Contributions
We’re so glad to have your voice as part of the liturgical living conversation here on Substack!
To learn more about the mission of our guild, please visit our About page.
New Signs + Seasons issues come out on the 15th each month!
Upcoming issue themes:
May 15: All May / Rogation Days, Ascension, Pentecost, Blessed Virgin Mary
June 15: All June / Ordinary Time II, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter & Paul
July 15: All July / St. Mary Magdalene, St. Martha, St. James (maybe a pilgrimage theme a la the Camino de Santiago?), St. Ignatius
(Feel free to submit liturgical living pieces that are outside of these themes - these are just helpful guidelines!)
Submission deadlines:
The 10th of each month
(We can have some wiggle-room here, if you have an article that will be coming out around the time of the submission deadline! Just get in touch…)
There are a few ways for you to join the conversation:
Subscribe
By subscribing to Signs + Seasons, you’ll receive updates a few times a month that include round-ups of links to posts from the liturgical living community on Substack. You’ll get to encounter a variety of perspectives exploring the calendar, and whether you want to simply enjoy reading these or want to add your comments, questions, or re-stacks to the posts we share, your subscription is a wonderful way to step into the conversation. Let’s support each other on this journey together!
Submit Posts
To have a link to your liturgical living post or article included in Signs + Seasons link features, please email us at signsandseasonsguild@gmail.com with your link(s) and details!
What kind of posts are we looking for, you may ask?
Posts related to our upcoming issue’s theme - generally aligned with the liturgical seasons
Any posts related to the Christian liturgical year! General reflections, recipes, history, personal celebration, community celebration, art…it can be as simple or complicated as you like.
Posts about particular liturgical feasts, seasons, etc.
Reflections on the seasonal lectionary
Questions about liturgical living! If you’re in a space where you’re dipping your toes into the Church year and are wrestling with it, feel free to share your questions & reflections. We’re not building an encyclopedia - we’re building a community of support!
Your post or article does not have to be on Substack! We can link to your articles published on other platforms.
We’ll just be posting links to your posts; your writing will remain on your own platform
Submission deadline:
The 10th of each month
(We can have some wiggle-room here, if you have an article that will be coming out around the time of the submission deadline! Just get in touch…)
Signs + Seasons is an ecumenical guild - our contributors span various Christian traditions. You will probably encounter theologies & approaches that might differ from your own, but all with a shared interest in, and curiosity for, liturgical living.
This is why our emblem is the pomegranate - often used historically as a symbol of the Church, the pomegranate’s many seeds form one unified fruit.
The views expressed in posts shared by Signs + Seasons do not necessarily reflect the views of our editors.