Founded on the principal
belief that we increase
our benefit to the world
around us by celebrating
the diversity of our
community, the
Contemplative Order of
Compassion provides
esoteric, metaphysical,
secular humanist and
practitioners of the
world’s mystical spiritual
traditions with a home.

who we are

what we believe

Seeking to diminish the internalised hostility, self-loathing and
doubts that can occur in a society whose heteronormative
ideology can produce homophobic, transphobic and socially-unjust
attitudes toward the Queer community, we consciously choose to
affirm our identity as a Queer-centric Spiritual Community.

We reject the construct of forced dogmatic beliefs and consciously
replace creedal statements with the following core values:

• We affirm the inherent dignity and worth of every person.

• We affirm our inherent right to seek truth and meaning in
  whatever way is right for the individual.

• We affirm the right of every person to full bodily autonomy.

• We affirm the right to justice, equity and compassion for every
  person.

• We affirm the inherent right to autonomy and respect with
  regard to identity, gender, culture and personal expression.

• We commit ourselves to strive to live in accordance with the
  Charter for Compassion.

guiding principles

We subscribe to these guiding principles, not as dogma or creed,
but as common ground and the fabric of our community:

• We honour the Primordial Mother - the Aion Teleos - as
  Source, Wisdom, the Ineffable Birther and Allness of the
  Cosmos. She is the Proarché - The One Who Existed Before the
  Beginning.

• We affirm that it is impossible to be separated from our
  connection and Oneness with Source.

• We affirm the Cosmic Unity of the Morningstar (Christ/Lucifer)
  and our Essential Unity with Them.

• We recognise that when Rabbi Jesus referred to Abwoon (the
  Birther of the Cosmos) in the Lord’s Prayer, He was not
  referring to the gods of the Old Testament, including the
  Demiurge, but rather to She Who Existed Before the Beginning.

• We acknowledge the power and authority of the Apostles,
  bestowed upon them by the Morningstar through the Sacred
  Mysteries of the Last Supper and fulfilled on Pentecost.

• We affirm the unbroken lineage and succession of the Apostles
  through the laying on of hands, held by the Elders of our
  Communion. (Apostolic Succession)

• We experience the Real Presence of the Morningstar in the
  Eucharistic Meal, whether by transubstantiation,
  consubstantiation or ethereal manifestation.

• We affirm the sacred ensoulment of all manifest creation, and
  the divine nature of the Soul as an expression of our True
  Selves.

• We affirm that the construct of "god" represents the Supreme
  Power of Love, which becomes the Sacred Force of Creation
  and the very power of the practitioner.

• We adopt a position that Rabbi Jesus the Nazarene reveals the
  Nature and Substance of Source, and serves as our primary
  inspiration, teacher and spiritual leader, without ascribing
  constructs of "salvation" or exclusion of other spiritual teachers
  throughout the Aeons.

how we serve

*Holistic Pastoral Counseling & Coaching services provided through the Mental Wellness Movement - Queer Life Collective, by Dr. Gianmichael Salvato -- a retired
naturopathic practitioner and anthropologist, with 40 years’ pastoral counseling, coaching and mentoring experience. PROGRAM CONTENT AND MATERIAL DO
NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ​PROFESSIONAL CARE, DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF ANY
MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

welcoming
Sacred Wisdom
& Love into our
hearts

We welcome you to join us for a
virtual celebration or an
opportunity to connect with any
of our live drop-in events held
throughout the United States.
Just join our mailing list to find
out what’s happening in your
area.

vocations
program

If you’re feeling led to serve your
community, our vocational formation
program may be a good fit for you.

Upon completion, you will become
eligible for international certification
and professional credentials. Learn
more by contacting our vocations
office today.

leadership

Michael Thérèse McQueen, OCP
(they/them/he)

Treasurer - Vocations Liaison

1601 Chewslanding-Clemonton Road

Suite 2101

Blackwood, NJ 08012 USA

Telephone: 410.715.6429

board members & staff

Kwanjin Sunim, OCP (he/him)

Contemplative

Kwanjin Hermitage

Springfield, OH

Megan Leigh, RNP (she/her)

Reproductive Health Advisor

Honolulu, HI

Craig Daube, OCP (he/him)

Contemplative (Koinonia tis Agápis)

Harrisburg, PA

The Contemplative Order of Compassion is represented by the Seal of the Eternal
Mother - Birther of the Cosmos, who is Love and Wisdom. Encapsulated by Light and
immersed in Shadow, She holds before Her the Great Sacrament, at whose heart is the
symbol for all genders, because the Christ is All.

It is customary for the presiding bishop-
protector of the Order to establish for
themselves and adopt a coat of arms as their
Official Seal to signify and mark their service
to the Order.

On Bishop-Protector Francis-Maria of the
Immaculata’s seal we find the Tau-Mu symbol
from the back of the Miraculous Medal,
representing their devotion to the Sacred &
Immaculate Hearts of Divine Mother and
Child.

Beside it is the sacred sigil of the Morningstar,
Christus-Luciferus. A stylised rainbow to
represent the Order being Queer-Centric.
Below the shield is the Ek Ong Kaar -- sacred
symbol of the Ineffable and the Sacred Heart
of Wisdom. A ram’s head tops the crest,
representing the merging of Christ and
Lucifer in Essential Oneness.

Francis-Maria’s motto, “Servientes Luci et
Tenebrae, Pietas et Sapientia.,” translates as
“Serving Light and Darkness, Compassion and
Wisdom.”

Episcopal Arms

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Servientes Luci et Tenebrae,
Pietas et Sapientia

The Contemplative Order of Compassion is an independent community in free association with Holy Cross Region of Ecclesia Lucis
et Umbræ, under the oversight of the Most Rev. Michael Sebastian Lux and shepherded by episcopal protection of the Most Rev.
Francis-Maria of the Immaculate and Sacred Hearts (Gianmichael Salvato), OCP. The Contemplative Order of Compassion is an
autonomous community that abides by the spiritual values of the Church of Light and Shadow and operates independently from
Ecclesia Lucis et Umbrae.