Weekly Women's Prayer Seminar

The Prayer Seminar is scheduled weekly, on Thursdays (Starting December 5th), at Noon.

It will be held on Zoom, the meeting info is below:

Click here for a direct Zoom link.

Meeting ID: 894 3736 6421

Passcode: 093455

Phone Numbers to call in (will need above meeting ID and passcode):

• +1 305 224 1968 US

• +1 309 205 3325 US

• +1 646 931 3860 US

• +1 301 715 8592 US 

The Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States shall be starting a Weekly Women's Prayer Seminar starting in mid-November to be closer to the old calendar tradition of 40 days in Advent.  Below is some information about it. Please share it with your parishes!

Bonnie Shannonhouse will begin teaching a women's prayer seminar weekly starting in mid-November--the date to be announced soon.

Bonnie audited seminary courses at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry with her husband, Fr. Thomas Shannonhouse beginning in 1982.  Fr. Shannonhouse served in the Diocese of the Holy Cross until his death on Ascension Tuesday 2019.  Bonnie learned the art of prayer from The Reverend Mother Virginia of All Saints Benedictine Convent. Together, they taught prayer for the Diocese of Maryland until Mother’s full retirement. Bonnie began Tapestry in 1997 with the first Day of Prayer at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. She taught women to pray in seminars from shore to shore and abroad for over 10 years. She was named by Christianity Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in America in 1996.  Bonnie's book, The Lost Coin: Hours of the Cross, June 2020, encourages the practice of praying three times a day. Her other publications, The Pie of Prayer: The Historical Christian Parts of Prayer, are journals covering the seven parts of prayer as articulated by the Early Church Fathers through all the seasons of the Church Calendar.

In July 2023, Bonnie taught a women's prayer seminar for DMAS at All Saints in Saluda, VA, which was highly acclaimed.  Now, Bonnie will be teaching a weekly hour-long seminar on prayer for women.  The seminar will include the practical application of Scripture and Biblical prayers for women to pray for their families, parishes, and community.

The seminar will be held by Zoom video teleconference. Women across the diocese and ACC are encouraged to join. They can participate in as many sessions as they are able. Attendance at each session is not required to jump into a new session. And, the sessions will be recorded for others to view here on the DMAS website and YouTube page.

Please spread the word in your parishes. And please ask the women of your congregations what day of the week and time of day would be the best time for them to attend a weekly prayer seminar.  We want your feedback on the best day/time by November 14th so the appropriate Zoom link for the seminars can be made.

The idea is to

• Teach as many women as possible the art and practice of prayer
• Build a community of prayer warriors and build a greater sense of community in the diocese
• Have women praying for their families, parishes, and community
• Identify women who may be interested in and have a passion to become teachers of other women and carry on the torch of teaching women to pray

I believe this is a great opportunity to bring our diocese together and can be a great success with our help.

To help us organize, please let us know what day of the week and time would work best for you (please let us know here).

God's peace and strength be with you all,

Bishop Johnson