Cynthia Archives
Cynthia’s creative work spills beyond prose and teaching into liturgical and musical collaboration. Drawing on her training in medieval studies and sacred drama, she crafted a five-part libretto in 2004 for “The Passion,” an original Holy Week oratorio by her friend and colleague Ray Adams, resident conductor of the Aspen Choral Society. In this work, Cynthia re-voices the Passion story as a free, conscious self-offering of universal love rather than a drama of scapegoating or appeasement, opening a contemplative lens on Jesus’s Paschal mystery that remains strikingly fresh today. What follows gathers that libretto and its Holy Week reflections; over time, any additional stand‑alone writings by Cynthia from this period that are neither blog posts nor books will also find their home here.
2.c.i. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
2.c.ii. The Voyage of Saint Brendan to the “Land Promised to the Saints”: A Modern Liturgical Drama
2.c.ii. The Voyage of Saint Brendan to the “Land Promised to the Saints”: A Modern Liturgical Drama
Before serving as resident teacher for The Contemplative Society, Cynthia was invited by the Anglican Parish of All Saints by-the-Sea in Ganges to Salt Spring Island for an extended residency to stage her play “The Voyage of St. Brendan.” During this time, the play became the catalyst for the formation of The Contemplative Society, a connection still echoed in our logo. The play was later performed at the 2017 Ingathering at Cynthia’s home in Stonington; see the Wisdom Waypoints article above for more detail.
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