
The “X” in ConneXions reminds us of Christ, the crossing of paths, and the holy meeting place where strangers become neighbors.
Connecting with Red Letter Christians
Many who are drawn to the Christ Catholic way will also feel kinship with Red Letter Christians: those who give special attention to the words and teachings of Jesus, traditionally printed in red in many Bibles. This does not mean ignoring the rest of Scripture. It means reading the whole of Scripture through the life, mercy, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
For Christ Catholics, this is essential.
Jesus is not an accessory to our theology. Jesus is the lens through which we understand God, the Church, the sacraments, justice, mercy, holiness, and human life. His words matter. His actions matter. His table fellowship matters. His compassion matters. His confrontation with religious hypocrisy matters. His cross matters. His resurrection matters.
To connect with other Red Letter Christians, begin simply: seek people and communities who are trying to live the Sermon on the Mount, not merely admire it.
Look for those who care about the poor, the stranger, the prisoner, the sick, the grieving, the excluded, and the wounded. Look for people who understand that “love your enemies” is not sentimental poetry but hard Gospel work. Look for those who believe peacemaking is not weakness, mercy is not compromise, and justice is not optional.
Red Letter Christianity and Christ Catholic spirituality meet beautifully in this shared conviction:
If it does not look like Jesus, sound like Jesus, or lead us toward the mercy of Jesus, we need to question it.
The Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ
For those seeking a more rooted expression of this way, the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ offers a spiritual home.
The Coworkers of Christ are not simply a church in the usual institutional sense. They are a new-monastic, sacramental, ecumenical community seeking to live the Gospel through prayer, mercy, service, contemplation, and holy companionship. The Coworkers carry forward the Christ Catholic legacy in a renewed form: Christ-centered, sacramental, inclusive, contemplative, and independent without being isolated.
The Coworkers of Christ understand Christian life as a shared labor of love. The name itself says something important. We are not owners of the Church. We are not gatekeepers of grace. We are not spiritual elites. We are coworkers — laborers in the vineyard, servants at the table, companions on the road.
To connect with the Coworkers of Christ is to connect with a community shaped by a common rule of life rather than by institutional ambition. It is a way of belonging that honors both the individual conscience and the shared path of discipleship.
The Coworkers seek to embody a generous sacramental Christianity rooted in the living Gospel of Jesus. This means reverence for the sacraments, devotion to prayer, concern for the Cure of Souls, and an active commitment to those who have been bruised, ignored, or cast aside.
This is not a spirituality of escape.
It is contemplation with sleeves rolled up.
How to Begin
If you are drawn to the Christ Catholic way, begin where Jesus begins: with the call to follow.
You do not need to have every theological question settled. You do not need to know exactly where you fit. You do not need to have a perfect church history, a polished prayer life, or a spotless past. None of us does.
Begin with prayer.
Begin with the Gospels.
Begin with the words of Jesus.
Read the Sermon on the Mount slowly. Sit with the parables. Listen to the way Jesus speaks to the wounded and the proud. Notice who he welcomes. Notice who he challenges. Notice who is offended by his mercy.
Then ask the dangerous question:
What would it mean for me to live this?
From there, seek companionship. Reach out to the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ. Introduce yourself. Share where you are on the road. Ask questions. Tell the truth. There is no need to perform holiness. The Gospel does not need your costume. It needs your heart.
You may also look for local or online groups centered around Red Letter Christianity, contemplative prayer, sacramental renewal, peacebuilding, liberation theology, inclusive Christian community, hospice and grief work, prison ministry, feeding ministries, LGBTQ+ affirming faith spaces, or new-monastic life.
The Christ Catholic way does not require everyone to gather under one roof. Sometimes the Spirit connects us through shared work, shared prayer, shared longing, and shared wounds.
What We Seek in Companions
We seek companions who love Jesus more than ideology.
We seek people who understand that the Gospel is not a weapon to win arguments but a way to become human in Christ.
