Sister Doreen’s Reflections November Anglican Church Calendar Scripture: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Genesis 8:22 One of the first
By the Rev. David Brinton Gospel Reading: Mark 13:1-8 There are any number of global catastrophes and more personal tragedies that one could use to begin a homily on the theme of the end of
By the Rev. Sr. Constance Joanna, SSJD. Deuteronomy 4.1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15James 1.17-27 Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Way back in the 1960s I was in graduate school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. I had
By the Rev. Joanne Davies, SSJD Oblate Do we speak to one another as we speak to God? What is Jesus asking us to do when he says, “Take up your cross and follow me?”
The Rev. Frances Drolet-Smith, Oblate SSJD In my first year in seminary at Huron College, we had a prescribed course that was dreaded by most of us: Philosophy of Religion taught by our Dean who,
Sister Doreen’s Reflections Last week’s reflection of a good and noble heart opened the door to thinking more deeply about the role of the heart in our experiences. Despite quantum physics and other fields, we
By Archbishop Colin R. Johnson, given on September 8, 2024 at the SSJD Convent. +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. What a joy to be
Sister Doreen’s Reflections The September Anglican Church of Canada Calendar scripture reflection is “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and
Sister Doreen’s Reflections Sometime ago Sister Margaret Ruth, who is our librarian at the Convent, gave me a quote from a book she was reading that caused a smile and a chuckle at the profound
By the Rev. Joanne Davies, SSJD Oblate The days are evil … where is your joy? Can you find it within, to strengthen yourself, to redeem the day and to sit with God moment to
The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is a contemporary expression of the religious life for women within the Anglican Church of Canada. We were founded in Toronto in 1884. Our Mother House, St. John’s Convent, continues to be in Toronto.
