The purpose of the Prayer and Ritual Subcommittee is to plan and implement prayer and ritual for Cluster members and for congregational and inter-congregational gatherings. Projects included the Cluster Prayer Card, which was distributed at the congregational meetings of the first discernment cycle, the Prayer Partner Calendar by which congregational members and associates are praying for one another and for the Cluster process. Principal among their tasks has been creating all the prayers and rituals for the Cluster gatherings, both congregational and inter-congregational, and reflection booklets to assist in individual discernment.

Members of this subcommittee include:
- Sr. Bernadette Campbell, CCC Liaison (Columbus)
- Sr. Marilyn Ambosic (Akron)
- Sr. Rita Birzer (Great Bend)
- Sr. Mary C. Daniel (New Orleans St. Mary)
- Sr. Luisa Derouen (New Orleans EMD)
- Sr. Jeannine Halloran (Columbus)
- Sr. Noreen Malone (Columbus)
- Sr. Amy McFrederick (Great Bend)
- Sr. Marilyn Jean Mihalic (Akron)
- Sr. Mary Phuc Nguyen (Kentucky)
- Sr. Michelle Sherliza (Kentucky)
- Sr. Mary Hilary Simpson (New Orleans St. Mary)

Members of the Prayer and Ritual Subcommittee at their meeting in New Orleans, January 2004: (left to right) Sisters Amy McFrederick, M. Hilary Simpson, Jeannine Halloran, Bernadette Campbell, Mary C. Daniel, Luisa Derouen, Marilyn Ambosic, and Marilyn Jean Mihalic.