We seek those who value the sacraments but do not weaponize them; who honor tradition but do not fossilize it; who seek justice without losing mercy; who practice inclusion without abandoning spiritual depth; who pray deeply and serve concretely.
We seek those willing to be corrected by Christ.
That matters.
Because being Christ Catholic is not simply affirming a set of beautiful ideas. It is being converted by the living Christ again and again. It is letting Jesus interrupt our certainties, expose our hypocrisies, soften our hard places, and send us back into the world with more courage and compassion than we had before.
If you are looking for a religious label that makes you superior to other Christians, this is not the way.
If you are looking for a path that will ask your whole life of you, welcome.
ConneXions Beyond the Walls
Christ Catholic connection is wider than formal membership.
A person may be Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, Quaker, independent, unsure, wounded by church, returning after years away, or wandering in the wilderness, and still find deep kinship here.
The question is not first, “What jurisdiction are you under?”
The question is:
Are you seeking Christ?
Are you trying to follow the Gospel?
Are you learning mercy?
Are you willing to love the neighbor before you?
Are you open to grace?
Are you becoming more fully alive in God?
This does not mean beliefs do not matter. They do. Sacraments matter. Theology matters. The Church’s ancient wisdom matters. But they matter because they are meant to lead us into Christ. When they become barriers to mercy, trophies of superiority, or excuses for cruelty, they have been severed from their purpose.
The Christ Catholic way seeks connection wherever Christ is being followed in spirit and truth.
Ways to Connect
You may connect through prayer, conversation, study, service, and shared practice.
You might begin by praying the Daily Round with the Coworkers of Christ, or by adopting a simple rhythm of morning, noon, evening, and night prayer in your own home. You might join an online conversation, read and reflect on Christ Catholic writings, participate in formation, or reach out for spiritual companionship.
You might connect through service: feeding people, visiting the sick, accompanying the grieving, supporting LGBTQ+ persons wounded by religion, working for peace, caring for creation, or simply becoming a safer and kinder presence in your own neighborhood.
You might connect through study: the Gospels, the mystics, the sacraments, liberation theology, the Old Catholic tradition, the Free Catholic movement, Celtic spirituality, or the Cure of Souls.
You might connect through silence.
Not every connection is loud. Some of the deepest communion happens when scattered people pray the same prayer, seek the same Christ, and carry the same hope in different places.
A Community of the Open Road
The Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ is especially suited for those who feel called to a life that is both rooted and open, sacramental and spacious, contemplative and active.
Some are clergy. Some are laypeople. Some are monastics in spirit. Some are artists, caregivers, teachers, chaplains, activists, writers, or quiet souls doing hidden works of mercy. Some have been wounded by the Church but cannot stop loving Christ. Some are rebuilding faith from the ashes. Some are simply hungry for a Christian life that feels honest, beautiful, and merciful.
That is enough to begin.
The Coworkers of Christ do not exist to replace every other Christian community. They exist to help gather and strengthen those called to this particular way: a Christ-centered, sacramental, inclusive, contemplative, and ecumenical expression of Gospel life.
In other words, a Christ Catholic way.
The Invitation
ConneXions is an invitation to find your fellow travelers.
Not everyone will use the same language. Not everyone will share the same background. Not everyone will arrive by the same road. That is all right. Christ has always gathered strange company.
Fishermen and tax collectors.
Women of courage and men of doubt.
Zealots and seekers.
The sick and the healed.
The lost and the found.
The wounded and the sent.
The Church began as a community of people learning to walk the Way together.
That is still the invitation.
If you are seeking a Christ-centered Catholic faith beyond the narrowness of institutional rivalry, you are welcome.
If you are drawn to the words of Jesus and the sacramental life of the Church, you are welcome.
If you long for prayer, mercy, justice, beauty, and belonging, you are welcome.
If you are tired of religion without compassion and spirituality without roots, you are welcome.
Come walk with us.
Jesus cares. Christ is the center. The Gospel is the way.