Two new hearth circles held their first meetings this autumn, one in Mexico and one in Finland. With them, our circles now have members in nineteen countries.
When the first six circles began in 2018, they were in four countries and all of them met in English. There are now thirty-one, and our online circles meet in five languages: English, German, Norwegian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Where our members meet
Members of our circles now live in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
As always, we do not publish the towns where circles meet or the names of their members. Many of our members are not able to be open about their religion, and their privacy comes first.
How a circle begins
Both of the new circles began the same way: one member wrote to say that she was on her own, and we were able to tell her that she was not. In each case there were two other members within reach who had been thinking the same thing.
If you are a member without a circle nearby, please do not assume there is no one. Read Start a Hearth Circle, and write to us. And if you are not yet a member, this is a good time to join.