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By Shannon, Assistant Coordinator of the Companions Program It’s Wednesday and the Companions and I have just finished our weekly discussion group. As I gather my tea and rise from my chair, I marvel for
By Kelsea, SSJD Companion I am not sure how I wake up to my alarm. It gives off one little pulse on the sixth hour of the day. It is imperceptible, though it does the
by Jasmine, SSJD Companion Dietrich Bonhoeffer once described life to his friends as a polyphonic composition, with God’s love as the cantus firmus and our life stories as the counter-melody. All together they make
by Jane Christmas What is a woman to do when she gets the itch to change direction; when the direction itself is as mystifying as the reason to change in the first place; and when
By Florence, SSJD Companion. Christmas 2019 came and went very quickly. It was not just another Christmas. It was different for me, because I spent it in the SSJD convent. I was hoping it to
We are delighted to introduce the 2019-2020 Companions to you. Without further ado, please meet Jasmine, Kelsea and Florence. Hello, I am Jasmine, a music therapist and a companion at the Sisterhood of St. John
My fingertips are dipped in scorching water on the eve of the first snowfall.Dipped in holy water; cleansing vessels.Warmed by these tears, this ritual, and sacrament;frigid moments before.Purify me, O Holy One. Evening made its
Writing a rule of life is like writing a story while you sit on a park bench in the pouring rain waiting for the sun to come out: you want to be in the right frame
These wandering tales and postings as a Companion have followed me through the gospel. Through Advent, in joyful expectation and the coming of the light. Birth has carried to term transformation; a new miracle. From
Homilies for the Paschal Triduum by Fr Bill Morrison, for St John’s House, Victoria April 18, 19, 21, 2019 Maundy Thursday “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things
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.