The community's 10 sisters carry on various ministries focused on hospitality and spirituality. While the retreat house is booked solid for weekends, the sisters hope to welcome more midweek groups for day or overnight meetings and retreats. St. Marguerite's can serve up to 40 participants for day-only meetings. Fabric of Faith, an ongoing ecclesiastical arts group, meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays. It offers guidance and training in ecclesiastical needlework and restoration and maintenance of vestments.
Sisters also offer their expertise for preaching, teaching and workshops in parishes.
Throughout the year, the community invites authors and teachers to speak or offer workshops aimed especially toward clergy, but open to anyone. Also this fall, sisters will conduct two special-interest trips to Great Britain. In keeping with the community's roots in Celtic spirituality, Sister Margo Elizabeth will lead a 10-day tour through Ireland, from the Aran Islands to the Yeats country of Sligo, beginning Sept. 1. It will begin with the community's motherhouse in Windsor to see the needlework room, in continuous use for 148 years, before the Windsor convent closes and the community moves to Oxford. A few places still are available for both tours.